Laws and Regulations under TRIPS Art. 63.2 - View details of the document

Switzerland
Ordinance on Patents for Inventions of 19 October 1977 and its latest amendments of 17 May 1995 and 25 October 1995
Examination of applications for patents and issue of patents for inventions, right of priority, immunity deriving from an exhibition, administrative remedies, register of patents, applications for European patents and international applications, opposition procedure in prior examinations, etc. Right of priority, supplementary protection certificates for medicines, etc. Amendments following the assumption by the Federal Institute for Intellectual Property on 1 January 1996 of the tasks of the Federal Office for Intellectual Property. Arts. 89 and 90: safeguarding of industrial or business secrets in application dossiers and in the patents register.
entered into effect on 1 January 1978 (Titles 7, 8 and 9; entered into effect on 1 June 1978) (RS 232.141, RO 1977 2027)
Most recent amendments: - Preamble, 4, 6, 14,15,17, 18, 20, 39, 39a, 40, 42, 43, 55, 61, 62, 62a, 63, 82, 11a, 119, 124, 125a, 125b, 126 and 127a-127m; adopted on 17 May 1995, entered into effect on 1 September 1995 (RO 1995 3660) - Preamble, Arts. 1, 3, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 17a, 18a-18d, 19, 19a, 20, 21, 24, 37, 38, 39, 39a, 43a, 48, 49, 51, 61, 61a, 62, 62a, 63, 69, 71, 90, 96, 103, 105, 106, 111-113, 118, 118a, 127b; adopted on 25 October 1995, entered into effect on 1 January 1996 (RO 1995 5164)