Title: | Article 29 of the Industrial Property Law No. 82 of 2002 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
Article 29
A utility model patent shall be granted, under this Law for any new technical addition in the structure or composition of devices, tools, equipment or their components, or products, processes or means of manufacturing the above, and the like that is in current use.
The applicant may convert his application into a patent application, and the patent applicant may also convert his application to a utility model application.
In both cases the date of the original application shall prevail.
The Patent Office may, spontaneously, convert the application for a utility model to an application for a patent, when the relevant requirements are met.