Unión Europea

Albania

Patentes (incluida la protección de variedades vegetales)

36. Please state if your legislation grants additional protection for innovations after the 20 years of patent protection has lapsed.

Article 28, paragraph 5 of the law provides for additional protection only for pharmaceutical products. It states that the term of a patent for invention related to pharmaceutical products can be extended over 20 years, but no more than 5 years.