Title: | Articles 49-51 of the Industrial Property Law No. 20-00 of 08/05/2000 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
Article 49.- Definition of a Utility Model
1) A utility model is considered to be any new form, configuration or arrangement of elements of any device, tool, instrument, mechanism or other object, or some part of the same, which permits better or different functioning, utilization or manufacture of the object incorporating it, or which gives it some utility, advantage or technical effect it did not have before.
2) Utility models are protected through the granting of patents.
Article 50.- Application of the Provisions Regarding Patents for Invention
The provisions of Chapter I relating to patents for invention are applicable, insofar as they are appropriate, to patents for utility model, except for the special provisions contained in this chapter. Article 28, numeral 1), is not applicable to patents for utility model.
Article 51.- Items Excluded from Protection as Utility Models
The following cannot be the object of a patent for utility model:
a) procedures.
b) chemical, metallurgical or any other kind of substances or compounds.
c) items excluded from protection by invention patent invention pursuant to this law.