DECREE OF HE COUNCIL OF STATE ON AUTHORIZED INDUSTRIAL 
PROPERTY AGENTS, 22.5.2014/396  
 
By decision of the Government, the following is enacted pursuant to section 2, subsection 2; 
section 6, subsection 3; and section 12, subsection 2 of the Act on Authorised Industrial 
Property Attorneys (22/2014):  
 
Section 1  
Organisation of industrial property a gent's examination   
 
The Industrial property Agents B oard approves the list of legislation, literature and other 
materials on which the questions in the ind ustrial property a gent’s examination are based.  
The date and place of the industrial property agent’ s examination s are decided by The 
Industrial property Agents B oard. These shall be announced on the website of the Finnish 
Patent and Registration Office no  later than two months prior to the date of the examination.  
 
Section 2  
Passing the industrial property a gent’s examination  
 
All sections in the examination must be passed in order to pass the industrial property a gent’s 
examination.  
The examination is gra ded on a pass/fail basis.  
 
Section 3  
Certificate of industrial property a gent’s examination  
 
The Industrial property Agents  Board issues a qualification certificate to candidates who have 
passed the industrial property a gent’s examination. The title of the  qualification shall be 
patent a gent, trade mark a gent or design a gent depending on the examination section referred 
to in section 2, subsection 1, paragraph 2 of the Act on the Authorised Industrial Property 
Agents  (22/2014) passed by the candidate.  
The following information shall be recorded on the certificate:  
1) the title of the qualification;  
2) the legal provisions on which the qualification is based;  
3) the name of the board issuing the certificate;  
4) the personal details of the holder of the quali fication;  
5) the place and date of issue of the certificate.  
The certificate shall be signed by the ch airperson and secretary of The I ndustrial property 
Agents Bo ard or, when the chairperson is p revented from doing so, by The I ndustrial 
property Agents B oard’s vice chairperson and secretary.  
 
Section 4  
Certificate of authorisation  
 
The following information shall be recorded on the authorisation certificate:  
1) the professional title of the authorised a gent; 
2) the  legal provisions on which the authorisation is based;  
3) the name of the board granting the authorisation;  
4) the personal details of the authorised a gent; 5) the date of issue or date of extension of validity of the authorisation;  
6) the period of validi ty of the authorisation.  
The certificate shall be signed by the ch airperson and secretary of The I ndustrial property 
Agents B oard or, when the chairperson is p revented from doing so, by The I ndustrial 
property Agents B oard’s vice chairperson and secretary.  
 
Section 5  
Consideration of matters in the I ndustrial property Agents B oard  
 
The Industrial property Agents B oard is convened by the chairperson or, when the 
chairperson is prevented from doing so, by the vice chairperson. The board shall be convened 
when  a request to this effect is made by at least three members.  
The I ndustrial property  Agents B oard considers matters within its competence on the 
presentation of the board’s s ecretary. The secretary of the I ndustrial property Agents B oard 
shall be appointed  by the board.  
 
Section 6  
Entry into force  
 
This Decree enters into force on 1 July 2014.