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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
CROATIA  
This document reproduces the text1 of the Patent Regulations and Regulations on Amendments to 
the Patent Regulations, as notified by the Republic of Croatia on 25 January 2013 under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/HRV/4). 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
CROATIE  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement sur les brevets et du Règlement modifiant le 
Règlement sur les brevets, notifié par la République de Croatie le 25 janvier 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/HRV/4). 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA  
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
CROACIA  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Patentes y el Reglamento que 
modifica el Reglamento de Patentes, notificado po r la República de Croacia el 25 de enero de 2013 
en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el 
documento IP/N/1/HRV/4).  
 
                                               
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PATENT 
REGULATIONS 
REGULATIONS ON AMENDMENTS TO THE 
PATENT REGULATIONS* 
 
 
 
NN 117/2007, in force from 14 November 2007 
*NN 145/2012, (in force from 27 December 2012) 
 
 
Zagreb, January 2013 
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                     - 4 -PATENT REGULATIONS 
 
 
I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISION 
 
Article 1 
The patent Regulations (hereinafter: the Regulations) shall define in more details certain matters contained in the Patent Law (hereinafter: the Law), related to the procedures carried out before the State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter: the 
Office). 
II. PATENT APPLICATION 
 
METHOD OF FILING OF 
A PATENT APPLICATION  
Article 2 
A patent application shall be filed in a written 
form, in one copy, directly or by mail. 
The patent application shall be accompanied 
by the following: 
evidence as to payment of the 
administrative fee and procedural 
charges, or evidence as to the basis for the exemption from payment of the administrative fees and procedural 
charges; 
a power of attorney, where the 
application is filed through a 
representative; 
a declaration concerning a common 
representative, if there are several 
applicants; 
a declaration of the inventor, in the case 
that he does not want to be mentioned 
in the application; 
a copy of the first application certified by 
the competent authority, if the priority 
is claimed in compliance with Article 23 
of the Law; 
a certificate of the display at an 
international exhibition in compliance with Article 9, paragraph (1), item 2 of 
the Law, if the invention has been so 
displayed; 
evidence or indications concerning a 
sample of viable biological material, if it is necessary for the disclosure of the invention in compliance with Article 20, 
paragraph (5) of the Law; 
a list of nucleotide and/or amino acid 
sequences, if the application contains a disclosure of one or more nucleotide 
and/or amino acid sequences. 
The Office shall send a photocopy of the filled-
in P-1 form referred to in Article 3 of these Regulations to the applicant, as a receipt for the above indications, elements and attachments. 
CONTENTS AND METHOD OF DRAWING 
OF A PATENT APPLICATION  
Article 3 
(1) An application for the grant of a patent shall contain: 
an express indication to the effect that the 
grant of a patent is applied for; 
the title of the invention expressing clearly 
and concisely the essence of the invention, provided that it does not contain commercial names, trademarks, names, codes, abbreviations common to particular 
products and the like; 
indications concerning the applicant, 
namely his family name, given name 
and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and 
its principal place of business if a legal 
person is concerned, and if there are several applicants, an indication of a written declaration concerning a common representative 
indications concerning the inventor, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile, or an indication of a written declaration to the effect that he does not want to be mentioned in the patent application; if the inventor is the applicant, an indication of that 
fact shall be necessary; 
indications concerning a representative, 
namely his family name, given name 
and domicile, or the company name and principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
a priority claim including indications 
concerning priority referred to in Article 23 of the Law, an indication of the country in which the first application was filed, the date of its filing and the number assigned to it; 
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                     - 5 -an indication to the effect that the 
invention has been displayed at the 
exposition in compliance with Article 9, 
paragraph (1), item 2 of the Law; 
an indication concerning a request for the 
division of the application, including 
the number of the original application; 
address for correspondence which is, as a 
rule, the domicile of the applicant or of 
his representative or common 
representative, if there are several applicants, including the phone and facsimile numbers or the e-mail address; 
a check list: 
the number of pages constituting the 
description of the invention, 
the number of claims and the number 
of pages constituting the claims, 
the number of drawings and the 
number of pages constituting the 
drawings, 
the abstract, 
attachments to the application; 
11. the signature or the seal of the 
applicant or the signature or the seal 
respectively of his representative, if 
any. 
(2) The indications referred to in paragraph 
(1) of this Article shall be specified on the form, which forms an integral part of these Regulations (P-1 Form) or on the 
form completely corresponding to it by its 
contents and appearance. 
(3) If the space provided for a particular column of the P-1 form is not sufficient, the required indication including the number of the column and its full 
contents shall be attached to the P-1 
form, as a special attachment 
(4) The Office shall not check the authenticity of the indications made in the request for the grant of a patent. 
THE DESCRIPTION 
Article 4 
(1) The description of the invention shall be drafted in the manner and order as prescribed by this Article. 
(2) The description shall first state the title of 
the invention as appearing in the request 
and shall: 1. specify the technical field to which the 
invention relates (indicating the classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification, if 
known to the applicant); 
2. indicate the technical problem the solution of which is applying for patent protection;  
3. indicate the state of the art 
(description and analysis of known 
solutions to the technical problem concerned) presented in the scope known to the applicant, and necessary for the understanding of the invention and examination of the application, 
and, shall preferably cite the patent 
documents and other sources reflecting such art; 
4. disclose the essence of the invention in such terms that the technical problem and its solution can be understood and 
state the technical novelty of the 
invention with reference to the prior state of the art; 
5. briefly describe the figures in the drawings, if any; 
6. describe in details at least one mode 
for carrying out the invention, in terms of examples and with reference to the drawings, if any; 
7. indicate, where it is not obvious from 
the description or nature of the 
invention, the way in which the 
invention is capable of industrial or any other application. 
(3) Each of the constituent parts referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article shall preferably be preceded by an appropriate 
heading. In exceptional cases, a different 
manner and order of drafting the description shall be followed when, because of the nature of the invention, such order would afford a better understanding and a more economical 
presentation.      
(4) The solution to the technical problem 
disclosed in the description of the invention: 
1. shall be free of any allegations or 
assumptions, and all the essential 
characteristics of the invention shall be 
presented clearly and precisely so that it could be carried out by the person skilled in the art. 
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                     - 6 -2. where the invention relates to a 
process, it shall include all its essential characteristics, so that the process 
feasibility is completely shown, to be 
proved in terms of examples; 
3. where the invention relates to a design shown in the figure, it shall include a detailed description of the design solution referring to the figure, and as 
the proof of its capability of being 
carried out, it shall describe the manner of functioning of both the particular essential elements of the design and the design itself. 
4. where there are several modes for 
carrying out the invention it shall 
contain their description. 
THE CLAIMS 
Article 5 
The claims shall be drafted in a manner to 
define the invention exclusively by its technical features. 
The number of the claims shall be reasonable 
in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed. If there are several claims, they shall be numbered 
consecutively in Arabic numerals. 
The claims shall, whenever possible, contain: 
introductory part beginning with the title 
of the invention, followed by those 
technical features of the invention which are necessary for the definition 
of the claimed subject matter and 
which, in combination, form part of the prior art; 
the second, characterizing portion, 
preceded by the words “characterized in that” or “characterized by” indicating 
those technical features for which, in 
combination with the features of the 
prior art referred to in item 1, paragraph (3) of this Article, the patent protection is applied for.     
Where the requirement concerning the unity of 
the invention referred to in Article 18 of the Law has been complied with, and where the subject matter of the invention cannot be covered by one claim, the patent application may contain several 
independent claims of the same category 
(product, process, apparatus, application). 
Any claim indicating essential features of the 
invention may be accompanied by one or more dependent claims referring to specific features of the invention. 
The dependent claim shall include specific 
features of the invention of some other (dependent or independent) claim and, shall, if possible, in the beginning refer to the other claim or claims and shall then state the additional features claimed. All the dependent claims referring to a single 
previous claim, and all the dependent 
claims referring to several previous claims, shall be grouped together to the extent that the relation between mutually dependent claims is easily detectedand that their importance in such relation is 
easily understood. 
Claims shall not, except where absolutely 
necessary, rely, in respect of the technical 
features of the invention, on references to the description or drawings. In particular, they shall not rely on such references as: 
“as described in part … of the description”, 
or “as illustrated in figure … of the drawings”. 
Where the patent application contains 
drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims shall preferably 
be followed by reference signs relating to 
such features. When used, the reference signs shall preferably be placed between parentheses. If inclusion of reference signs does not particularly facilitate 
understanding of a claim, they should not 
be made. Reference signs shall not be interpreted as limiting the claims. 
A single inventive concept shall exist where 
several inventions are so linked that there is among those inventions a technical 
relationship, which involves one or more 
of the same or corresponding special technical features. The expression “special 
technical features” shall mean those technical features that define a contribution, which each of the claimed 
inventions, considered as a whole, makes 
over the state of the art. The determination whether a group of inventions is so linked as to form a single inventive concept shall be made without regard to whether the inventions are 
claimed in separate claims or as 
alternatives within a single claim. 
THE DRAWINGS 
Article 6 
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                     - 7 -On sheets containing drawings, the surface 
usable shall not exceed 26.2 cm x 17.0 
cm. The sheets shall not contain frames 
around the usable or used surface. The 
minimum margins shall be as follows: 
top: 2.5 cm 
left side: 2.5 cm right side: 1.5 cm bottom: 1 cm. 
(2) The drawings shall be executed in a 
manner that: 
the lines are uniformly thick, black, well-
defined and durable, and surfaces 
between them without colorings or shades; 
cross-sections are indicated by oblique 
hatching which shall not impede the clear reading of the leading lines and reference signs; 
the scale of the drawings and the 
distinctness of their graphical 
execution are such that a 
photographic reproduction with a linear reduction in size would enable all the details to be distinguished without difficulty; 
all the numbers, letters and reference 
signs, appearing on the figures, are simple and clear, and that brackets, circles or inverted commas are not used in association with numbers and letters; 
elements of the same figure are in 
proportion to each other, except where the use of a different proportion is indispensable for the clarity of the figure; 
the height of the numbers and letters is 
not less than 0.32 cm. For the lettering of drawings, the Latin and, where customary, the Greek alphabets shall be used; 
the same sheet of drawings may contain 
several figures; where figures drawn 
on two or more sheets form a single 
complete figure, the figures on the several sheets shall be so arranged that the whole figure can be assembled without concealing or overlapping any part of any of the 
figures appearing on the various 
sheets; the different figures on a sheet shall be arranged without wasting space, in an upright position and clearly separated from one another; the different figures shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic 
numerals, independently of the 
numbering of the sheets; 
reference signs not mentioned in the 
description do not appear in the drawings, and vice versa; 
the same features, when denoted by 
reference signs, are, throughout the application, denoted by the same signs; 
 if the drawings contain a large number of 
reference signs, it is recommended to attach a separate sheet, listing all the 
reference signs and the features 
denoted by them; 
 the drawings do not contain textual 
matter, except a simple word or words, when absolutely indispensable, such as “water”, “steam”, “open”, 
“closed”, “section on AB” and, in the 
case of block schematic or flow sheet diagrams, a few short catchwords indispensable for understanding. 
(3) The drawings shall be carried out with the 
aid of instruments enabling their drafting 
in compliance with paragraph (2) of this 
Article. 
THE ABSTRACT 
Article 7 
The abstract shall contain the title of the 
invention and a brief summary of the disclosure as contained in the description, the claims, and the drawings. The summary shall indicate the technical field to which the invention relates and shall allow a clear understanding of the 
technical problem concerned, the gist of 
the solution to that problem, and the principle use or uses of the invention. 
Where appropriate, the abstract shall contain the chemical formula, which, 
among all the formulae contained in the 
application, best characterizes the invention. 
The abstract shall not contain statements on 
the alleged merits or value of the invention or on its speculative application. 
If the patent application contains any 
drawings, the applicant shall indicate the figure or, exceptionally, several figures of the drawings, which he suggests, should accompany the abstract when published. 
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                     - 8 -The Office may decide to publish other 
figure or several other figures if it considers that they better characterize the 
invention. All the main technical features 
of the invention mentioned in the abstract and illustrated by the drawings shall be followed by reference signs placed between brackets. 
The abstract shall be so drafted that it can 
serve as an efficient searching tool in the particular technical field, especially as assistance in formulating an opinion on whether there is a need for consulting the patent application itself. 
The abstract shall not contain more than 150 
words. 
REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE 
DRAFTING OF PARTICULAR ELEMENTS 
OF A PATENT APPLICATION  
Article 8 
(1) The elements of a patent application shall 
be suitable for direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo-offset, and scanning in any number of copies. All the sheets shall be free from 
creases and cracks and shall not be 
folded. Only one side of each sheet shall be used.  
(2) The size of the sheets shall be A4 (29.7 
cm x 21.0 cm), the paper shall be white, 
smooth, non-shiny, strong, flexible and 
durable. Each sheet shall be used so that the short sides are at the top and bottom (i.e. in an upright position). 
(3) Each element (request, description, 
claims, drawings, and abstract) of the 
patent application shall commence on a 
new sheet and shall be signed by the applicant. Allthe sheets shall be so connected that they can be easily turned, separated and joined again. 
(4) The minimum margins of the sheets not 
containing drawings shall be as follows: 
 - top:  2 cm 
 - left side: 2.5 cm  - right side: 2 cm  - bottom: 2 cm 
The recommended maximum margins of 
the sheets not containing drawings shall 
be as follows: 
 - top:  4 cm 
 - eft side: 4 cm  -right side: 3 cm  - bottom: 3 cm The margins of the patent application, as filed, 
must be completely blank. 
All the sheets contained in the patent 
application shall be numbered in 
consecutive Arabic numerals, which shall be centered at the top of the sheet, and shall not be placed in the margin. 
The request, the description, the claims and 
the abstract shall be clearly printed. Exceptionally, graphic symbols and characters, and chemical or mathematical formulae may, when necessary, be written by hand. The typing shall be 1 ½-
spaced. 
The capital letters in the text shall not be less 
than 0.21 cm high, and shall be printed in 
a dark and indelible color. 
The request, the description, the claims and 
the abstract shall not contain drawings. 
The description, the claims and the 
abstract may contain chemical or mathematical formulae, and the description and the abstract may contain tables. The claims and the abstract may contain chemical or mathematical 
formulae, and the description and the 
abstract may contain tables. The claims may contain tables only if the subject matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable. Tables and chemical or 
mathematical formulae may be placed 
sideways on the sheet if they cannot be presented satisfactory in an upright position thereon. The sheets on which tables or chemical or mathematical formulae are presented sideways shall be 
so presented that the tops of the tables 
or formulae are at the left side of the sheet. 
Physical units shall be expressed in terms of 
the International System of Units (SI). For mathematical, chemical and 
molecular formulae and atomic weights 
the symbols shall be used as well as such technical terms and signs as are generally accepted and used in the art concerned. 
The terminology, the signs and the symbols 
shall be consistent throughout the patent 
application. 
Each sheet shall be reasonably free from 
errors, additional matters, overwritings 
and interlineations. Non-compliance with this rule shall be allowed if the 
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                     - 9 -authenticity of the contents is not in 
question and the requirements for good reproduction are not in jeopardy. 
SUBJECT MATTER NOT TO BE 
CONTAINED IN THE PATENT 
APPLICATION 
Article 9 
A patent application may not contain: 
expressions or drawings contrary to the 
law or morality; 
statements disparaging the products or 
processes of any third person, or the merits or validity of applications or 
patents of any such person; mere 
comparisons with the prior art shall not be considered disparaging per se; 
any statement obviously irrelevant or 
unnecessary. 
If a patent application contains expressions or 
drawings contrary to the law or morality, the Office shall omit them from its publications, indicating the place and number of words or drawings omitted. 
If a patent application contains statements 
referred to in paragraph (1), item 2 of this 
Article, the Office  may omit them from its 
publications. It shall indicate the place and number of words or drawings omitted, and shall furnish, upon request, individual copies of the passages omitted. 
LATER SUBMISSIONS 
Article 10 
The provisions of Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of 
these Regulations shall also apply to later submissions replacing essential elements of a patent application. These submissions 
shall be communicated to the Office in the 
same way as the patent application. 
All the essential elements of a patent 
application as well as the later submissions shall be signed. If the 
submission lacks the signature, the Office 
shall invite the interested party to sign it within a reasonable time limit, counting from the day of receipt of the invitation. If signed within that time limit, the submission shall maintain the date of its 
receipt. Failing this, it shall be considered 
not to be submitted. 
The later submitted documents which are to 
be notified to third persons or which are related to two or more patent applications, shall be submitted in a number of copies corresponding to the number of persons and the number of applications concerned 
respectively. If the interested party, 
despite the Office request, fails to furnish the number of necessary copies, the missing copies will be provided at the expense of interested party. 
DEPOSIT OF VIABLE BIOLOGICAL 
MATERIAL 
Article 11 
(1) If the invention claiming patent protection involves the use of or concerns viable biological material, which is not available 
to the public, and which cannot be 
described in a patent application in such a manner as to enable the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art, the invention shall be considered to be 
described in a manner sufficiently clear 
and complete within the meaning of Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Law, only if the following requirements are complied with: 
1. a sample of viable biological material 
has been deposited with the authorized 
institution, in compliance with Article 20, paragraph (5) of the Law, not later than on the day of filing of the patent application; 
2. the patent application contains all the 
information on viable biological 
material as are known to the patent applicant; 
3. the patent application indicates the name of the authorized institution referred to in Article 20, paragraph (5) 
of the Law, and the accession number 
assigned to the biological material concerned;               
(2) The indications referred to in paragraph (1), item 3 of this Article may be furnished subsequently: 
1. within three moths counting from the 
date of filing of a priority claim; 
2. up to the day of filing of a request for early publication, in compliance with Article 35, paragraph (2) of the Law.  
Article 12 
The deposited sample of viable biological 
material shall be, upon request, made available. The availability of the viable biological material shall comprise its 
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                     - 10 -furnishing to the requesting party. The 
requesting party may be: 
between the publication of the application 
and the granting of the patent, anyone 
requesting it, or, if the applicant so requests, only an independent expert; 
after the patent has been granted, and 
notwithstanding cancellation or revocation of the patent, anyone 
requesting it.  
A request for furnishing a sample of viable 
biological material shall be filed with the 
Office on a form prescribed by the authorized institution, in compliance with Article 20, paragraph (5) of the Law, on 
which the Office shall certify that the 
patent application referring to the deposit of viable biological material has been filed, and that the requesting party is entitled to require the furnishing of the sample of viable biological material. 
The sample shall be made available only if the 
person requesting it undertakes, for the term during which the patent is in force: 
not to make it or any material derived 
from it available to third parties; 
not to use it or any material derived from 
it except for experimental or research 
purposes, unless the applicant for or owner of the patent, as applicable, expressly waives such an undertaking. 
At the applicant’s request, where an 
application is refused or withdrawn, access to the deposited material shall be limited to an independent expert for 20 years from the date on which the patent application was filed. In that case, paragraph (3) of this Article shall apply 
mutatis mutandis .  
The applicant’s requests referred to in 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of this Article may only be filed up to the date on which the technical preparations for publishing the patent application are deemed to have 
been completed. 
The undertaking referred to in paragraph (3), 
item 2 of this Article shall not exist if the 
applicant uses the furnished sample of the deposited viable biological material on the basis of a compulsory license. 
Article 13 
If a sample of the viable biological material is 
no longer available at the institution in which it has been deposited, nor it has been transferred to another authorized institution in which it could be made available, the invention shall be 
considered not to be described in a patent 
application within the meaning of Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Law. 
Legal effects of non-availability of deposited 
viable biological material referred to in Article 85, paragraph (1) of the Law shall 
not be considered to take place provided 
that: 
the depositor makes a new deposit of the 
same biological material, on the same 
terms as those laid down in the Budapest Treaty, within 3 months 
counting from the day on which he 
received information from the authorized institution that the previously deposited viable biological material had ceased to be available; 
the depositor attaches to a new deposit a 
written statement signed by him to the effect that the newly deposited viable biological material is the same as that originally deposited; 
the Office receives, within 4 months as 
from the day on which the new deposit 
was made, a copy of the receipt 
acknowledging the deposit of a sample of viable biological material, issued by the authorized institution which contains the number of the patent 
application or the number of the 
patent, the deposit is related to.    
If the reason for non-availability of viable 
biological material is its non-viability, a new deposit of it shall be made with the same authorized institution with which the 
previous deposit was made, and if other 
reasons are concerned, the viable biological material may be deposited with any other authorized institution. 
If the institution with which the viable 
biological material was originally deposited 
looses a status of the authorized institution 
or discontinues its performance as authorized institution in respect of certain kinds of viable biological material, and the depositor is not informed of that change within six months, the time limit of three 
months referred to in paragraph (2), item 
1 of this Article shall run as from the day of publication of this change in Office official gazette.     
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                     - 11 -NUCLEOTIDE AND / OR AMINO ACID 
SEQUENCE LISTINGS 
Article 14  
If the patent application contains a disclosure 
of one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences, the description of the application shall contain the sequence listing.  
Any sequence listing, which is not contained in 
the description or not attached to it 
respectively, at the time of filing of the application, shall not form part of the description. 
III. REGISTER OF PATENT 
APPLICATIONS 
 
CONTENTS OF THE REGISTER 
OF PATENT APPLICATIONS  
Article 15 
The Office shall keep a special register of patent applications (Register of Patent Applications) having been accorded a filing date by a decision, in which the following indications shall be entered: 
the number of a patent application; 
the filing date of a patent application; the number and date of the original 
application in the case of division of the 
application; 
indication concerning the priority claimed; 
indications concerning the applicant, 
namely his family name, given name and 
domicile if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and principle place of business if a legal person is concerned; 
indications concerning the inventor namely 
his family name, given name and domicile of the inventor, or indications concerning the statement of the inventor to the effect that he does not want to be mentioned in the application; 
indications concerning a representative, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile of a representative, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
the title of the invention; 
classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification (the 
IPC); 
publication date of a patent application; indications concerning the international 
application prescribed by Article 19. paragraph (2) of these Regulations, if 
such application is filed; 
indications concerning a request for the 
substantive examination of conditions for 
the patent grant, or indications concerning a request for the patent grant based on the substantive examination 
results, or indications concerning a 
request for the grant of a consensual patent; 
indications concerning payment of the 
administrative fees and procedural charges, or indications concerning the 
exemption from the liability to pay the 
same; 
indications concerning the filing of the 
opposition to a cons ensual patent and 
payment of the administrative fee and procedural charges; 
indications concerning the manner of 
termination of the administrative procedure by the Office decision; 
indications concerning changes related to 
the patent applications. 
EXCERPT FROM THE REGISTER 
OF PATENT APPLICATIONS  
Article 16  
The register of patent applications shall be 
available to the public, in respect of 
published patent applications.   
An excerpt from the register shall be issued in 
respect of published patent applications 
and that upon request of interested persons, accompanied by the evidence of payment of the prescribed administrative 
fee and procedural charges. The excerpt 
from the register of patent applications shall contain indications referred to in Article 15 of the Regulations, as valid on the day on which the excerpt is issued. 
The provisions of Articles 25 – 27 shall apply 
mutatis mutandis to an excerpt from the register of patents. 
IV. PRIORITY CERTIFICATE 
 
CONTENTS OF THE PRIORITY CLAIM 
Article 17  
The priority claim shall contain: 
an express indication of the fact that the 
issue of a priority certificate is applied for; 
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                     - 12 -the number of the pate nt application the 
priority of which is claimed;  
an indication concerning the required 
number of copies of the priority 
certificate;   
indications concerning the requesting party; 
signature of the requesting party; evidence of payment of the administrative 
fee and procedural charges for the issue 
of the priority certificate.  
CONTENTS OF THE PRIORITY 
CERTIFICATE 
Article 18 
The priority certificate shall contain: 
indications concerning the patent applicant, 
namely his family name, given name and 
domicile if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is 
concerned; 
filing date of the patent application; 
the number of the patent application; the title of the invention the description of the invention, as 
contained in the patent application; 
patent claims, as contained in the patent 
application; 
drawings, as contained in the application (if 
any); 
an indication concerning the identity of 
indications as contained in the priority 
certificate with the indications contained 
in the patent application. 
V. PUBLICATION OF A PATENT 
APPLICATION  
 
CONTENTS OF THE PUBLICATION 
OF A PATENT APPLICATION  
Article 19 
(1) The following indications concerning the 
patent application shall be published in the 
Office Official Gazette: 
the number of the patent application; 
the filing date of the patent application; indications concerning the priority claimed, 
the number and date of filing of the 
first application, the country in which 
the first application has been filed; 
indications concerning the display at an 
exhibition; a classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification (IPC); 
the title of the invention; 
indications concerning the patent 
applicant, namely his family name, 
given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of 
business if a legal person is 
concerned; 
indications concerning the inventor, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile, or indications concerning the statement of the inventor to the 
effect that he does not want to be 
mentioned in the application; 
the number and date of the original 
application in the case of division of the patent application; 
the abstract; 
characteristic drawing or drawings 
referred to in the description and 
claims, respectively the chemical formula which, among all the formulae contained in the application, best characterizes the invention; 
indications concerning a representative, 
namely family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business if a legal 
person is concerned; 
publication date of a patent application. 
(2) If the application filed in compliance with 
Article 109, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Law is concerned, in addition to the indications referred to in paragraph (2) 
ofindications shall be published: 
the number of the international 
application, 
the filing date of the international 
application, 
the number of the international publication 
the date of the international publication. 
The indications referred to in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this Article shall be represented 
by the Internationally Agreed Data Identification Numbers (hereinafter: INID – codes). 
PUBLICATION OF REQUESTS FOR 
EXTENSION OF A EUROPEAN 
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Article 20 
The data contained in a request for extension 
of a patent application shall be published 
in a special part of the Office Official Gazette, such as follows:  
a classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification 
(IPC); 
indications concerning a European patent 
application – the filing date and the number of the European patent application; 
indications concerning an international 
patent application: the number of the international application and its filing date;  
indications concerning the publication of a 
European patent application: the number, the date, the language of the 
publication and the number of the 
journal in which it is published; 
indications concerning the publication of 
an international application; the number, the date and language of the internation publication; 
indications concerning priority right: the 
number and date of the first application and  indication of the state in which it was filed; 
indications concerning the applicant; 
indications concerning the inventor; 
the title of the invention in the English 
language. 
(2) If a request for extension of a European 
patent application is withdrawn, or if a European patent application is finally refused, withdrawn or deemed withdrawn 
according to Article 100, paragraph of the 
Law, the Office shall publish such indications. The publication shall, in addition to the indications as specified, contain indications referred to in 
paragraph (1) of this Article. 
(3) The indications referred to in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of this Article shall be represented by the Internationally Agreed Data Identification Numbers (hereinafter: INID – codes). 
VI. REQUESTS FOR THE 
EXAMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS 
FOR THE GRANT OF A PATENT 
 CONTENTS AND FORM OF THE REQUESTS 
FOR THE EXAMINATION OF 
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GRANT OF A 
PATENT  
Article 21 
The requests referred to in Article 36, 
paragraph (1) of the Law shall be filed with the Office in written form, and within a prescribed time limit, indicating the number of the patent application and shall be accompanied by evidence as to payment of the administrative fee and the 
procedural charges. 
The applicant filing a request referred to in 
Article 36, paragraph (1), item 2 of the 
Law shall furnish to the Office:  
a search report and its translation into the 
Croatian language 
a substantive examination report and its 
translation into the Croatian language 
a patent specification with translated 
claims 
PUBLICATION OF THE REQUEST FOR THE 
GRANT OF A PATENT WITHOUT THE 
SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE 
(A CONSENSUAL PATENT) 
Article 22 
(1) The publication of a request for the grant 
of a consensual patent in the Office official gazette shall contain the following indications: 
the number of a consensual patent 
application; 
the filing date of a request; indications concerning the requesting 
party, namely its family name, given 
name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal 
person is concerned; 
a classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification 
(IPC); 
the number of the Office official gazette in 
which the patent application has been published; 
the title of the invention. 
 The request referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this Article shall be accompanied by 
evidence as to payment of the 
administrative fee and procedural charges. 
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A CONSENSUAL PATENT 
 
CONTENTS OF THE OPPOSITION TO 
THE GRANT OF A CONSENSUAL PATENT  
Article 23  
(1) An opposition to the grant of a consensual 
patent shall contain: 
an express indication of the opposition to 
the grant of a consensual patent; 
indications concerning the person filing 
the opposition, namely his family 
name, given name and domicile, if a 
natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
the number of the consensual patent 
application; 
indications concerning the person filing a 
request for the grant of a consensual patent; 
the title of the invention; 
indications concerning a representative, 
namely his family name, given name 
and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned, and a regular power of attorney, if the opposition is 
filed through a representative. 
the signature of the person filing the 
opposition; 
the evidence as to payment of the 
administrative fee and procedural 
charges. 
The indications referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this Article shall be accompanied by the reasons for the opposition. 
VIII. REGISTER OF PATENTS 
 
CONTENTS OF THE REGISTER OF 
PATENTS 
Article 24 
(1) The Office shall keep a special register of 
granted patents and consensual patents 
(Register of Patents). 
(2) The Register of Patents shall contain the following indications: 
the number of a patent or a consensual 
patent; an indication concerning the kind of a 
request on the basis of which a patent or a consensual patent has been 
granted; 
the title of the invention; 
indications concerning the patent owner, 
namely his family name, given name 
and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal 
person is concerned; 
indications concerning the inventor, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile, or an indication concerning the statement of the 
inventor to the effect that he does not 
want to be mentioned in the patent application; 
indications concerning a representative, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is 
concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
the date of filing of a patent application; 
the number of the original application if 
a divisional  application is concerned; 
indications concerning an international 
application prescribed by Article 19, 
paragraph (2) of these Regulations, if such an application has been filed; 
indications concerning a European 
patent application: the filing date and the number thereof; 
indications concerning the publication of 
a European patent application: the number, the date and the language of the publication; 
the number and date of the decision on 
the grant of a patent or a consensual patent; 
indications concerning the granted 
priority right; 
the date of publication of a patent 
application; 
the date of entry of a patent or a 
consensual patent in the Register of Patents; 
the date of publication of a granted 
patent or a granted consensual patent; 
a classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification (IPC); 
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                     - 15 -indication concerning the transfer of 
rights and a license; 
changes concerning the patent owner; 
a kind of a decision and the date of the 
decision concerning: 
a proposal for the declaration of the 
decision on the patent grant null 
and void, 
a proposal for the cancellation  of the 
decision on the patent grant; 
Indications concerning the fees for the 
maintenance of a patent or a consensual patent as paid; 
indications concerning the cessation of 
the effect of a patent: legal basis and 
the date of the cessation; 
other indications that cased to be valid; 
indications concerning a Supplementary 
Protection Certificate. 
EXCERPT FROM THE REGISTER OF 
PATENTS 
Article 25 
(1) The Register of Patents shall be available 
to the public. 
(2) Excerpts from the Register shall be issued 
upon a request of interested persons, and 
shall be accompanied by evidence as to payment of the prescribed administrative fee and procedural charges. 
(3) An excerpt from the Register of Patents shall contain the indications referred to in 
Article 24, paragraph (2) of these 
Regulations, as entered into the Register and as valid on the day of the issue thereof. 
(4) Upon a special request an excerpt from the Register of Patents may be related to 
a specific period of time, or, as a historical 
excerpt, may contain all the indications entered into the Register as from the day of entry of a patent up to the day of issue of the excerpt. 
(5) The excerpt referred to in paragraph (4) 
of this Article shall contain an indication to 
the effect that a historical excerpt, respectively, an excerpt related to the current status, or covering a specific period of time is concerned. 
(6) The excerpt may also contain a print out 
containing only a part of the valid 
indications entered in the Register, in which case a note at the end of the last leaf shall read: “Other indications omitted”. 
Article 26 
The indicati ons contained in the Register shall 
be listed in the excerpt in the 
order provided 
for under Article 24 of these Regulations. Each indication listed in the excerpt shall be preceded by a number under which it has been entered in the Register. An indication which 
ceased to be valid and is contained in the 
excerpt shall be preceded by “23/20” and the last leaf of the excerpt shall contain a note reading “indications marked by “24/20” ceased to be valid” 
NOTE CONTAINING CERTIFICATION 
OF AN EXCERPT  
Article 27 
An excerpt from the Register shall be certified 
by a note. 
The note certifying an excerpt shall contain: a 
statement to the effect that the excerpt is identical with the original, the place and date of the issue, the register number under which the excerpt has been issued, and the stamp and signature of the 
authorised officer of the Office.  
IX. CERTIFICATES 
 
CONTENTS OF THE PATENT CERTIFICATE 
OR THE CONSENSUAL PATENT 
CERTIFICATE 
Article 28 
The patent certificate or the consensual patent 
certificate shall contain: 
the number of a patent or a consensual 
patent; 
the title of the invention; 
indications concerning the owner of a 
patent or the owner of a consensual 
patent, namely his family name and 
given name, if a natural person is 
concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
indications concerning the inventor, namely 
his family name and given name; 
the date of the granted priority right; 
the date of entry of a patent or a 
consensual patent into the Register of 
Patents; 
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                     - 16 -the publication date of a patent or a 
consensual patent; 
the date of issue of a certificate. 
X. PUBLICATION OF A PATENT 
 
CONTENTS OF PUBLICATION OF 
A PATENT OR A CONSENSUAL PATENT  
Article 29  
The Office official gazette shall publish the 
following indications contained in the 
decision on the patent grant: 
the number of a patent or a consensual 
patent; 
the filing date of the patent application; 
indications concerning the granted 
priority right: the number and date of 
filing of the first application, an indication of the State in which or the international or intergovernmental 
organization with which the first 
application has been filed; 
the date of publication of the first patent 
application; 
the title of the invention; 
classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification 
(IPC); 
the number and date of the original 
application, in the case of a divisional application; 
8. indications concerning the owner of a patent, namely his family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, and a company name and its principal place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
9. indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name, given name and domicile, or the indication concerning the statement of the inventor to the effect that he does not want to be mentioned; 
10. indications concerning a representative, namely his family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or the company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is 
concerned; 
11. the first claim, with the indication 
concerning the number of other claims; 12. characteristic drawing or drawings referred to in the description and the claims, respectively the chemical 
formula which, among all the formulae 
contained in the application, best characterizes the invention. 
The indications referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this Article shall be represented by INID-codes. 
The Office official gazette shall also publish 
indications concerning the cessation of the effect of a patent or a consensual patent, such as follows: 
the number of a patent or of a consensual 
patent; 
the title of a patent or of a consensual 
patent; 
the date of cessation of its effect; a classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification 
(IPC); 
the number of the official gazette in which 
a patent or a consensual patent has been published. 
CONTENTS OF PUBLICATION OF 
INDICATIONS CONCERNING 
EXTENDED EUROPEAN PATENT  
Article 30  
The indications concerning an extended 
European patent shall be published in the 
Office official gazette such as follows: 
a classification symbol according to the 
International Patent Classification 
(IPC); 
the number of a patent; 
the kind of a published patent and the 
date of its publication; 
the number of the file; the application date; indications concerning an international 
application: the number of the 
international application and the date 
of its filing; 
indications concerning a European 
patent application: the filing date and 
the number of the European patent application; 
indications concerning the publication of 
an international application; the number, the date and the language of the international publication; 
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                     - 17 -indications concerning the publication of 
an extended European patent (the 
number, the date, the language of 
publication and the number of the 
gazette in which the patent has been published; 
indications concerning the right of 
priority: the number and date of the first application and the indication of 
the State in which it has been filed; 
indications concerning the inventor; 
indications concerning the owner of a 
patent; 
indications concerning a representative; the title of the invention in the Croatian 
language; 
the first claim, with the indication of the 
number of other claims; 
such characteristic drawing or drawings 
as referred to in the description of the 
invention and claims, respectively, 
chemical formula, which among all the 
formulae indicated in the application best characterizes the invention. 
The indications referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this Article shall be represented by INID codes. 
XI. PATENT SPECIFICATION 
 
CONTENTS OF A PATENT SPECIFICATION 
Article 31  
A patent or a consensual patent specification 
shall contain: 
an indication that a patent or a 
consensual patent specification is being issued; 
the number of a patent; 
IPC symbol; 
the date of publication of a patent or a 
consensual patent; 
indications concerning the patent owner, 
namely his family name, given name 
and domicile, if a natural person is 
concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
indications concerning the inventor, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile, or the indication 
concerning the declaration of the 
inventor to the effect that he does not want to be mentioned; indications concerning a representative, 
namely his family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is 
concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
the title of the invention; 
the filing date of the application; indications concerning the granted 
priority right; 
the date of publication of a patent 
application; 
the abstract; the description; the claims; 
drawings, if any, respectively formulae, 
if a patent has been granted for an 
invention relating to the field of chemistry. 
(2) The indications referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be represented by 
INID codes. 
XII. ENTRY OF CHANGES INTO THE 
REGISTERS 
 
A REQUEST FOR ENTERING OF 
A CHANGE INTO THE REGISTERS  
Article 32 
A procedure for the entry of changes into the 
registers kept by the Office shall be initiated by filing a written request made 
on the form, which forms an integral part of these Regulations (P-2 form), or on the form completely corresponding to it, in terms of contents and appearance. 
A request for the entry of a change into a 
register shall contain: 
an express indication that the entry of a 
change into the register is applied for; 
the number of a patent application or a 
patent; 
indications concerning the person filing a 
request, namely his family name, given 
name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
indications concerning the applicant for or 
the owner of a patent respectively, namely his family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its 
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person is concerned; 
an indication concerning the kind of a 
change. 
The request referred to in paragraph (2) of 
this Article shall be accompanied by: 
evidence as to legal basis for the change 
the entry of which is applied for (a 
contract or a public document); 
a regular power of attorney, if the 
procedure concerning the entry into the register has been instituted through a representative; 
evidence as to payment of the 
administrative fee and procedural 
charges. 
The contract or the public document 
evidencing legal basis of the change the 
entry of which, as referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, has been applied for, shall be furnished as an original or as a 
certified copy, in its entirety, or in the part 
clearly showing that the change has been made. 
If the space provided for a particular column in 
the P-2 form is not sufficient, the required indication, including the indication of the 
column and its full contents shall be 
attached to the P-2 form, as a special attachment. 
The Office shall send a copy of the filled in P-2 
form referred to in paragraph (1) of this 
Article to the applicant, as a receipt of the 
request and pertaining attachments. 
Indications concerning the entry of a change 
into the registers shall be published together with the corresponding indications referred to in paragraph (2) of 
this Article in the Office official gazette. 
The indications published in the Office official 
gazette shall be represented by INID 
codes. 
XIII. INFORMATION SERVICES 
 
FORMS AND MANNER OF PROVIDING 
INFORMATION SERVICES 
Article 33 
(1) The Office provides, within the framework 
of its activity, information services in 
compliance with Article 55 of the Law, subject to payment of charges prescribed by a special regulation.  The information services referred to in 
paragraph (1) of this Article comprise, as a rule, searches of patent information funds, 
contained in the part of the Register of 
Patents kept by the Office, as available to the public, as well as, contained in other patent information funds available to the Office, according to the criteria required by a requesting party, and may also comprise 
other forms of information services as 
being in the framework of the Office activity.    
The Office provides information services on the 
basis of a request previously filed in written form, which shall contain 
indications concerning a requesting party 
(the name, respectively, the name, address and signature of the requesting party), and a specification of the service, as requested. 
After having carried out the service, the Office 
furnishes the information in written form, directly or by mail. 
XIV. REINSTATEMENT OF RIGHTS 
 
CONTENTS OF A PROPOSAL, 
REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE 
RELATED TO THE PROPOSAL, 
AND PUBLICATION OF INDICATIONS  
Article 34 
(1) A proposal for reinstatement of rights shall contain the following indications: 
an express indication to the effect that 
thereinstatement of rights is applied 
for; 
the number of a patent application or of a 
patent; 
indications concerning the person filing a 
proposal; 
indications concerning a representative, if 
any; 
a signature of the person filing a proposal 
or of his representative. 
The proposal referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this Article, as filed to the Office, shall be accompanied by: 
1. indications concerning the reasons due 
to which the reinstatement of rights is 
applied for; 
2. evidence as to the justification of 
reasons referred to in item 1 of this paragraph; 
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administrative fee and procedural 
charges. 
(3) If a proposal for reinstatement of rights does not contain all the elements prescribed in paragraph (1) of this Article, the Office shall invite the person having filed the proposal to comply with the formal requirements within a period of 30 
days as from the receipt of the invitation. 
If he fails to comply with the invitation within a prescribed time limit, the Office shall issue a decision on the rejection of a proposal for the reinstatement of rights. 
(4) If the proposal as filed complies with the 
formal requirements, or if it is 
subsequently corrected in the manner as prescribed by paragraph (2) of this Article, the Office shall examine its justification. 
(5) If the Office establishes that the proposal is justified, it shall issue a decision on the 
adoption of a proposal for the 
reinstatement of rights. 
(6) If, in the course of the procedure, the Office establishes that the proposal is unjustified, completely or partially, it shall inform the person having filed the 
proposal about the reasons for its 
complete or partial refusal, and shall invite him to comment on those reasons, within a period of 60 days. 
(7) If the person having filed a proposal fails 
to comment on the stated reasons within 
a prescribed time limit, it shall be considered that he agrees with them, and the Office shall issue a decision on the refusal of a proposal for the reinstatement of rights. 
(8) If the person having filed a proposal submits comments referred to in paragraph (6) of this Article, the Office shall examine the facts on which it is based, and shall issue an appropriate decision. 
(9) The indications concerning the reinstatement of rights accompanied by the corresponding indications referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be published in the Office official gazette. 
(10) The indications which shall be published in 
the Office official gazette shall be 
represented by INID codes.  XV. SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION 
CERTIFICATE 
 
CONTENT OF THE APPLICATION  
Article 35 
(1) The certificate granting procedure referred 
to in Article 71 of the Law shall be 
instituted by filing an application containing:  
1. a request for the grant of a certificate, 
stating in particular: 
a) an express indication of the fact 
that a certificate is applied for; 
b) the name and address of the 
applicant; 
c) the name and address of the representative, if any; 
d) the number of the basic patent and 
the title of the invention; 
2. the number and date of the first 
authorization to place the product on the market, or indication of the number and date of the first authorization, if the filed authorization is not the first 
authorization for placing the product 
on the market; 
3. the authorization to place the product on the market, issued by the competent authority (institution) and according to the procedure prescribed 
by a special regulation; 
4. evidence showing the identity of the 
product, content of the authorization procedure, and the gazette in which indication concerning the authorization was published, if the authorization 
referred to in item 2 is not the first 
authorization for placing the product on the market; 
5. evidence as to payment of the administrative fee and procedural 
charges for the grant of a certificate. 
If the applicant for a certificate is the owner of 
more than one patent for the same 
product, he shall be granted only one certificate for that product. 
If two or more applications concern the same 
product, and are emanating from two or more owners of different patents, one certificate for this product may be granted to each of these holders.     
PUBLICATION OF THE APPLICATION 
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Article 36 
The indications contained in an application for 
a certificate shall be published in the Office 
official gazette such as follows: 
a. the name and address of the applicant; 
b. the number of the basic patent; 
c. the title of the invention; 
d. the number and date of the 
authorization to place the product on 
the market, and the product identified in that authorization; 
e. the number and date of the first authorization to place the product on 
the market, where necessary according 
to Article 35, paragraph (1), item 2 of these Regulations. 
CERTIFICATE GRANTING 
PROCEDURE 
 
FORMAL EXAMINATION PROCEDURE 
Article 37 
Upon an application for a supplementary 
protection certificate the Office shall carry 
out a formal examination procedure. 
The formal examination procedure shall 
establish whether: 
1. the application is filed in the required 
form and contains all the indications prescribed by Article 34, paragraph (1), 
item 1 of these Regulations; 
2. the administrative fee and procedural 
charges are paid according to Article 71, paragraph (6) of the Law; 
3. the application is filed within a period prescribed by Article 71, paragraph (7) 
of the Law; 
4. the application is accompanied by the 
evidence prescribed by Article 35, paragraph (1), items 3 and 4 of these Regulations; 
5. the basic patent was in force on the date of filing of the application for a supplementary protection certificate. 
(3) If the application for a certificate does not contain elements prescribed by paragraph (2) of this Article, the Office shall invite 
the applicant to remedy the deficiencies 
expressly indicated in the invitation within a period of 30 days as from the receipt of the invitation. (4) If the applicant fails to remedy the found deficiencies within a prescribed time limit, the Office shall issue a decision on the 
rejection of the application for a 
certificate. 
(5) If the applicant remedies the deficiencies within a period referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, the Office shall carry out a substantive examination procedure.
 
SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE  
Article 38 
(1) In the course of a substantive examination procedure the Office shall examine whether: 
the conditions for obtaining a 
Supplementary Protection Certificate 
prescribed by Article 71, paragraph (2) of the Law were complied with on the date of the application; 
the product for which a supplementary 
protection certificate is applied for is protected by the basic patent; 
the authorization to place the product on 
the market has been granted in the manner as prescribed by a special regulation; 
the product has already been the subject 
of a supplementary protection certificate. 
If, in the course of the examination procedure, 
the Office establishes that all the prescribed conditions are complied with, it 
shall grant a supplementary protection 
certificate. 
If, in the course of the examination procedure, 
the Office establishes that all the prescribed conditions are not complied with, it shall refuse an application for a 
supplementary protection certificate by a 
decision. 
CONTENT OF A CERTIFICATE 
Article 39 
A supplementary protection certificate shall 
contain: 
the name and address of the holder of the 
certificate; 
the number of the basic patent; 
the title of the invention; the number and date of the authorization to 
place the product on the market and the 
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                     - 21 -name of the product identified in that 
authorization; 
the number and date of the first 
authorization to place the product on the market, where necessary according to Article 35 of these Regulations; 
the duration of the certificate. 
DURATION OF THE CERTIFICATE  
Article 40 
The duration of a certificate shall be counted in 
the manner that the period which elapsed between the date of filing of a patent application and the date of granting the authorization be reduced by a period of 
five years. 
The owner of the basic patent shall be entitled 
to supplementary protection only in the 
case where the period which elapsed between the filing of a patent application and granting of the first authorization for 
supplementary protection exceeds five 
years, and that, only for the difference as laid down in paragraph (1) of this Article. 
The certificate shall relate to the same rights 
and shall be subject to the same limitations and obligations as the basic 
patent. 
The duration of the certificate may not exceed 
five years as from its entry into force. 
The maintenance charges for a certificate shall 
be payable for each year of its effective 
duration. If the final period is less than 
twelve months the charges shall be 
payable for the whole year. 
The charges are payable as a single cumulative 
amount for the whole period of duration of a certificate. 
The certificate holder shall pay the 
maintenance charges within a period of 3 months as from the day on which the certificate enters into force, in the amount prescribed by a special regulation.  
PUBLICATION OF DATA  
Article 41  
In addition to the data referred to in Article 73, 
paragraph (1) of the Law the following shall be published by the Office in the Office official gazette: 
the name and address of the holder of the 
certificate; 
the number of the basic patent; the title of the invention; 
the number and date of the authorization 
to place the product on the market and 
the name of the product identified in 
that authorization; 
the number and date of the first 
authorization to place the product on the market, where necessary according to Article 35 of these Regulations; 
the duration of the certificate. 
(2) In the case of refusal of an application for a certificate, the data referred to in Article 36 of these Regulations shall be published by the Office in the Office official gazette. 
(3) The data as published shall be entered in 
the Register of Patents. 
 
XVI. PROCEDURE CONCERNING 
INTERNATIONAL PATENT 
APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE  
OFFICE UNDER THE PATENT 
COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 
 
INTERNATIONAL PATENT 
APPLICATION 
Article 42 
The international patent application shall be 
filed with the Office as the receiving office 
in one copy, in the English or Croatian language. 
If the international application has been filed in 
the Croatian language, the applicant shall, within a period of one month from the date 
of receipt of this application by the Office, 
submit to it a translation of this international application into the English language. 
The necessary copies of the international patent 
application including all the documents 
specified in the check list shall be prepared 
by the Office, at the applicant’s expense. 
The international search and international 
preliminary examination of the international applications filed with the 
Office as the receiving office shall be 
carried out by the European Patent Office. 
The filing of the international application shall 
be subject to payment of the fee according to Article 110, paragraph (2) of the Patent Law, and the fees prescribed by the PCT 
Regulations, as well as, the fees prescribed 
by the Agreement between the European Patent Office and the International Bureau 
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Organization. 
Article 43 
(1) In respect of the patent application filed with the Office as the designated or elected office in compliance with Article 111, paragraph (1) of the Law, the applicant shall submit to the Office:   
a translation of the international 
application into the Croatian language; 
evidence as to payment of the national 
fee; 
If the claims have been amended in 
compliance with the Article 19, of the PCT, a translation of the international 
application referred to in paragraph (1), 
item 1 of this Article with the amended claims, and a translation of the statement referred to in Article 19 of the PCT, containing the explanation of the amendments made, have  to be furnished. 
If the international patent application has been 
amended in accordance with Article 34 of the PCT, and the international preliminary examination report contains attachments with amendments as made, the translation of the international application 
referred to in paragraph (1), item 1 of this 
Article shall be in compliance with the attachments contained in the international preliminary examination report. 
 
Article 44 
 The patent applications filed in compliance 
with Article 111 of the Law shall be published in the Office official gazette, not later than within six months after the date of filing of the application with the Office. 
XVII. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL 
PROVISIONS 
 
Article 45 
 The Regulations on the Patent Granting 
Procedure (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 146/1999 and 32/2002) shall cease to be valid on the day these Regulations enter into force. 
Article 46 The provisions referred to in Articles 35 to 41 of these Regulations shall apply as from March 1, 2010. 
Article 47 
These Regulations shall enter into force on the day of the publication thereof in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia.    
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* NN 145/2012, (in force from 27 December 2012) 
 In the Patent Regulations (“Official Gazette” Nos. 
117/07, 03/11 and 66/11), after Article 1, Article 1.a is added to read: “The expressions having gender meaning as used 
in these Regulations irrespective of whether they 
are used in the male or female gender shall include equally the male and female gender.”  
 
Article 2 
In Article 2 paragraphs 3 to 8, the words “paragraph (1)” are replaced by the words “paragraph (2)”. 
 
Article 3 
Article 3 is amended to read: 
 
“(1)  A European patent application shall be filed 
with the European Patent Office or with the Office as the Receiving Office in one copy, directly, by post or by electronic means, in accordance with the provisions of the European Patent Convention and the pertaining implementing regulations. 
 
(2)  A European patent application in electronic 
form which is filed with the Office shall be 
filed by using the software support provided by the European Patent Office, in accordance with the Decision of the 
President of the European Patent Office 
concerning the electronic filing of documents. 
 
(3)  The Office shall publish at its web site 
technical pre-conditions for the realization 
of electronic communication for filing an 
application in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article. The applicant who wishes to file an application in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article shall ensure 
technical preconditions required for filing 
applications and other data or attachments 
by electronic means.” 
Article 4 
Article 13 is amended to read:  
“(1) The deposited sample of viable biological 
material shall be, up on request, made 
available. The availability of the viable biological material shall consist in its furnishing to the requesting party. The requesting party may be: 
1. up to the first publication of the 
application, any person filing such a 
request, and having obtained an authorization to that effect from the applicant, as well as the person filing such a request without the applicant’s authorization, if he proves that the 
applicant has, taking action against him, 
invoked the rights conferred to him by his application; 
2.  between the publication of the 
application and the granting of the patent, any person filing such a request; 
3.  after the patent has been granted, and 
notwithstanding cancellation or revocation, any person filing such a request. 
 
(2)  Up to the fulfillment of technical 
requirements for the publication of a patent 
application, the applicant may file a request that the access to the deposited material be allowed only by furnishing the sample to an independent expert designated by the applicant: 
1.  up to the publication of data on the 
patent grant, or 
2.  within a period of twenty years from the 
filing date, if the application is rejected 
or withdrawn. 
 
(3)  The request referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this Article shall be filed with the Office on a 
form prescribed by the authorized institution in accordance with Article 20 paragraph (5) of the Act, on which the Office shall certify 
that the patent application referring to the 
deposit of viable biological material has been 
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to require the furnishing of the sample of 
viable biological material. This provision shall also apply to paragraph (2) of this Article mutatis mutandis. 
 
(4)  The sample shall be made available only if 
the person requesting it undertakes, for the 
term during which the patent is in force: 
1.  not to make it or any material derived 
from it available to third parties; 
2.  not to use it or any material derived from 
it except for experimental or research 
purposes, unless the applicant for or 
owner of the patent, as applicable, expressly waives such an undertaking. 
This provision shall also apply to 
paragraph (2) item 2 of this Article mutatis mutandis. 
 
(5)  The undertaking referred to in paragraph (4) 
item 2 of this Article shall not exist if the 
applicant uses the furnished sample of the deposited viable biological material on the basis of a compulsory license.” 
 
Article 5 
Article 45 is amended to read:   
“(1)  The international patent application shall be 
filed with the Office as the Receiving Office 
in writing, in one copy, directly, by post or by electronic means in the English or in the Croatian language. 
 
(2)  The international patent application in 
electronic form which is filed with the Office 
shall be filed by using the software support provided by the World Intellectual Property Organization or by the European Patent Office. 
 
(3)  The Office shall publish at its web site 
technical pre-conditions for the realization 
of electronic communication for filing an application in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article. The applicant who wishes 
to file an application in accordance with 
paragraph (2) of this Article shall ensure technical preconditions required for filing applications and other data or attachments 
by electronic means. 
 
(4)  If the international patent application has 
been filed in the Croatian language, the applicant shall, within a period of one 
month from the date of receipt of this 
application by the Office, submit to it a translation of this international patent application into the English language. 
 
(5)  The fees prescribed by the Regulations 
under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and 
the fees prescribed by the Agreement between the European Patent Office and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization shall be paid to the transfer account of the State 
Budget of the Republic of Croatia in kunas, 
calculated at mid exchange rate of the Croatian National Bank for foreign currency.  
 
(6)  The Office shall collect the fees as paid and 
referred to in paragraph (5) of this Article, 
and shall convert them into foreign 
currencies prescribed by the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and by the Rules Relating Fees under the European Patent Convention and shall transmit them to the International Bureau and the 
European Patent Organization within the 
prescribed time limits. 
 
(7)  The costs of conversion, banking fee and 
possible exchange rate difference incurred 
from the day of payment of the amount of 
fees in kunas to the transfer account of the 
State Budget to the day on which the Office has transmitted the same, shall be borne by the applicant filing the international patent application. 
 
(8)  The international search and international 
preliminary examination of the international 
patent applications filed with the Office as the Receiving Office shall be carried out by the European Patent Office.” 
 
Article 6 
On the day of entering into force of these Regulations, the Regulations on the International Patent Applications (“Official Gazette – 
International Treaties”, no 10/98) shall cease to 
be valid. 
 
Article 7 
These Regulations shall enter into force on the day of their publication in the “Official Gazette” 
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