IP/N/1/CHE/22  
IP/N/1/CHE/P/20  
 
18 April 2017  
(17-2085) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SWITZERLAND : ORDINANCE ON PATENTS  FOR INVENTIONS  
Notifying Member  SWITZERLAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Ordonnance relative aux brevets d'invention  (Ordonnance  sur les brevets , 
OBI) (Ordinance on Patents for Inventions  (Ordinance on Patents) ) 
RS 232.141  (Status as at  1 January 2017)  
Subject matter  Industrial property (general); Patents (including plant variety protection ) 
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/IP/CHE/17_1722_00_f.pdf  
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notifie d legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CHE/P/17  (Status as at 1 January 2013)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/17*&Language=French&Cont
ext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/P/13  (Status as at 1 September 2008) 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?D ataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/13*&Language=French&Cont
ext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/P/6  (Status as at 2 November 1999)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/6*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&language UIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/P/2  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pag es/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/2*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
Examination of applications for patents and issue of patents for  inventions, right of priority, 
immunity derived from disclosure , administrative appeal procedure, patents register, applications 
for European patents and international applications, opposition procedure for preliminary 
examinations, etc.   IP/N/1/CHE/22 • IP/N/1/CHE/P/20  
 
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  Language(s) of 
notified text  French  
Date of adoption  19 October 1977  
Entry into force  1 January 1978 (Titles 7, 8 and 9: entered into force on 1 June 1978)  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 February 2017  
Other information  Most recent amendment s: 
 
Articles 18 and 118(a): adopted on 1 May 2013 and entered into force on 
1 January  2014 (RO 2013 1305)  
 
Amendment to the Ordinance in respect of annuities.  
 
Article 112(a): adopted on 6 June 2014 and entered into force on 
1 September  2014 (RO  2014 2051)  
 
Adjustment to the decision -making procedures of the Directorate -General of 
Customs.  
 
Editorial amendments; Articles 2, 4, 5, 8(a), 10, 14, 17, 18(d), 19, 20, 23, 
25, 34, 40, 43, 46(a), 48(c), 50, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60(c), 63, 73, 90, 94 to 
96, 105, 107(a), 118, 119, 125(a) and 126: adopted on 2 December 2016 
and entered into force on 1 January 2017 ( RO 2016  4837)  
 
Simplification and harmonization of procedures in orde r to facilitate the 
renewal of the electronic administration system for patents and 
supplementary protection certificates and to achieve increased 
transparency for owners.  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle  (Federal Institute of 
Intellectual Property)