WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
IP/N/1/SVK/P/5 
16 December 2011 
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PR OPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 
 The present document repro duces the consolidated text1 of Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on Patents, 
Supplementary Protection Certificates and on Amendment of Some Acts as Amended (The Patent Act) as 
amended by Act No. 402/2002 Coll., Act No. 84/2007 Coll., Act No. 517/2007 Coll., Act No. 495/2008 Coll., 
and Act No. 202/2009 Coll., as notified by the Slovak Republic on 18 August 2010 under Article 63.2 of the 
Agreement (see document IP/N/1/SVK/4). 
 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
 
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMEN TATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA 
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NO TIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
RÉPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE 
 
 Le présent document contient le texte consolidé1 de la Loi n° 435/2001 Coll. sur les brevets, les 
certificats de protection complémentaires et la modifica tion de certaines lois, telles qu'elles ont été modifiées 
(Loi sur les brevets), telle que modifiée par la Loi n° 402/2002 Coll., par la Loi n° 84/2007 Coll., par la 
Loi n° 517/2007 Coll., par la Loi n° 495/2008 Coll., et pa r la Loi n° 202/2009 Coll., notifiée par la République 
slovaque le 18 août 2010 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/SVK/4). 
 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relaciona dos con el Comercio  
 
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NO TIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
REPÚBLICA ESLOVACA 
  En el presente documento se  reproduce el texto refundido
1 de la Ley Nº 435/2001 (recopilación) de 
patentes y certificados de protección complementaria y de modificación de algunas le yes, modificada (Ley de 
patentes), modificada por la Ley Nº 402/2002 (recopilación), por la Ley Nº  84/2007 (recopilación), por la 
Ley Nº 517/2007 (recopilación), por la Ley N° 495/2008 (recopilación), y por la Ley N° 202/2009 
(recopilación), que la República Esl ovaca ha notificado el 18 de agosto de  2010 en virtud del párrafo 2 del 
artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/SVK/4).  
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente.   
   
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  Act No. 435/2001 Coll. on Patents, 
 
Supplementary Protection Certificates 
 
and on Amendment of Some Acts as Amended 
 
(The Patent Act) 
 
 Amended by :   Act No. 402/2002 Coll. 
Act No. 84/2007 Coll. Act No. 517/2007 Coll. Act No. 495/2008 Coll. Act No. 202/ 2009 Coll. 
 
The National Council of the Slovak Republic has adopted the following Act: 
 
 
Title I 
 
PART ONE 
BASIC PROVISIONS 
 
Article 1 
Subject-matter of regulation 
 
This Act shall govern relations ar ising in relation to creation, legal protection and utilisation of 
inventions, which are subject-matter of a patent application or grante d patent or are subject-matter of 
supplementary protection certificates.  
Article 2 
Scope of the Act 
 
This Act shall apply to 
 
a)  patent application (hereinafter referred to  as "application"), European patent application 
[Article 3(e)] and internationa l application [Article 3(g)], 
 b)  patent and European patent [Article 3(f)],  c)  rights and obligations of an inventor, applican t (hereinafter referred to as "applicant") and to 
an owner of a patent, an applicant for a Europ ean Patent application and to an owner of a 
European patent, an applicant of an international application, 
 d)  legal status of the third party who is a holde r of other rights or obligations in relation to an 
application, European patent application, interna tional application, patent or European patent,  
 
e)  proceedings on subject-matters of right pursuant to points (a) to (d). 
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  Article 3 
Definition of terms 
 For purposes of this Act 
 a)  biological material shall mean any mate rial containing genetic information capable of 
reproducing itself or being reproduced in a biological system, 
 
b)  microbiological process shall mean any process using microbiological material or performed 
upon microbiological material or process result of which is microbiological material, 
 c)  essentially biological process for creation pl ants or animals shall mean a process based 
exclusively on natural phenomena such as breeding or selection, 
 
d)  reproduction shall mean a gene rative or vegetative reproduction, 
 e)  European patent application shall mean an a pplication for a European patent filed pursuant to 
the Convention on granting European patent s signed in Munich on October 5, 1973 
(hereinafter referred to as "European Patent Convention"), 
 
f)  European patent shall mean a patent granted by the European Patent Office pursuant to the 
European Patent Convention, 
 g)  international application shall mean an a pplication filed pursuant to the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty
1 
 
h)  commercial exploitation of a patent or an inve ntion shall mean any activity related to a patent 
as a subject-matter of right or in relation to an invention as a subject-matter of a patent, performed by an owner or any other authori sed person with a purpose of making profit. 
 
 
PART TWO 
PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS 
 
Article 4 
 
The Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") shall 
grant patents for inventions, which meet  conditions, specified by this Act. 
 
Article 5 
Patentability of inventions 
 
(1)  Patents shall be granted for inventions from all fields of technology, which are new, involve 
inventive activity and are industrially applicable.  
                                                      
1 Communication of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs No 296/1991 Coll. on Deposition of the 
Document on Accession of the Czech and Slovak Federal Re public to the Patent Co- operation Treaty agreed in 
Washington on 17 June 1970 as amended. 
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  (2)  Patents pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be also granted for biotechnological inventions 
concerning to a product consisting of  or containing biological material, or to a process by means of 
which biological material is produced, processed or utilised, including cases when  invention relates to 
 
a) biological material which is isolated from its natural environment or is produced by means of 
a technical process, already occurred in a nature, 
 b) a plant or an animal, if a technical feasibility of  an invention is not reduced to a particular 
plant or animal variety
2 
 c) a microbiological or other technical process or to a product obtained by such process, 
 d) an element isolated from a human body or produ ced by other means of a technical process, 
including a sequence or partial sequence of a gene also in the case when the structure of such 
element is identical with a structur e of a naturally existing element. 
 (3)  The following shall not be regarded  as inventions pursuant to paragraph 1: 
 a)  discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods, 
 
b)  aesthetic creations,  c)  schemes, rules and methods for perform ing intellectual acts, games or business, 
 d)  computer programmes, 
 
e)  presentation of information.  (4)  Subject-matters or activities stated in para graph 3 shall be excluded from patentability only to 
the extent to which a patent application re lates to these subject-matters or activities. 
 
Article 6 
Exceptions to patentability 
 
(1)  Patents shall not be granted to 
 
a)  plant and animal varieties,  b)  essentially biological processes for creation plants or animals,  c)  methods of surgical or therapeutic treatment  of human or animal body and diagnostic methods 
and methods of illness prevention practised on human or animal body. This provision shall 
not apply to products, in par ticular substances or compositions usable in any of above-
mentioned methods of treatment, diagnostics or illness prevention, 
 
                                                      
2 Act No 132/1989 Coll. on Protection of Rights to New Plant and Animal Variety as amended by the 
Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 22/1996 Coll. 
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  d)  inventions relating to human body in differe nt stages of its formation or development or 
relating only to discovery of some elements of human body, including sequences or partial 
sequence of a gene, with an exception pursuant to Article 5(2)(d),  
 
e)  inventions commercial exploitation of which w ould be in contradiction with public order or 
good manners. The sole prohibition of exploitatio n of an invention by law shall not be 
considered to be in contradiction with pub lic order or good manners pursuant to this 
provision. 
 
(2) Patents shall not be granted pursuant to paragraph 1(e) to 
 a)  processes of cloning human beings,  b)  processes of modifying germ lin e genetic identity of human beings, 
 
c)  utilisation of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes,  d)  processes of modifying genetic identity of  animals which are likely to cause suffering to 
animals without having substantial medical bene fit for people or animals, neither on animals 
which are results of such processes. 
 
Article 7 
Novelty 
 
(1)  An invention shall be considered to be ne w if it does not form part of state of the art. 
 
(2)  State of the art shall be everything made ava ilable to public by any means of disclosure before 
the day from which an applicant enjoys priority right (Article 36).   (3)  Contents of patent applications and utilit y model applications filed in the Slovak Republic 
with earlier priority right shall also be considered  as state of the art, if they are published in the 
Official Journal of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as 
"Journal") on the day from which an applicant enjoys pr iority right or after this day. This shall also 
apply to international applications with desi gnation for the Slovak Republic; publication of an 
international application shall be publication in the Journal (Article 41), and to European patent 
applications with designation for the Slovak Republic  (hereinafter referred to as "European patent 
application"); publication of a European patent app lication shall be publication pursuant to Article 93 
or Article 153 of the European Patent Convention.  Confidential patent appl ication (Article 59(10)) 
shall be deemed for purposes of this provision to be  published after expiry of 18 months from the day 
of the rise of priority right.  
(4)  Disclosure of an invention to public shall not  be considered as state of the art if it occurred 
not earlier than six months preceding filing a patent  application and which directly or indirectly 
follows from   a)  an evident abuse in relation to an applicant or his legal predecessor, 
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  b)  the fact that an applicant or his legal predece ssor has displayed an invention at an official or 
officially recognised exhibition pursu ant to an international convention.3 In this case when an 
applicant shall be in filing an patent applicati on obliged to indicate that an invention has been 
displayed and within four months from filing a patent application to file a certificate on 
displaying of an invention pursuant to an international convention.3) 
 
(5)  Patentability of substances or compositions sh all not be excluded pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 
3, which are 
 
a)  comprised in state of the ar t, for their utilisation in methods referred to in the provision of the 
Article 6(1)(c), provided that such utilisati on is not comprised in state of the art,  
 b)  indicated in point (a) for their any speci fic utilisation in methods referred to in the 
Article 6(1)(c), provided that such specific utilisation is not comprised in state of the art. 
 
Article 8 
Inventive activity 
 
(1)  An invention shall be consid ered as a result of an inventive activity if it is not for a person 
skilled in the art obvious from state of the art. 
 (2)  Contents of applications, European patent applications and utility model applications which 
have not been published as by the day from which an applicant enjoys priority right shall not be taken 
into consideration in determina tion of an inventive activity. 
 
Article 9 
Industrial application 
 
An invention shall be considered to be industrially applicable if its subject-matter can be produced or 
utilised in any branch of industry, particularly  in any branch of industry and agriculture. 
 
Inventor 
Article 10 
 
(1)  An author of an invention (hereinafter referre d to as "inventor") shall have right to a patent 
including right to file an application (hereina fter referred to as "right to a patent").  
 (2)  An inventor shall be a person who has created an invention by his own creative work.  (3)  Co-inventors of an invention (hereinafter re ferred to as "co-inventors") shall have right to a 
solution within extent to which they participated in creating an invention. Share of co-inventors in 
creating an invention shall be equal, unless co-i nventors agreed otherwise or unless a court decides 
otherwise.  (4)  If an invention has been created by several pe rsons independently from each other, right to a 
solution shall belong to a person with an earlier prio rity right (Article 36). This shall apply only in 
case, if a patent application has been published pursuant to Article 41 or Article 60(2). 
                                                      
3 Convention on International Exhibitions signed in Paris on 22 November 1928 (Collection of acts and 
regulations of the Czechoslovak State No 46/1932), last revised in Paris on 30 November 1972. 
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Article 11 
 (1)  If an inventor has created an inventi on within the framework fulfilling tasks from an 
employment, similar relationship or from membership  relation right to a solution shall pass to an 
employer, until parties to this relationship agreed ot herwise. Right of being an inventor shall remain 
unaffected.  
(2)  An inventor who has created an invention purs uant to paragraph 1 shall be obliged to inform 
an employer about this fact immediately in writin g and at the same time he shall submit any materials 
necessary for assessment of an invention.  (3)  An employer shall be entitled to exercise right to a solution vis-à-vis the inventor in writing, 
within a time limit of three months from notification pursuant to paragraph 2. 
 
(4)  If an employer fails to exercise right to a solution patent in writing within the time limit 
pursuant to paragraph 3, this right shall pass back to an inventor. An employ er as well as an inventor 
shall be obliged to preserve confidentiality about invention vis-à-vis third parties. 
 
(5)  An inventor, against whom right to a solu tion pursuant to paragraph 3 has been exercised, 
shall be entitled to an appropriate remunera tion from an employer. Technical and economic 
importance of an invention and contribution achieva ble by its exploitation or by other application 
shall be decisive for determining amount of remune ration, whereas material share of an employer in 
creating an invention as well as a sc ope and contents of workload of an inventor shall be taken into 
consideration. If remuneration fails evidently to  correspond with a contribution achieved by later 
exploitation or other application of an invention,  an inventor shall have right to supplementary 
compensation.  (6)  Rights and obligations pursuant to paragra phs 1 to 5 shall remain unaffected after legal 
relationship between inventor and employer has ceased.  
Article 12 
 
(1)  Right to a solution shall also belong to legal successors in title of persons listed in Article 10(1) and (3) or in Article 11(1). 
 
(2)  Right to a solution shall be transferred to another person in cases specified by special 
regulations.
4 
 (3)  An agreement on the assignment of right to a so lution shall be made in writing, otherwise it is 
invalid. 
 
(4)  Together with assignment or transfer of right to a solution, which shall be made after filing an 
application, assignment or transfer of rights confe rred by an application shall be made concurrently. 
Transfer or assignment of rights conferred by an application shall come into effect vis-à-vis third 
parties on the day of its entry into the Register of pa tent applications (Article 57), this shall not apply 
                                                      
4 For example Articles 69, 479 and 487 of the Commercial Code, Articles 460 and 469 of the Civil 
Code, Articles 12 to 17 of the Act No 111/1990 Coll. on State Enterprise as amended. 
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  vis-à-vis third parties who have been informed about  assignment or transfer or according to 
circumstances should have known. 
 
Article 13 
Scope of protection 
 
(1)  Scope of protection conferred by a patent sh all be determined by cont ents of patent claims. 
Description and drawings shall be used  for interpretation of patent claims. 
 
(2)  Scope of protection conferred by an applica tion shall be preliminary determined by contents 
of patent claims published pursuant to Article 41. Granted patent or patent  partially revoked shall 
determine scope of this preliminary protection retroac tively; this shall not apply if there is conferred 
wider protection by a granted patent than by a published patent application.  
(3)  Protection conferred by a patent granted for a process shall also apply to a product directly 
obtained by such process.  (4)  Protection conferred by a patent granted for biological material with specific characteristics, 
which are result of an invention sh all also apply to any other biological material derived from original 
biological material by reproduction in identical or  different form with same characteristics.  
 (5)  Protection conferred by a patent granted for a process enabling production of a biological 
material with specific characteristics which are result  of an invention, shall also apply to biological 
material obtained directly by a protected process as well as to any other biological material derived from directly obtained biological material by reproduction in identical or different form with same 
characteristics same characteristics. 
 (6)  Protection conferred by a patent granted for a product containing of or consisting in a genetic 
information shall apply to any material, in which a product is incorporated and in which a genetic 
information is contained and pe rforms its functions. This shall not apply in case pursuant to 
Article 6(1)(d). 
 (7)  A product, identical with a product protected pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 shall be deemed 
to be a product achieved by a protected process directly unless it is proved otherwise. 
 
Article 14 
Exploitation of an invention 
 
(1)  An owner of a patent (Article 19) shall have exclusive right to exploit an invention, to grant 
consent for exploitation of an invention, to assign a patent to another person or to establish right of 
lien to a patent. 
 
(2)  A patent shall be effective from the day when  announcement on grant of a patent is published 
in the Journal. 
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  Article 15 
Prohibition of exploitation of an invention 
 (1)  Without consent of a patent owner following shall be prohibited 
 a)  producing, exploitation, offering or placing on the market, or for this purpose storing or 
importing a product which is a subject-matter of a patent, 
 
b)  exploitation of a production process which is a subject-matter of a patent (hereinafter referred 
to as "protected process") or offering such protected process for exploitation to another 
person, 
 c)  producing, exploitation, offering or placing on the market, or for this purpose storing or 
importing a product directly obtained by a protected process, 
 
d)  supplying or offering for delivery to a pers on not entitled to exploit an invention any means 
enabling him to carry out an invention, if a person infringing right has been informed or with regard to circumstances he should have been  informed that these means are intended or 
suitable to carry out an invention; this shall not  apply if these means are currently available on 
the market and a supplier did not instigate the person not entitled to perform acts in 
contradiction with points (a) to (c). 
 (2)  Exclusive rights pursuant to paragraph 1 sha ll also belong to an applicant, starting from the 
day of publication of an application in the Journa l, provided that a patent has been granted for an 
invention, which is a subject-matter of an application. However, claiming of these rights vis-à-vis 
third parties shall be possible only as from the day on which effects of a patent begin. 
 
Article 16 
Exhaustion of rights 
 (1)  A patent owner shall not be entitled to prohib it third parties to dispose of a product which is a 
subject-matter of a patent protection after this product has been placed on the market in the member state of the European Union or in the state whic h is a contracting party to the Agreement on the 
European Economic Area by a patent owner or with his explicit consent. This shall not apply if there 
are reasons for extension of rights to a patent for such treatment. 
 
(2)  Paragraph 1 shall also apply to a biological  material obtained by reproduction of a protected 
biological material provided that such reproduc tion necessarily results from the use for which the 
biological material has been placed on the market, if biological material obtained in this way is not subsequently utilised for its further reproduction.   
(3)  Acquisition of protected plant reproduction material by a farmer within the scope of a 
commercial relation with a patent owner or with hi s consent implies right of a farmer to utilise a 
product of his work for reproduction of this product in his farm. Provisions of a special regulation
6a) 
shall apply mutatis mutandis for determination of a scope of right of a farmer pursuant to sentence one 
and condition of claiming such right. 
 
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6a) Article 14 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety 
rights, (Special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 16 P. 390 – 419, OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1–30) 
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  (4)  Acquisition of protected animal reproduction material by a farmer within the scope of a 
commercial relation with a patent owner or with hi s consent implies for right of a farmer to use a 
protected livestock for agricultural purposes including us ing of an animal reproductive material for his  
 
agricultural activity with exception of sale of animal reproduction mate rial form performing 
agricultural activities of a farmer with exception of a sale of an animal reproduction material in relation with business or for the purpose of business
5) in the form of a subsequent reproduction 
activity. 
 
 
Limitation to effects of a patent 
Article 17 
 
(1)  Right of a patent owner shall not be exercised vis-à-vis a person who before priority right 
(Article 36) has exploited an invention in a g ood faith or has made appropriate arrangements 
immediately aiming at exploitation of an invention independently from an inventor or a patent owner 
(hereinafter referred to as "prior user") within th e territory of the Slovak Republic. In case of doubts 
action of a prior user shall be considered acting in a good faith unless proved otherwise. 
 
(2)  Assignment or transfer of right of a prior user for exploitation of an invention pursuant to 
paragraph 1 shall be possible exclusively as a part  of assignment or transfer of ownership of a 
company or its part, within which an invention is being utilised. 
 
Article 18 
 (1)  Rights of a patent owner shall not be  infringed if an invention is exploited 
 a)  on board vessels of other states which are cont racting parties to an international convention
6) 
or parties to the World Trade Organisation7) (hereinafter referred to as "Union countries") to 
which the Slovak Republic is a contracting party, in a body of a vessel, machinery, tackle, 
gear and other accessories, if these vessels temporarily or accidentally enter the territory of 
the Slovak Republic provided an invention is  used exclusively for needs of a vessel, 
 b)  in construction or operation of aircrafts or land vehicles of the Union countries, or in their 
components or other accessories when they tempor arily or accidentally enter the territory of 
the Slovak Republic, 
 c)  when conducting activities pursuan t to an international convention
8) if these activities relate to 
an aircraft of a state benefiting fro m advantages of this convention,  
  
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5) Article 2(1) of the Commercial Code. 
6) Decree of the Minister of Foreign Affairs No 64/1975 Coll. on Paris Convention on Protection of 
Industrial Property of 20 March 1883 re vised in Brussels on 14 December 1 900, in Washington on 2 June 1911, 
in the Hague on 6 November 1925, in London on 2 June 1934, in Lisbon on 31 October 1958 and in Stockholm 
on 14 July 1967 as amended by Decree No 81/1958 Coll. 
7) Communication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic No 152/2000 Coll. on 
Conclusion of the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation. 
8) Article 27 of the Treaty on International Civil Aviation of 7 December 19 44 (Decree No 147/1947 
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  d)  in individual preparation of a medicine in a pharmacy according to a medical prescription or 
in activity related to a medicine prepared in this way, 
 
e)  in activity conducted privatel y and for non-commercial purposes, 
 f)  in activity conducted for experimental purposes which shall also be studies, exams 
necessary for registration proceedings pursuant to a special regulation
8a). 
 
(2)  Persons using an invention pursuant to paragraph 1(d) to (f) shall not be considered to be 
persons entitled to exploit an inven tion pursuant the Article 15(1)(d). 
 
Article 19 
Patent owner 
 A legal entity or a natural person entered as an owner into the Patent Register of the Office 
(hereinafter referred to as "Register") shall be considered a patent owner. 
 
Article 20 
Co-ownership of a patent 
 
(1)  Provisions of a special regulation
9) shall apply to regulation of relationships among patent co-
owners e mutatis mutandis , unless this Act provides otherwise. 
 (2)  Proportionate ownership of a co-owner to a pa tent shall be derived from the scope of right to 
a solution belonging to a co-inventor (Article 10( 3)) as a patent owner or a co–inventor as a legal 
predecessor of a patent owner. 
 (3)  Each of co-owners shall have right to expl oit an invention, which is a subject–matter of a 
patent, except granting right for utilisation of an in vention to a third party, unless coowners have 
agreed otherwise. 
 
(4)  An agreement on abandonmen t of co-ownership and on mutual settlement shall be made in 
writing, otherwise it is invalid.  (5)  An agreement pursuant to para graph 4 shall have legal effects vis-à-vis third parties from the 
day of entry into the Register. The Office shall be obliged to enter changes from the agreement into 
the Register no later than six months from its delivery to the Office or within this time limit to communicate a decision specifying reasons on basis of which it shall not possible to enter modifications into the Register.  (6)  If a patent co-owner has no legal successor, af ter a patent co-owner's death or forfeiture, his 
proportionate ownership shall be tran sferred to other patent co-owners in a rate appropriate to their 
proportionate co-ownerships.  (7)  Provisions of paragraphs 1 to 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to relations between co-
applicants. 
 
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8a) Act No 140/1998 Coll. on Medicines and Medical Devices  
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  Article 21 
Assignment of patent 
 (1)  An agreement on assignment of a patent sha ll be made in writing, otherwise it is invalid. 
 (2)  Assignment shall have legal effects vis-à-vis third parties from the day of entry into the 
Register. This shall not apply vis-à-vis persons who knew about assign ment or should have known 
according to circumstances. The Office shall be oblig ed to enter this assignment into the Register no 
later than six months from delivery of an agreemen t on assignment to the Office or in this time limit 
to communicate a decision specifying reasons on basis of which it shall not be possible to enter assignment into the Register within.  (3)  Rights of third parties acquired before the day of entry of patent assignment into the Register 
shall remain unaffected.  
Article 22 
Transfer of patent 
 
(1)  A Patent shall be transferred to a new ow ner pursuant to Article 48 including cases specified 
by special regulations
4).. 
 (2)  Transfer of a patent shall have legal effects vis-à-vis third parties from the day of entry into 
the Register. This shall not apply vis-à-vis persons who knew about tran sfer or should have known 
according to circumstances. The Office shall be obliged  to enter this transfer into the Register no later 
than six months from its delivery to the Office or in this time limit to communicate a decision 
specifying reasons on basis of which it shall not be  possible to enter transfer into the Register. 
 (3) With exception pursuant to Article 48, rights of third parties acquired before the day of patent 
transfer shall remain unaffected. 
 
Article 23 
Right of lien 
 
(1)  Right of lien on a patent may be established.  
(2)  Provisions of a special regulation
10) shall apply mutatis mutandis to right of lien and to 
relations between pledge cr editor and pledge debtor. 
 (3)  Agreement on establishing right of lien sha ll be made in writing, otherwise it is invalid. 
 (4)  Contractual right of lien shall begin on the day of entry into the Register. The Office shall be 
obliged to enter right of lien in to the Register no later than within six months from delivery of an 
agreement on establishing right of lien to the O ffice or within this time limit to communicate a 
decision specifying reasons on basis of which it shall not be possible to enter right of lien into the Register.  
(5)  Special regulation
11) and paragraphs 2 and 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to sub-lien right. 
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10) Article 151(a) to (j) and Article 552 of the Civil Code. 
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  Article 24 
Licence agreement 
 (1)  Rise, lapse and enforcement of right from a licence agreement shall be governed by 
provisions of a special regulation.
12) 
 (2)  Licence agreement shall have legal effects vis-à-vis third parties from the day of entry into the 
Register. This shall not apply vis-à-vis persons who knew about signing of licence agreement or 
should have known according to circumstances. The O ffice shall be obliged to  enter the licence into 
the Register no later than within six months from delivery of a licence agreement to the Office or 
within this time limit to communicate a decision specifying reasons on basis of which it shall not be possible to enter the licence into the Register.   
(3)  Granted licence shall be considered non-ex clusive, unless a licence agreement stipulates 
otherwise.  (4)  Assignment or transfer of right of a contractual licence holder shall be possible exclusively as part of assignment or transfer of a company or its part, within which an inve ntion is being exploited 
pursuant to a contractual licence, unless a licence agreement stipulates otherwise. 
 
Licence offer 
Article 25 
 
(1)  If a patent applicant or a patent owner (herei nafter referred to as "licensor") shall file a written 
statement with the Office that he shall grant right  to utilise an invention to any person subject to 
appropriate compensation (hereinafter referred to as "licence offer"), the O ffice shall enter a licence 
offer into the Register.   (2)  Licence offer may be withdrawn until a writte n statement about acceptance of a licence offer 
is delivered to the licensor.  
 (3)  If a licence offer is not withdrawn by a li censor, entry of an ex clusive licence into the 
Register shall not be allowed.  
(4)  Statement on a licence offer shall not be adm itted if an exclusive licen ce has been entered into 
the Register.  (5)  If a new patent owner or a patent appli cant delivers a written request on maintenance of a 
licence offer to the Office within a time limit of 30 days from the day of validity of a decision on forfeiture of protection and transfer it shall apply on the day of entry of a decision on forfeiture of a 
patent protection and transfer pursuant to Article 48 into the Register, that  a licence offer has been 
withdrawn. 
 
Article 26 
 (1)  Person, who accepts a licence offer and communi cates it to a licensor and at the same time to 
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   (2)  A licence obtained pursuant to paragraph 1 sh all be considered contractual, nonexclusive, 
concluded for indefinite time and valid w ithin the territory of the Slovak Republic. 
 
(3)  If no agreement on compensation for grante d licence has been concluded among parties to 
licence agreement, notwithstanding negotiations  relating thereto, amount of an adequate 
compensation as well as terms of payment shall be dete rmined by a court on proposal of one of parties 
to licence agreement taking into consideration importa nce of an invention and usual licence prices in 
particular field. In case of a substantial change of circumstances decisive for determining an adequate 
compensation, the court shall be entitled on proposal of one of parties to licence agreement to change 
amount of a compensation or terms of payment orig inally negotiated or settled by a court, if no 
agreement has been concluded among parties, notwithstanding negotiations relating thereto. 
 
Compulsory licence 
Article 27 
 
(1)  On request the court shall be entitled to grant a compulsory licence to any person who can 
prove the capability to exploit an invention, which is  a subject-matter of a granted patent, within the 
territory of the Slovak Republic, provided that  
 
a)  4 years have expired since filing of an a pplication or 3 years have expired from granting a 
patent, where the time limit, which expires later, shall apply,  
 b)  person requesting granting of a compulsory licence has offered before filing a request to a 
patent owner a proper conclusion of a licence agreement, whilst this offer was not accepted 
by a patent owner within three months from its filing, and  
 c)  invention has not been exploited within the territory of the Slovak Republic without an 
appropriate reason by a patent owner, or it h as been exploited insufficiently, while a subject-
matter of a patented invention as a product has not  been supplied to the market of the Slovak 
Republic in a sufficient quantity. Non-exis tence of an appropriate reason shall be 
presupposed, unless proved otherwise. 
 (2)  Compulsory licence may be granted only as a non-exclusive licence, whilst its duration and scope shall be limited to purpose for which it has been granted provided that domestic market needs 
shall be satisfied preferentially. 
 (3)  If a subject-matter of a patent is a tech nology of semiconductor products, compulsory licence 
may be granted only for public non-commercial explo itation or to prevent a patent owner from further 
action, which pursuant to a decision of a competen t body can be considered as an action abusing or 
restricting economic competition
13) or in case of serious public interest menace. 
 
(4)  Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a) and (b) compul sory licence may be granted in case of serious 
public interest menace.   
 
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  (5)  Notwithstanding presuppositions pursuant to paragraph 1 and conditions pursuant to 
paragraph 2, a court shall be entitled to grant a co mpulsory non-exclusive licence for utilisation of a 
biotechnological invention on request, if a cultivator sh all not be able to exploit or acquire right to a 
plant variety without infringing earlier right to a patent, if the plaintiff proves that 
 a)  before filing a request he has offered to  a patent owner a proper conclusion of a licence 
agreement, whilst this offer was not been accep ted by a patent owner within three months 
from its filing, and 
 
b)  plant variety represents an important technical progress of a considerable economic 
importance comparable with an invention which is a subject-matter of a request for granting a 
compulsory licence. 
 (6)  In case of granting a compulsory licence pursuan t to paragraph 5, a patent owner shall have 
right for granting a cross compulsory licence for u tilisation of a plant variety pursuant to a special 
regulation
2). 
 (7)  If a patent owner has granted a compulsory licence for utilisation of a plant variety pursuant 
to a special regulation
13b), an owner of a cultivator certificate shall have right for granting a cross 
compulsory licence for utilisation of a biotechnological invention. 
 (8)  Assignment or transfer of right of a compulsory licence holder shall be possible exclusively as a part of an assignment or transfer of a company or  of its part, within which an invention is being 
used on a basis of a compulsory licence.  
(9)  A holder of a compulsory licence shall be entitled to waive rights from a compulsory licence 
by a written notice delivered to the Office. Waiver of right shall come into effect from the day of 
delivery of a notice to the Office or on a later day which is stated in a notice as a day from which a 
compulsory licence rights holder waives his rights. 
 
Article 28 
 
(1)  By granting a compulsory licence, right of a patent owner to adequate compensation shall remain unaffected; Article 26(3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to purposes of determining 
compensation for exploitation of an invention, wh ich is a subject-matter of a compulsory licence. 
 
(2)  In case of substantial change of circumstan ces, which led to granting a compulsory licence, 
the court shall be entitled on a request of one of parties to licence relation to cancel a decision on 
granting a compulsory licence, provided that re-o ccurrence of reasons for granting a compulsory 
licence is improbable or compulsory licence rights have not been used during one year.  
(3)  The Office shall enter valid decision on granting and cancelling compulsory licence into the 
Register.  
Article 29 
Validity of a patent 
 
The term of validity of a patent shall be 20 year s from the filing a patent application (Article 35). 
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  Article 30 
Abandonment of a patent 
 (1)  Patent owner shall be entitled to abandon a pa tent by a written notice delivered to the Office. 
Partial abandonment of a patent shall not be admissible.  (2)  If a patent co-owner waives his proportionate ow nership, it shall be transferred to the rest of 
co-owners in a rate appropriate to  their proportionate co-ownerships. 
 
(3)  Abandonment of a patent shall come into eff ect on the day of delivery of a notice pursuant to 
paragraph 1 to the Office, or on a later day, whic h is stated in a notice as a day on which an owner 
shall abandon a patent.  (4)  Abandonment of patent affecting third party ri ghts, which are entered into the Register, shall 
come into effect only after submission of a written consent of a party whose rights and justified 
interests may be affected by lapse of a patent. The same shall apply in a case of existence of a 
litigation entered into the Register subject-matter of wh ich is right to a solution up to the expiration of 
six months from the day of validity of a court decision. 
 
Article 31 
Lapse of the patent 
 
(1)  Patent shall lapse:  a)  by expiry of its term, 
 
b)  by expiry of a time limit for payment of fees for maintenance of validity of a patent 
(hereinafter referred to as "mainten ance fees") under special regulation
13a) 
 c)  from the day of effectiveness of abandon ment of a patent pursuant to Article 30(3). 
 
(2)  From the day of delivery of a request for entry of litigation on right to a patent into the 
Register (Article 50(4)), running of a time limit for payment of maintenance fees shall be interrupted 
to expiry of a time limit of six months from the validity day of a court decision.  
(3)  Cancelled from January 1, 2008. 
 (4)  Cancelled from January 1, 2008. 
 
Article 32 
Infringement of rights 
 
(1)  In case of infringement of rights protected by this Act or jeopardising of these rights, a 
person, whose rights have been infringed or jeopa rdised, shall be entitled to claim prohibition of 
infringement or jeopardising of right and to  eliminate consequences of infringement. 
 
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designation of the Slovak Republic, for a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products and for a 
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   (2)  If damage has been caused by  infringement of rights pursuant to paragraph 1, the aggrieved 
party shall have right to compensation of actua l damage including profit lost. If a non-pecuniary 
injury has been caused by infringement of rights pursuant to paragraph 1 or by jeopardising of these 
rights, the aggrieved party shall have right to adequa te satisfaction, which can be in form of pecuniary 
compensation
13aa). 
 (3)  Also an aggrieved party, whose pecuniary or non-pecuniary injury has been caused directly 
by performing a preliminary injunction imposed by a court on proposal filed w ithout adequate reason, 
shall also have right to compensation of actual da mage as well as right to satisfaction pursuant to 
paragraph 2. 
 
Article 32a 
Right to information 
 
(1)  A patent holder may request in case of infringe ment or jeopardising of his rights protected by 
this Act that a person infringing or jeopardising his rights provided him information related to the 
origin of a product infringing rights pursuant to this Act and to circumstances of its placing on the market. 
 
(2)  Information pursuant to paragraph 1 shall contain particularly  a)  name and surname or business name or name and place of permanent residence or place of 
business, or place of business of a producer, processer, storekeeper, distributor, provider, dealer and other previous holders of a product; 
 
b)  indications on produced, processed, provide d or ordered quantity a nd price of relevant 
products. 
 (3)  To provide information pursuant to paragra phs 1 and 2 shall be obliged also a person who 
 
a)  has in possession products infri nging rights pursuant to this Act; 
 b)  exploits services infringing rights pursuant to this Act;  
c)  provides services exploited in activities related to infringement of rights pursuant to this Act; 
or 
 d)  was indicated by a person mentioned in sub-pa ragraphs a) to c) as a person participating in a 
production, processing or distribution of produc ts or providing services infringing rights 
pursuant to this Act. 
 
Disputes hearing 
Article 33 
 
(1)  Disputes about rights pursuant to this Act shall be heard and ruled by courts, unless this Act 
states otherwise. 
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  (2)  The court shall order on request that products, materials or instruments by means of which right is directly infringed or jeopardised, were   
a)  recalled from the channels of commerce; 
b)  definitively removed from the channels of commerce; c)  prevented form further infringement or jeopardising the rights; d)  destroyed in a suitable manner.  
(3)  Provisions pursuant to para graph 2 shall be executed at e xpenses of a person infringing or 
jeopardising rights protected by this Act, unless sp ecial circumstances give reason for other process. 
 (4)  Request pursuant to paragraph 2(d) in the part  related to process of destruction of objects shall 
not be binding for the court.  
(5)  The court shall not confer right to provide information pursuant to Article 32a, if seriousness 
of jeopardising or infringement of  right were inadequate to seriousness of consequences resulting 
from fulfilment of obligation imposed in such way. 
 
Article 34 
 
(1) In protection of rights pursuant to this Ac t, a court shall be entitled by a preliminary 
injunction
14) to impose same obligations as in the decisi on on the merit if any delay could cause to 
entitled person a hardly reclaimable pecuniary or non-pecuniary injury.   (2)  Within a decision on the preliminary injunction the court may, also ex officio, impose to a 
plaintiff an obligation to deposit of an adequate amount or to implicate th at a decision comes into 
force by execution of an imposed obligation. The co urt shall take into account, within its deciding on 
the amount of a warranty deposit, the seriousness of  a pecuniary or non-pecuniary injury, which can 
occur to the adverse party, as well as assets of the pl aintiff, therewith that imposing an obligation to 
pay a deposit shall not be a substantial impedi ment of efficient application of right. 
 
(3)  The court may on request to decide on givi ng a warranty deposit over to the adverse party as a 
compensation of pecuniary or non-pecuniary injury in finance caused directly by execution of preliminary injunction issued without an adequate reason.   
(4)  If within the period of six months from detection of injury occurrence pursuant to 
paragraph 3, compensation or satisfaction is not ap plied at the court or an agreement on using the 
warranty deposit between parties is not conclude d, the court shall refund the warranty deposit. 
 
PART THREE 
 
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE OFFICE 
 
Article 35 
 
Filing date of patent application 
 
(1)  Proceedings on application shall start by filing an application with the Office. 
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  (2)  Unless stated otherwise below, filing date of  an application shall be a day of delivery or 
amendment of filing containing at least  
a)  data indicating an apparent intention of an applicant to file an application, 
 b)  data enabling identification of an a pplicant and contact with an applicant, 
 c)  part of appearing as a description. 
 
(3)  Obligation of an applicant pursuant to Article 79(8) shall not apply for purposes of 
determination of filing date of an application in  relation to data pursuant to paragraph 2(c). 
 (4)  If the Office ascertains that an appli cation fails to meet requirements pursuant to 
paragraph 2(c) or is not complete, the Office sha ll invite an applicant to amend an application. 
 
(5)  In case pursuant to paragraph 4 day of am endment of missing part of filing shall be 
considered as filing date of an application.  (6)  Determination of filing date of an applica tion pursuant to paragraph 5 shall not apply if an 
applicant withdraws his filing in the part ame nded in after amendment of filing for reason of 
incompleteness pursuant to paragraph 4. 
 
Article 35a 
 
(1)  An applicant shall be entitled to substitute a part of filing pursuant to Article 35(2)(c) with a 
reference to earlier application if he applied priority  right pursuant to Article 36(2) in the application. 
 (2)  Reference to an earlier application pursuant to paragraph 1 shall contain  
 a)  an explicit manifestation of will of an applicant that a part of filing pursuant to 
Article 35(2)(c) shall be substituted by a reference to an earlier application, 
 b)  filing number of an earlier application,  c)  filing date of an earlier application, 
 
d)  a state where an earlier application has been  filed, eventually an authority with which an 
earlier application has been filed. 
 (3)  An applicant shall be obliged to submit on in vitation of the Office within two months a copy 
of an earlier application; if an earlier application is  not in an official language, an applicant shall be 
obliged to submit on invitation of the Office within  two months also a translation into the official 
language.  (4)  If a reference to an earlier application pursu ant to paragraph 1 fails to contain requirements 
pursuant to paragraph 2 or an applicant fails to co mply with an invitation of the Office pursuant to 
paragraph 3, an application shall be  deemed not to have been filed. If an application is deemed not to 
have been filed, the Office shall inform an applicant about this fact. 
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  Article 36 
Priority right 
 (1)  Priority right for an applicant shall be established 
 a)  on filing date of an application or  b)  on priority date in accordance with an international convention
6) following from the first 
application, utility model application or author's certificate or utility certificate. 
 (2)  Priority right, which follows from an international convention
6), shall be claimed by an 
applicant in an application.  (3)  Priority right pursuant to paragraph 2 may be cl aimed if the first application is filed in a state 
or in relation to a State which is a contr acting party to an international convention
6) or which is a 
member state of the World Trade Organisation7). Otherwise this right may be claimed only under the 
condition of reciprocity.  (4)  If an applicant who has filed an application w ithin a time limit of 12 months from the date of 
rise of priority right, fails to claim priority right pu rsuant to paragraph 2, the Office shall grant priority 
right on basis of a request for subsequent granting of priority right filed within 16 months from the date of rise of priority right, but no later than   a)  within a time limit of four months from the filing date of an application, 
 
b)  on the day of filing a request for an earlier publication of an application (Article 41(2)). 
 (5)  If an applicant files an application after expiry of 12 months from the day of rise of priority right despite of reasonable care required by circumstances, the Office shall grant priority right on basis of a request for subsequent granting of priority right, provided that 
 
a)  an application as well as a request for subsequent granting of priority right have been filed 
within the time limit of 14 months from the date of rise of priority right, 
 b)  an applicant shall adequately substantiate in his request delayed filing an application and 
particularly state facts preventing him from filing an application in due time, . 
 (6)  The Office may invite an applicant to pr ove claimed priority right by a priority right 
document (hereinafter referred to as "priority docu ment") within a time limit specified by the Office, 
but not earlier than 16 months from the day of rise priority right.  
(7)  If an applicant fails to prove priority right  properly and in due time pursuant to paragraph 6, 
the Office shall grant priority right on basis of a reasoned request for subsequent recognition of a priority document, provided that  a)  request for issue of a priority document has b een filed with a competent authority at the latest 
within one month from the day of delivery of request to the Office pursuant to paragraph 6, 
 b)  request for subsequent recognition of priority  document together with a priority document has 
been filed within one month from the day of deliv ery of a priority document to an applicant. 
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  (8)  If examination of patentabilit y of an invention depe nds on granting priority right, the Office 
may invite an applicant to submit a translation of a priority document into the Slovak language or into 
one of official languages of the European Patent Office in accordance with a choice of an applicant. 
 
(9)  In case of reasonable doubts about veracity of  reasoning pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 7, the 
Office may invite an applican t to prove his statements. 
 (10)  An applicant shall be obliged to pay an ad ministrative fee (Article 79(9)) for request pursuant 
to paragraphs 4, 5, and 7. 
 (11)  Claiming and proving priority right which fa ils to meet conditions pursuant to this provision 
and pursuant to generally binding re gulation, shall not be taken into  consideration by the Office in 
proceedings. The Office shall notify an applicant on this fact.  
(12)  The Office shall issue a priority document certifying priority right following from application, 
international application or European patent a pplication filed with the Office on request of an 
applicant or a patent owner after paymen t of administrative fee (Article 79(8)). 
 
Article 36a 
 
(1)  If an applicant, before filing an application,  has filed a utility model application with identical 
subject-matter in the Slovak Republic, he may request, with filing an application, granting a date of 
filing or also priority right from this utility model a pplication. The Office shall grant a date of filing to 
an application or also priority right from this utility model application, if an application is filed within 
a time limit of 36 months form filing a utility m odel application; if proceedings on utility model 
application have been suspended or a utility model a pplication has been refused, an application shall 
be filed within a time limit of 2 months form delivery of this decision, at latest within 36 months from 
filing a utility model application.  (2)  An applicant claiming priority right pursuant  to paragraph 1 shall be obliged within a time 
limit of 3 months from filing an application to subm it original of a utility model application, date of 
filing or priority right of which he has been claiming, otherwise it shall not be taken into 
consideration. 
 
Article 37 
Application 
 
(1)  A patent application may be filed by a pers on or persons who have right to a solution pursuant 
to Article 10(1) and (3), Ar ticle 11(1) or Article 12(1). 
 (2)  If right to a solution belongs to several persons , an application may be f iled by one or some of 
these persons in his name or their names. On b asis of a request supported by a written agreement 
concluded between an applicant or applicants and a person, who has right to file an application 
pursuant to paragraph 1, the Office shall enter su ch person into the Register as a co-applicant. 
 (3)  Application may contain only one invention or a group of inventions, which are mutually 
related in such a manner, that they  create a single inventive concept. 
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  (5)  Application shall contain:  a)  request for granting a patent, 
 
b)  description of an invention, abstract and drawings, if any, 
 c)  at least one applied patent claim ,  
d)  identification data of an applicant or co-applicant, 
 e)  identification data of an inventor or co-inventors,  f)  document on acquiring right to a patent, if an applicant is not an inventor.  
(6)  An applicant shall be obliged to pay an  administrative fee for filing an application 
(Article 79(8)). 
 
Article 38 
Special provision on application of biotechnological invention 
 
(1)  If a subject-matter of an invention is biologi cal material or utilisation of biological material, 
which is not available to public a nd which cannot be described in an application in a manner that it 
can be carried out by a person skilled in the art, description shall be deemed sufficient only provided 
that  
a)  biological material has been deposited in a recognised depository institution no later than by 
the filing date of an application, 
 b)  application as filed contains information on  characteristics of deposited biological material, 
which has been available to an applicant, 
 
c)  application states name and seat of a recogni sed depository institution, as well as a deposit 
number of deposited sample. 
 (2)  Deposited biological material shall be ava ilable by providing a sample on request from the 
publication day of an application up to granting a patent. An applicant shall be entitled on request 
filed with the Office before publi cation of an application to limit  an access to deposited biological 
material only for independent experts.  (3)  After granting a patent irrespective of its can cellation or lapse, deposited biological material 
shall be available by providing a sample on request 
 
(4)  Deposited sample may be provided only if a requesting person or inde pendent expert pursuant 
to paragraph 2, second sentence, shall bound hi mself that during the term of a patent 
 a)  he shall provide neither sample nor material derived from it to third party, 
 
b)  he shall utilise sample and material derive d from it only for experimental purposes, unless an 
applicant or a patent owner explicitl y repeals this obligation for him. 
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  (5)  Applicant shall be entitled on request file d with the Office before publication of an 
application to limit an access to deposited biological material for time limit of 20 years from the day 
of filing an application only for independent experts for case that an application would be refused or 
proceedings on application would be suspended; paragr aph 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis. 
 (6)  In case of doubts about accessibility of biological material to public or about sufficiency of description pursuant to paragraph 1, the condition of accessibility or sufficiency of description shall 
be considered not to be met until proved otherwise.  
 
(7)  If a sequence or partial sequence of a gene is  a subject-matter of an application, industrial 
applicability of an invention must be explained in the application. 
 (8)  The recognised depository institution is the institution for the deposition of biological 
material, which acquired a status pursu ant to the international convention
15) or it was recognised by 
the Office. 
 (9)  Conditions pursuant to the international convention
15)  shall apply to re-deposit of a biological 
material in the recognised depository institution. 
 
Article 39 
Interruption of application proceedings 
 
(1)  The Office shall interrupt application pro ceedings after the court litigation for right to a 
solution has started.  
(2)  Time limits pursuant to this Act, with exception of a time limit pursuant to Article 41(1), shall 
be stopped. During the interruption of the proceedings the running, the   (3)  When a decision, by which a proposal for forfe iture of application rights and transfer of them 
(Article 48(3)) has been satisfied, comes into ef fect, the Office shall continue in proceedings 
interrupted pursuant to paragraph 1. 
 
Preliminary examination of application 
Article 40 
 (1)  Within preliminary examinati on the Office shall ascertain whether 
 a)  conditions to determine filing date of an a pplication pursuant to Article 35 have been met, 
 b)  conditions to confer priority right pursuant to Article 36 have been met, 
 
c)  application meets conditions pursuant to Articles 37, 38 and 59, 
 d)  application meets conditions pursuant to a generally binding regulation (Article 80), 
 e)  applicant has paid an appropriate ad ministrative fee pursuant to Article 79(9), 
 
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  f)  applicant is being represented by an aut horised representative pursuant to Article 79(1), 
 g)  application does not contain a subject-matter which clearly fails to meet conditions pursuant 
to Article 5(1) or is not being considered to be  an invention pursuant to Article 5(3), or which 
is a subject to exclusion from patentability pursuant to Article 6. 
 (2)  In case of doubts the Office may invite an applicant to prove utility of a subject-matter of an application by its demonstrating or in another suita ble manner. If an applicant fails to prove utility or 
fails to comply with an invitation, subject-matte r of an application shall be deemed not to be 
utilisable.  (3)  In case that irregularities have been ascerta ined pursuant to paragraph 1(e) and (f) or 
Article 35(2), or Article 37(3) and (5), or Artic le 799), or pursuant to implementing regulation 
(Article (80)), the Office shall invite an applican t to correct these irregularities within the prescribed 
time limit or to respond to the invitation. If an appli cant fails to comply with the invitation within the 
prescribed time limit or his response fails to rebut va lidity of the invitation, the Office shall suspend 
application proceedings. An appli cant shall be notified in an inv itation about this consequence. 
 (4)  If an application fails to meet conditions pursu ant to Article 37(1) and (4) or Article 38(1) to 
(3) or a subject-matter of an application evidently fails to meet conditions pursuant to Article 5(1), or 
it is not being considered to be an invention pursuan t to Article 5(3), or is subject to exclusion from 
patentability pursuant to Article 6, or an assumption pursuant to paragraph 2 applies, the Office shall 
refuse an application. Before an application is refu sed, the Office shall enable an applicant to respond 
to ascertained reasons for refusal of an application.  
(5)  If conditions for claiming priority right pur suant to Article 36(2) to (9) and pursuant to 
generally binding regulation (Article  80) have not been met, the Office shall grant to an applicant 
priority right pursuant to Article 36(1)(a). 
 
Article 41 
 
(1)  The Office shall publish an application after expiry of 18 months from rise of priority right 
without delay and shall communicate this publication in the Journal.  (2)  An application may be published before expiry of the time limit prescribed in paragraph 1, if 
an applicant requests it no later than within 12 months from rise of priority right and if he pays 
administrative fee (Article 79(9)). The Office shall publish an application before expiry of the time 
limit prescribed in paragraph 1, if a patent has al ready been granted for an invention; the Office shall 
not publish an application before e xpiry of 12 months from rise of priority right without consent of an 
applicant.  
(3)  The Office may publish, together with an a pplication, a search report on a state of the art 
related to an invention applied in an application. 
 
Article 42 
 (1)  Any person may file oppositions on patentability of a subject-matter of an application with 
the Office after publication of an application; the Office shall take them into consideration during 
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  (2)  Persons who have filed oppos itions pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not become parties to 
application proceedings. However, an applicant sh all be notified about oppo sitions and shall have 
right to respond to them.  
Substantive examination of an application 
Article 43 
 
(1)  On request of an applicant, third party or ex officio , the Office shall conduct without delay 
substantive examination of an application, in wh ich it shall ascertain whether an application meets 
conditions for granting a patent prescribed by this Act.  (2)  Request for conducting substantive examination has to be filed no later than within 36 months 
from filing an application (Article 35) and it cannot be withdrawn. Requesting person shall be obliged 
to pay administrative fee (Article 79(9)) together with a request. 
 
(3)  If a request for conducting substantive examin ation has not been filed properly within the 
time limit prescribed in paragraph 2, or if within  the same time limit the Office failed to start 
substantive examination of an application ex officio , the Office shall suspend application proceedings. 
 
(4)  The Office shall notify an applicant without delay about starting of substantive examination 
on request of a third party or ex officio . 
 
Article 44 
 
(1)  If conditions stipulated for granting patent are not met (Articles 5, 7, 8 and 9), the Office shall 
refuse an application. Before an application is refu sed, the Office shall enable an applicant to respond 
to ascertained reasons on basis of whic h an application shall be refused. 
 (2)  If the Office additionally ascertains irregular ities in an application or failure to meet 
conditions, which are subject-matter of preliminary examination of an application, it shall proceed 
according to Article 40(2) to (5). 
 (3)  If several applications with an identical subj ect-matter have been filed, only one patent shall 
be granted to one applicant.  
(4)  If a subject-matter of an application meets s tipulated conditions and an applicants pays an 
appropriate administrative fee (Article 79(9)), the O ffice shall grant a patent to an applicant and an 
applicant shall become an owner of a patent. The Office shall issue a patent document to an owner 
and granting of a patent shall be published in the Journal. 
 (5)  Owner of a patent shall be obliged to pay an maintenance fee under special regulation
13a). 
 
Article 45 
Amendment and division of application 
 
(1)  The applicant shall be entitled to amend an  application in the course of proceedings on 
application; amendments and changes shall not exceed the scope of an application as filed. 
 (2)  An applicant shall be entitled to divide an application up to time of granting a patent pursuant 
to Article 44(4). The Office shall confer the fili ng date and eventually priority right from the 
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   (3)  If an application had been divided afte r substantive examination started pursuant to 
Article 43, divisional application shall be consid ered as an application in which a request for 
substantive examination was filed. 
 
Revocation and partial revocation of a patent 
Article 46 
 (1)  The Office shall revoke a patent if during proceedings started on third party request or ex 
officio it is proved that 
 a) requirements for its granting pursuant to  Articles 5 to 9 have not been met, 
 b)  invention has not been disclosed and described in a patent so clearly and fully so that it could 
be carried out by a person skilled in the art, 
 c)  subject-matter of a patent exceeds content of an  application as filed. This shall also apply in 
case if subject-matter of a patent granted on b asis of a divisional application exceeds contents 
of an application as filed, 
 
d)  scope of protection following from patent was exceeded,  e)  owner shall not be entitled to a solution pursu ant to Article 10(1) and (3), Article 11(1) or 
Article 12(1). 
 
f)  requirements for its granting pursuant to regul ations valid in time of its granting have not 
been met. 
 (2)  If reasons for revocation are concerning a pate nt partially, a patent shall be revoked only to 
extent adequate to ascertained reasons, by amendm ent of patent claims, description or drawings. 
 
(3)  If a patent has been revoked, it shall apply that it has never been granted within the scope 
affected by revocation.  (4)  The Office shall be entitled to revoke a pate nt also after its lapse, if a requesting person 
proves his legal interest. 
 (5)  The Office shall be entitled to revoke a patent partially pursuant to paragraph 2 and also on 
request of its owner notwithstanding existe nce of grounds pursuant to paragraph 1. 
 (6)  The Office shall notify a decision on revoca tion or partial revocation of a patent in the 
Journal. 
 (7)  Requesting person shall be obliged to pay an  administrative fee (Article 79(9)) with filing a 
request pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 5. 
 
Article 47 
 
(1)  If a request for revocation or partial revoca tion of a patent (hereinafter referred to as 
"revocation request") fails to contain requireme nts stipulated by a generally binding regulation 
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  representative pursuant to Article 79(1) or if an admi nistrative fee has not been paid (Article 79(9)), 
the Office shall invite a requesting person to correct  ascertained irregularities w ithin a prescribed time 
limit. If a requesting person fails to comply with an invitation within a prescribed time limit, the 
Office shall suspend proceedings on revocation request . Requesting person shall be notified about this 
consequence in an invitation.  (2)  If proceedings have not been suspended pursu ant to paragraph 1, the Office shall deliver 
revocation request to a patent owner and shall invite him at the same time to respond to request within 
a prescribed time limit and also to indicate proofs and supplement documents. 
 (3)  If a patent owner fails to respond within the time limit specified in an invitation, the Office 
shall continue in proceedings and shall be entitled to  make a decision on basis of contents of a file. 
 (4)  The Office shall proceed pursuant to paragra ph 3 also in the case if a patent owner is not 
being represented by an authorised representative pursuant to Article 79(1). If an owner fails to 
comply with an invitation to submit an authorisa tion within a prescribed time limit, he shall be 
deemed not to have respon ded to a revocation request. 
 (5)  If it is impossible to decide on a basis of writte n filings of parties, the Office shall determine a 
date for oral proceedings. The Office shall at the same time deliver to a requesting person a statement 
of an owner to his request.  (6)  The Office may continue in proceedings and decide on the merit also in case if a duly 
summoned party fails to participate in the oral proceedings.  
(7)  Extension or supplementing a revocation re quest, as well as extension or supplementing a 
statement of a patent owner in proceedings pursuan t to Article 46(1) shall be inadmissible; such 
extension or supplementing shall not be taken into consideration by the Office within proceedings and 
deciding.  
(8)  At the time of proceedings on patent revo cation pursuant to Article 46(1), proceedings on a 
request of an owner pursuant to Article 46(5) shall be interrupted. 
 
Article 48 
Forfeiture of patent and transfer 
 
(1)  The Office shall, on request, forfeit a patent fro m a patent owner entered into the Register and 
a requesting person shall be en tered as a patent owner if 
 a)  it has been determined by a valid decision of  a court that a person originally entered as an 
owner was not entitled to a right to a solution pur suant to Article 10(1) and (3), Article 11(1) 
or Article 12(1), 
 b)  request has been filed by a person who, accordi ng to a valid decision of a court, has right to a 
solution, or by his legal successor in title, 
 
c)  request has been delivered within three mont hs from the day of validity of a court decision. 
 (2)  Provided that requirement pursuant to paragraph 1(a) has been met, if a request pursuant to paragraph 1 has not been filed or it  has not been filed by an authori sed person or within the prescribed 
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   (3)  Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to forfeiture of rights from an application and their 
transfer to an entitled person. If rights from an app lication have not been transferred due to reasons 
pursuant to paragraph 2, the Office shall refu se an application pursuant to Article 40(4). 
 (4)  Article 47(1) to (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings pursuant to  paragraphs 1 to 3. 
 (5)  Together with filing a request pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 3 a requesting person shall be 
obliged to pay an administrative fee (Article 79(9)). 
 
Article 49 
Determination proceedings 
 
(1)  The Office shall determine on request whethe r a subject-matter stated and described in a 
request falls within the scope of protection of a certain patent (hereinafter referred to as 
"determination request ").  (2)  On basis of an explicit proposal of a proposing person, also a person, whose rights and obligations may be affected by a decision on determin ation, shall be party to proceedings pursuant to 
paragraph 1. 
 (3)  In case that a determination request has been  filed in relation with pending court proceedings 
subject-matter of which is right protected by this Act, all parties to court proceedings, whose rights 
and obligations may be affected by determination proceedings and deciding on determination, shall be 
parties to determination proceedings. 
 
(4)  Provision of Article 47(1), (5) the fi rst sentence and paragraph 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis 
to proceedings to which a proposin g person shall be an exclusive pa rty, otherwise for determination 
proceedings provisions of Article 47(1) to (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis . 
 
(5)  Proposing person shall be obliged to pay an  administrative fee pursuant to Article 79(9) 
together with determination request. 
 
Article 50 
Entry of licence, right of lien, assignment or transfer 
of a patent and court litigation into the Register 
 
(1)  Article 47(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings on request for entry of licence, right 
of lien, assignment or transfer of a patent (hereinaft er referred to as "request for entry of right") and 
court litigation into the Register.  
(2)  In case of doubts the Office may ask for submissi on of a certified copy or of an original of a 
patent document proving acquisition of right or other supplementary data. 
 (3)  Provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compulsory licence, which shall be 
entered into the Register by the Office ex officio after delivery of a valid court decision on its 
granting. 
 (4)  On request of a party to court proceedings, subject-matter of which is right protected by this Act, supplied with a copy of filing with a court certified by a court, the Office shall enter into the IP/N/1/SVK/P/5  
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  Register the fact that court proceedings are pending as well as a subject-matter of proceedings, with effect from the day of delivery of a request to the Office.  
(5)  An applicant shall be obliged to pay administ rative fee (Article 79(9)) together with a request 
pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 4. 
 
Article 51 
Further processing 
 
(1)  On request of a party to proceedings on ex tension of the time limit for performing an act set 
by the Office, filed before the expiry of such time limit, the Office shall be entitled to extend the time 
limit.  (2)  If a party to proceedings before the Office has failed to comply with the time limit for 
performing an act set by the Office, he shall be entitled to ask the Office for further processing and at 
the same time to perform the omitted act no late r than two months from delivery of the official 
decision issued as a consequence of fa ilure to comply with the time limit. 
 (3)  An applicant shall be obliged to pay an admi nistrative fee (Article 79(9)) together with filing 
a request pursuant to paragraphs 1 or 2. 
 (4)  A request pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be refused in case of a time limit pursuant to Article 47 (1) and (2).  (5)  The Office shall refuse a request for extension of a time limit or for further shall be refused 
pursuant to paragraph 4 ; before decision on refu sing request the Office shall enable a requesting 
person to respond to ascertained reasons on b asis of which the request shall be refused. 
 (6)  If the Office accords a request for further pr ocessing legal effects of a decision issued as a 
consequence of failure to comply with a time limit shall cease or shall not occur. 
 
(7)  If the Office fails to decide about refusi ng a request pursuant to paragraph 1 within two 
months from its delivery and administrative fee has been paid duly and in time pursuant to 
paragraph 3, the request shall be deemed to be satisfied. 
 
Article 52 
Restitutio in integrum 
 
(1)  If a party to proceedings before the Office that, in spite of all due care required by the circumstances having been taken, was unable to comp ly with the time limit where the consequence of 
failure to perform this act is proceedings termina tion or forfeiture of other right, it is entitled to 
request the Office for restitutio in integrum and at the same time to carry out the omitted act within 
two months from removal of the obstacle to complian ce with the time limit and not later then within 
twelve months immediately following th e expiry of the unobserved time limit. 
 (2)  Requesting person shall be obliged to pay an administrative fee (Article 79(9)) together with 
filing a request pursuant to paragraph 1. 
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  integrum within the time limits lay down in paragraph 1. The Office shall not take into consideration 
statements submitted after expiry of the time limits  pursuant to paragraph 1 in decision about request. 
 
(4)  In case of doubts about veracity of a statem ent pursuant to paragraph 3, the Office is entitled 
to request the party to proceedings to prove its statements.  (5)  Request for restitutio in integrum shall not be satisfied in case of failure to comply with time 
limits for  
 
a)  filing a request for further processing pursuant to Article 51(2) and request for restitution in 
integrum pursuant to paragraph 1, 
 b)  additional conferring and proving priority right pursuant to Article 36 (4), (5) and (7),  
c)  filing a remedy in proceedings before the Office pursuant to Article 55(1), 
 d)  performing acts pursuant to Article 47(1) and (2).  (6)  The Office shall refuse request for restitutio in integrum which fails to comply with 
conditions pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 3, or which is not possible to be satisfied pursuant to 
paragraph 5, or requesting person fa ils to prove his statements pursua nt to paragraph 4; before the 
request is refused the Office shall enable reques ting person to respond to ascertained reasons on basis 
of which request is to be refused.  (7)  If the Office satisfies request for restitutio in integrum , legal effects of decision issued as a 
consequence of failure to comply with th e time limit shall cease or shall not arise. 
 (8)  Third party that has exploited an invention, which was a subject-matter of an application or a 
patent or has made provable preparations immediat ely aiming to utilisation of such invention within 
the territory of the Slovak Republic in a good faith fr om validity of a decision issued as a consequence 
of failure to comply with the time limit until the la pse of legal effects of this decision pursuant to 
paragraph 7, shall be entitled to exploit an inventio n within his business activity without an obligation 
for remuneration for exploitation of an invention.  (9)  Assignment or transfer of right of an en titled user pursuant to paragraph 8 shall be possible 
exclusively as a part of assignment or transfer of a company or its part, within which an invention is 
being used. 
 
Article 53 
Grounds for decision 
 (1)  Party to administrative proceedings before th e Office (hereinafter referred to as "party") shall 
be obliged to submit or propose evidence in support his statements.  (2)  The Office shall exercise evidence and eval uate evidence at its discretion, namely each 
evidence separately and all eviden ces in their mutual relations. 
 
(3) The Office shall decide on basis of facts ascertained from exercised evidence submitted or 
proposed by parties. 
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  Article 54 
Costs of proceedings 
 (1)  Costs of proceedings shall be particularly  cash expenses of parties and their representatives, 
including administrative fee, loss of earnings of parties, costs of evidence and remuneration for 
representing by a patent representative,
16) attorney,17) or commercial lawyer.18) 
 (2)  Each party shall bear costs of proceedings which have incurred to hi m personally and to his 
representative. 
 (3)  Witnesses shall be entitled to reimbursement of  cash expenses and loss of earnings. This right 
shall cease if it is not claimed within three days  from hearing or from the day on which the witness 
was notified about cancellation of hearing.  
(4)  If an expert's report has been submitted, an expert shall be entitled to a reimbursement of cash 
expenses and remuneration pursuant to special regulations.
19) 
 (5)  Person who has been imposed an obligation to  submit a document or to enable inspection of 
an object by the Office during proceedings on evidence,  shall have same rights as a witness, if he is 
not a party to proceedings. 
 (6)  The Office may order a party to deposit adva nce payment for costs of  evidence proposed by 
him, in amount of assumed costs, if ordering of such duty does not represent a substantial obstacle of effective enforcement of right.  
(7) If a party fails to comply with an invitation to  deposit advance payment within the prescribed 
time limit, the Office shall continue in proceed ings as though a proposal for evidence has not been 
filed.  (8)  If costs which are not covered by advance paym ent pursuant to paragraph 6 to the Office, the 
Office shall be entitled to their compensation from party who has not been successful in proceedings. 
 (9)  The Office is entitled to declare the Successful  party to proceedings for right to compensation 
of costs incurred for effective enforcement of right against unsuccessful party. If a party to 
proceedings has been successful on the merit only pa rtially, the Office shall share compensation of 
costs proportionally or shall not confer right to such compensation of costs to any party. 
 (10)  Party shall apply compensation of proceed ings costs no later than till the day when the 
decision on the merit as such is issued.   
 
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16) Decree of Federal Office for Inventions No 350/1991 Coll. on Remuneration of Patent Attorneys. 
17) Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No 240/1990 Coll. on Remuneration of 
Attorneys for Providing Legal Advice as amended. 
18) Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No 180/1991 Coll. on Remuneration of 
Commercial Lawyers for Providing Legal Advice as amended. 
19) Act No 36/1967 Coll. on Experts and Interpreters as amended by Act No 238/2000 Coll.; Decree of 
the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No 2 63/1996 Coll. which implements the Act No. 36/1967 on 
Experts and Interpreters as amended by 294/2000 Coll.  IP/N/1/SVK/P/5 
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  Article 55 
Remedies 
 (1)  An appeal against decision of the Office may be lodged within 30 days from delivery of 
decision.  (2)  The Office shall be bound by scope of an appeal in deciding on it; this shall not apply 
 
a)  for matters in which proceedings can be started ex officio , 
 b)  for matters of joint rights or obligations c oncerning several parties to proceedings on one side. 
 (3)  Filing an appeal shall not be admissible against a decision by which  
a)  request for further proceedings or for restitutio in integrum has been satisfied, 
 b)  proceedings have been susp ended pursuant to Article 79(6). 
 (4)  Deleted from January 1, 2008.  
Article 56 
Data accessibility 
 
(1)  Before a patent application is being pub lished the Office shall be entitled to notify third 
parties without consent of an applicant only data w ho is inventor, patent applicant, name and file 
number of an patent application and data a bout priority right, unless stated otherwise. 
 (2)  Irrespective of paragraph 1, the Office shall on  request enable a patent owner or an applicant 
or a person vis-à-vis who rights from non-published application have been applied to inspect file 
relating a non-published application, if a non-published a pplication refers to a pa tent or application of 
this patent owner or this applicant. 
 (3)  After application is being published, the Offi ce shall on request enable any person to inspect 
file relating an application or a patent, unless stated otherwise.  
(4)  Right for file inspection shall include right for making photocopies on payment. 
 (5)  On written request of an inventor stated in an application pursuant to Article 37(5) the Office 
shall not make accessible his identification data to th ird parties, particularly with publication of an 
application, notice of granting a patent, issuing a patent document, issuing an abstract of record and with file inspection. 
 
(6)  On a written request, by proving an emergent  legal interest, the Office shall be entitled to 
notify requesting person whether a person indicated by him is in an application as an inventor, or not. 
 (7)  On a written request of an applicant or a patent  owner, parts of a file containing a trade secret 
or other confidential information, publication of which is not necessary for securing right to 
information of third parties including parties to proceedings, shall be excluded from file inspection. 
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  (8)  Rights pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not be applied in relati on to applications and 
patents kept confidential pursuant to a special regulation,20) to record on voting and to parts of a file 
containing supplementary notes or draft versions  of decisions, assessments or standpoints. 
 
Article 57 
Register and Official Journal 
 
(1)  The Office shall keep 
 
a)  Register in which decisive data concerni ng applications and granted patents are entered, 
 b)  European Patents Register in which decisive  data concerning granted European patents with 
designation for Slovak Republic are entered, 
 
c)  a Register in which decisive data concerning applications for granting supplementary 
protection certificates for medicinal products or plant protection products, and granted 
supplementary protection certificates for medicina l products or plant protection products are 
entered. 
 
(2)  Data entered into registers pursuant to paragr aph 1 shall be considered valid unless a decision 
of a relevant authority states otherwise.  (3) Changes in data entered into the Register ensuing from valid and enforceable decision of a 
relevant authority shall be entered without delay into the Register by the Office after delivery of 
decision with a validity clause. 
 
(4)  Entry of data and facts ensuing from law or from decision of a relevant authority shall not be considered a decision issued in proceed ings pursuant to a special regulation.
21) 
 (5)  Any person shall be entitled to insp ect Registers stated in paragraph 1. 
 
(6)  The Office shall issue the Official Jour nal in which facts concerning published patent 
applications, European patent applications as we ll as patents, European patents, supplementary 
protection certificates and their protection are published.  
Article 58 
International application 
 
(1)  An international application
1) may be filed with the Office by 
 a)  natural persons who are na tionals of the Slovak Republic, 
 
b)  natural persons or legal entities with r esidence, seat, establishment or organisational 
component within the territory of the Slovak Republic, 
  
 
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supplementing of certain acts. 
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  (2)  Applicant shall be obliged to pay an admi nistrative fee (Article 79(9)) for acts relating to 
filing an international application and to pay fees specified by the Patent Co-operation Treaty1) 
through the Office. 
 
(3)  An applicant for an international application1) requesting granting a patent in the Slovak 
Republic shall be obliged to submit this internationa l application to the Office within the time limit of 
31 months from the priority date, to pay an admini strative fee for filing an a pplication (Article 79(9)) 
and to submit its translation into the official language. 
 
(4)  If an applicant for an international application1) requesting granting a patent in the Slovak 
Republic fails to submit this intern ational application to the Office within the time limit pursuant to 
paragraph 3, the Office shall confer priority right  to the application pursuant to Article 36(1)(a). 
 (5)  On request of an applicant, provided that conditions pursuant to paragraph 3 have been met, 
the Office may begin proceedings on in ternational application also befo re expiry of time limits laid 
down in paragraph 3. 
 
Protection of confidential information 
Article 59 
 
(1)  If a national applicant knows or due to circumstances should know that an application 
contains confidential information pursuant to a special regulation
20), he shall be obliged to request 
confidentiality for an application in the application.  (2)  Applicant shall be obliged to file an a pplication pursuant to paragraph 1, which is an 
international application or a European patent application, with the Office. 
 (3)  The Office after conferring a filing date (A rticle 35) shall deliver one version of an 
application to the National Security Office
20) (hereinafter referred to as "Security Office") together 
with request for decision on confidentiality of an application pursuant to a special regulation20) or with 
request for permission of filing an application abroad. 
 (4)  The Office may proceed pursuant to paragr aph 3 also in case when an applicant has not 
requested confidentiality for an app lication pursuant to paragraph 1. 
 
(5)  The Security Office shall decide on request pursuant to paragraph 3 and deliver decision to 
the Office. In case that an international conven tion, treaty or agreement, by which the Slovak 
Republic is being bound, enables it, the Security  Office shall supplement decision with a request 
confidentiality for subject-matter of an application by contracting part y, in which an application shall 
be filed. The Office shall notify an appl icant on decision of the Security Office. 
 
(6)  Application pursuant to paragraph 1, which is  neither a European patent application nor an 
international application, may be filed by an applic ant directly abroad only on basis of permission of 
the Security Office pursuant to paragraph 3, issued on request of an applicant. 
 (7)  If in a consequence application confidentiality  or as a result of refusing request for permission 
to file an application abroad pecuniary injury, consisting in preventing or restricting commercial 
exploitation of a patent (Article 3(h)), incurs to a patent owner, he shall be entitled to a compensation 
of pecuniary injury towards the Slovak Republic re presented by a state administration authority to 
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  (8)  Article 11(5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to determination of amount of pecuniary injury 
pursuant to paragraph 7.  
(9)  Patent applications, European patent a pplications or international applications, for 
confidentiality of which contracting party or foreig n applicant request pursuant to an international 
convention, treaty or agreement binding for the Sl ovak Republic, shall be considered confidential 
pursuant to a special regulation
20). A foreign applicant who does not act on behalf of contracting party 
shall be obliged to prove confidentiality of subject-m atter of an application by contracting party, to 
submit permission of contracting party for filing an application in the Slovak Republic and to 
supplement a declaration on waiving any claims fo r compensation of damage or other pecuniary 
injury which might occur as a result of confidentiality  of an application within the territory of the 
Slovak Republic.  (10)  Provisions of this Act sh all apply to proceedings on appli cations which are confidential or 
deemed to be confidential pur suant to a special regulation
20), with exception of publication 
(Article 41) and accessibility of data (Article 56)  related to confidential application or patent. 
 (11)  If the Security Office does not consider fact s contained in an application confidential pursuant 
to a special regulation
20), the Office shall notify this fact to an applicant and shall proceed on an 
application without confidentiality regime. 
 
  
PART FOUR 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 
 
Article 60 
Effects of the European patent application 
 
(1)  European patent application designated for the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as 
"European Patent Application") shall have from the conferred filing date or from the day of rise of 
priority right claimed by a European patent appli cant same effects as a patent application filed 
pursuant to Article 35 on the same day, or as an app lication with the same priority right date pursuant 
to Article 36.  
(2)  After European patent application is be ing published by the European Patent Office and 
translation of patent claims into  Slovak language is being submitted  subsequently and after payment 
of publication fee (Article 79(9)) by an applicant of  a European patent application, the Office shall 
make translation of patent claims accessible to p ublic and shall publish this  fact in the Journal. 
 (3)  From the day of accessibility of translation of  patent claims to public pursuant to paragraph 2, 
an applicant of a European patent application sha ll have same rights as an applicant pursuant to this 
Act provided that a European patent shall be  granted with effects in the Slovak Republic. 
 (4)  If a European patent application or designa tion for the Slovak Republic in proceeding before 
the European Patent Office have been withdrawn, or is deemed withdrawn, application proceedings 
shall be deemed to have been suspended pursuan t to Article 40(3). Refusal of European patent 
application shall have same effects as refusal of an application pursuant to Article 40(4). 
 (5)  Decision of the European Patent Office on further processing or on restitutio in integrum shall 
have same effects as a decision of the Office pursu ant to Article 51 (6) or Article 52(7) and (8).  IP/N/1/SVK/P/5 
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Article 61 
Conversion of European patent application 
 
(1)  On a request of an applicant for conversion of a European patent application to a national 
application (hereinafter referred to as "conversion" ) filed pursuant to Article 135 of the European 
Patent Convention, the Office shall start proceedings on this application pursuant to Part Three of this 
Act or shall proceed pursuant to Article 1 35(2) of the European Patent Convention. 
 
(2)  Applicant shall be obliged on a basis of an i nvitation of the Office to submit a translation of 
the European patent application into the Sl ovak language within 3 months and to pay an 
administrative fee for filing an application (Article 79(9)).  (3)  In case if a request for conversion is not bei ng filed within three months from the day when a 
European patent application was withdrawn or wh en a notification that an application is being 
considered withdrawn has been delivered, or a decisi on on refusal of an application or on revocation 
of a European patent, an applicant shall abandon priority right following from a European patent 
application as filed.  
(4)  If a request for conversion has been filed in  contradiction with Articles 135 and 137 of the 
European Patent Convention, the Office shall refuse the request.  (5)  Deleted from January 1, 2008. 
 
Article 62 
Binding wording of European patent  application and European patent 
 
(1)  Contents of a European patent application modified by wording of a European patent in a 
language of proceedings on a European patent applic ation before the European Patent Office shall be 
decisive for determination of the scope of protec tion ensuing from a European patent application and 
a European patent. 
 (2)  If a protection ensuing from translation of a patent specification into the Slovak language 
submitted to the Office pursuant to Article 63(2) as well as from a translation of patent claims 
submitted to the Office pursuant to Article 60(2) is narrower than from wording of a European patent 
application and from European patent  in a language of proceedings before the European Patent Office, 
translation into the Slovak language shall be considered binding wording, with exception of 
proceedings for revocation of a European patent.  (3)  Applicant of a European patent application or an owner of a European patent may file a 
corrected translation of patent claims pursuant to  Article 60(2) or a corrected translation of a 
European patent specification pursuant to Article  63(2) into Slovak language at any time. After 
corrected translation has been delivered and admi nistrative fee (Article 79(9)) has been paid, the 
Office shall make corrected transl ation accessible to public and this fact shall be announced in the 
Journal.  
(4)  Corrected translation shall apply instead of or iginal translation from the day of notification of 
making corrected translation accessible in the Journal.  (5)  Right of third parties to use a subject-matter of an invention, which pursuant to translation into the Slovak language valid in decisive period h as not fallen within the scope of a European patent, IP/N/1/SVK/P/5  
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  shall remain unaffected by effects of corrected transl ation, provided that, they have utilised a subject-
matter of an invention within the territory of the Slovak Republic in good faith, the or they have made 
provable preparations for utilisation of  a subject-matter of an invention. 
 
Article 63 
Effects of European patent 
 
(1)  European patent granted by the European  Patent Office with designation for the Slovak 
Republic shall have same effects as a patent gr anted pursuant to Article 44(4) from the day of 
notification on granting a European pate nt in the European Patent Bulletin. 
 (2)  Owner of a European patent shall be obliged  to submit to the Office within three months from 
notification on granting a European patent a translation of a patent specification into the Slovak language, to pay a publication fee (Article 79(9)) and to notify the Office of a address for 
correspondence within the territory of the Slovak Republic. 
 (3)  If an owner of European patent fails to subm it to the Office a translation of a European patent 
specification within the time limit pursuant to paragr aph 2, he may submit this translation within an 
additional period of three months provided that a surcharge pursuant to paragraph 2 has been paid 
together with submission of a translation. 
 (4)  If a translation of a European patent speci fication into the Slovak language is not being 
submitted to the Office within an additional peri od under conditions pursuant to paragraph 3, an 
European patent shall be deemed ineffectiv e within the territory of the Slovak Republic ab initio . 
 
(5)  If a patent owner fails to notify to th e Office an address for correspondence within the 
territory of the Slovak Republic, official corresponden ce related to his patent shall be deposited at the 
Office and considered to be delivered within the time limit of 30 days from the day of deposition. An 
applicant shall be notified about this consequence by the Office. 
 
(6)  Based on fulfilment of conditions pursuant to  paragraph 2 or 3, the Office shall make a 
translation of a European patent specification acce ssible and shall notify this accessibility and also 
granting a European patent in the Journal (Article 57).  (7)  After publication in the European Patent Jour nal about granting a European patent the Office 
shall enter a European patent into the European Pate nts Register with data entered into the European 
Patents Register. 
 
Article 64 
Inadmissibility of double protection 
 If a patent has been granted for an invention for which same owner or his legal successor in title has 
been granted European patent with same priority right, the national patent shall become ineffective 
within extent to which it is identical with a Europe an patent, from the day of expiry of the time limit 
for filing oppositions against a European patent, if  no oppositions have been filed, or from the day of 
validity of a decision of the European Patent Of fice, by which the European patent has been 
maintained in opposition proceedings. 
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  Article 65 
Revocation or maintenance of European patent in a modified wording 
 (1)  Decision of the European Patent Office on pa rtial or full revocation of a European patent or 
on maintenance of a European patent in a modified  wording shall have in the Slovak Republic same 
effects as a decision of the Office pursuant to Article 46.  (2)  Revocation of a European patent or its main tenance in a modified wording shall be notified 
by the Office in the Journal.  
 (3)  If a European patent has been maintained  in a modified wording in opposition proceedings 
pursuant to Article 101 of the European Patent C onvention or limited in proceeding pursuant to 
Article 105b of the European Patent Convention by a decision of the European Patent Office, a European patent owner of shall be obliged with in three months from the day of publication of 
modification in the European Patent Journal to subm it a translation of modified wording of a patent 
specification into the Slovak language to the Office and to pay a publication fee (Article 79(9)). 
 (4)  If a European patent owner fails to submit a translation of modified wording of a European 
patent specification into the Slovak language or if fa ils to pay publication fee within the time limit 
pursuant to paragraph 3, the European patent sha ll be deemed ineffective in the Slovak Republic ab 
initio . 
 (5)  The Office shall revoke a European patent  with designation for the Slovak Republic under 
conditions stipulated in Article 46( 2) to (7) and Article 47, if in proceedings started on a request or ex 
officio a reason for revocation of a patent pursuant to Article 138 in conjuncti on with Article 139 of 
the European Patent Convention is proved, provided that 
 a)  the time limit for filing oppositions pursuant to the European Patent Convention has expired 
in vain, or 
 
b)  European patent has not been revoked dur ing opposition proceedings before the European 
Patent Office. 
 (6)  If at time of revocation proceedings of an European patent before the Office opposition 
proceedings against the same European patent have started or have been pending before the European 
Patent Office, the Office shall suspend revocati on proceedings. After termination of proceedings 
before the European Patent Office, during which a European patent has not been revoked, the Office 
shall, on request of any party, continue in the Eu ropean patent revocation pr oceedings. If a request for 
further proceedings on patent revocation is not be ing submitted within six m onths from validity of a 
decision of the European Patent Office, the O ffice shall suspend patent revocation proceedings. 
 
Article 66 
Filing a European patent application 
 
(1)   The Office shall be the place where legal entities or natural persons may file a European 
patent application. 
 
(2)  Paragraph 1 shall not apply for filing a divi sional European patent application pursuant to 
Article 76 of the European Patent Convention. 
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  Article 67 
Fees 
 An owner shall be obliged to pay annually a main tenance fee for maintaining validity of European 
patent in the Slovak Republic pursuant to a special regulation
13a). 
 
 
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Article 68 
 
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Article 69 
 
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Article 70 
 
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Article 71 
 
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Article 73 
 
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Article 75 
 
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Article 76 
 
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Article 77 
 
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Article 78 
 
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PART SIX 
COMMON, AUTHORISING, TRANSITIONAL AND REPEALING PROVISIONS 
 
Article 79 
Common provision 
 
(1)  Parties shall have equal position in proceed ings before the Office, but parties without 
permanent residence or seat in the Slovak Republic shall be in  proceedings, including submitting 
translations pursuant to Part Four of this Act, represented by an authorised representative,
26) with 
exception of acts  
 
a)  preceding and related to determinati on of filing date pursuant to Article 35, 
 b)  related to payment of fees,  c)  related to proving priority  right pursuant to Article 36. 
 
(2)  When applying for an exception from manda tory representation pursuant to paragraph 1 a 
party to proceedings shall be obliged to notify th e Office of an address for correspondence within the 
territory of the Slovak Republic. If a party to proceed ings fails to notify the Office of an address for 
correspondence, official announcements related to pr oceedings shall be deposited at the Office, whilst 
they shall be deemed to be delivered after expiry of 30 days from the date of deposition. A party shall 
be notified about this consequence. _______________ 
26) Article 40 of the Act No 237/1991 Coll. on Patent Attorneys as amended by the Act of the National 
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    (3)  The Act on Administrative Proceedings
21) with exception of provisions of Article 19, 
Article 23, Articles 28 to 32, Article 39, Article 49, Article 50, Article 59(1) and Article 60 shall 
apply to proceedings before the Office pursuant to this Act.  (4)  Provisions of this Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to arise, change and lapse of legal 
relations, subject-matter of which is a cer tificate pursuant to special regulations
22a), as well as to 
proceedings on certificates pursuant to special regulations22a), unless a special regulation22a) states 
otherwise.  (5)  If a party to proceedings fails to comply with  an invitation of the Office within set time limit, 
the Office may suspend the proceedings. Party sha ll be notified about this consequence in an 
invitation. 
 
(6)  Unless stated otherwise below, the Office ma y suspend proceedings also on request of a party 
whose application, proposal or request is a subj ect-matter of proceedings. Request for suspension of 
proceedings shall not be withdrawn.   
(7)  In case of request for suspension of proceedi ngs on application or on application for granting 
a certificate to which a court litigation entered into  the Register relates,  the Office may suspend 
proceedings only after submission of a written consent of a person who has filed e request for entry of 
a court litigation into the Register.  (8)  Unless this Act or the generally binding re gulation (Article 80) states otherwise, submission 
with the Office shall be made in writing, in an official language.
 27) 
 (9)  For acts pursuant to this Act and for acts pursuant to a special regulation
22a) administrative 
fees pursuant to a special regulation28) shall be paid. 
 
(10)  Filing with the Office shall be made by mean s of electronic media. If such filing is not being 
supplied with an electronic signature, filing shall be supplemented by a written form within a time 
limit of one month, otherwise such filing is  being considered legally ineffective. 
  
 
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22a) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary 
protection certificate for medicinal products ( OJ L 182, 2.7.1992, Special edition in Slovakian: Chapter 13 
Volume 011 )  
Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 
concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (OJ L 198, 
8.8.1996, Special edition in Slovakian: Chapter 3 Volume 19) 
27) Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 270/1995 Coll. on Official Language of the 
Slovak Republic as amended.  
28) Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 145/1995 on Administration Fees as 
amended. 
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  Article 80 
Authorising provision 
 Generally binding regulation issued by the Office shall stipulate 
 a)  details about method and requirements of claiming and proving priority right, 
 b)  details about filing and requir ements of a patent application, 
 
c)  requirements of re-deposition of biological  material in a recognised depository institution
15) 
and requirements for making deposite d material accessible to public, 
 d)  details on divisional application, admissib le amendments of application and correction 
of certain mistakes, 
 
e)  details about requirements of a patent revoca tion request, request for forfeiture of a patent and 
transfer, request for determination, request for further proceeding and request for restitutio in 
integrum , 
 
f)  details about method and requirements of filing an international application, its translation 
and languages of filing, 
 g)  details about method and requirements of  filing a European patent application, 
 h)  details about method and requirements of filing a request for cancellation of a certificate 
pursuant to a special regulation
22a) and amendment of a certificate pursuant to a special 
regulation22a) as well as details about proceedings  on cancellation and amendment of a 
certificate pursuant to a special regulation22a), 
 i)  details about form of filing with the Offi ce in general, about delivery and about filing by 
means of electronic media, 
 j)  details about form and requirements of fili ng requests for entry of right into the Register, 
 k)  details about method and requirement s of a licence offer and its acceptance, 
 
l)  details about data entered into th e Register and published in the Journal, 
 m)  details about regime of proceedings on ma tters of confidential applications, patents and 
certificates pursuant to a special regulation
22a), 
 
n)  details about method of filing and require ments of request for conversion of author's 
certificate to a patent, 
 o) time limits determined by the Office for acts of  parties to proceedings pursuant to this Act. 
 
Transitional provisions 
Article 81 
 
(1)  Rise, modification and lapse of legal relati ons which occurred before this Act comes into 
effect shall be assessed pursuant to present regulations. IP/N/1/SVK/P/5  
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   (2)  Proceedings on applications of inventions and proceedings on patents which have not been 
lawfully concluded before this Act comes into effect, shall be concluded pursuant to this Act 
therewith that in case of applications of inve ntions filed pursuant to  Act No. 84/1972 Coll. on 
Discoveries, inventions, rationalisation proposals a nd industrial designs the Office shall perform 
substantive examination ex officio . 
 (3)  Applications of inventions filed pursuant to  present regulations shall be deemed applications 
pursuant to this Act. 
 (4)  If utilisation of subject-matter of applications of inventions stated in  paragraphs 1 and 2 was 
done before this Act comes into effect and under conditions specified by present regulations, third 
parties' rights shall remain unaffected. Right of an inventor to remuneration for utilisation of a 
subject-matter of an invention with request for gr anting an author's certificate pursuant to present 
regulations shall remain unaffected. 
 
Article 82 
 
(1)  Author's certificate for an invention, grante d pursuant to Act No 84/1972 Coll. shall be valid 
for 15 years from filing an application. 
 (2)  An organisation having pursuant to present re gulations right to manage an invention or was 
authorised by this right shall have same rights as a patent owner.   (3)  In case of an invention created in manne r different than under conditions pursuant to 
Article 28(a) of the Act No. 84/1972 Coll. protected by an author's certificate granted pursuant to 
present regulations, which has not been utilised by  an organisation having  right to manage an 
invention or that was authorised by this right, an i nventor shall be entitled to request the Office for its 
conversion to a patent (hereinafter referred to as "request for conversion") at any time during validity 
of an author's certificate. Requesting person shall be  obliged to pay administrative fee (Article 79(9)) 
for request for conversion. 
 (4)  The Office shall publish request for conve rsion as well as decision on conversion in the 
Journal. Any person may file oppositions  to request for conversion within  a time limit of three months 
since publication of request for conversion.   
 
(5)  Patent granted on request for conversion sh all be valid 15 years since filing date of an 
application of an invention; rights from a patent  granted on request for conversion shall arise since 
date of publication of request for conversion in the Journal. 
 (6)  If an invention protected by an author's certificate was not created under conditions pursuant 
to Article 28(a) of the Act No. 84/1972 Coll., an invent or shall be entitled to utilise an invention in his 
business activity. 
 
Article 83 
 (1)  Utilisation of an invention protected by an  author's certificate, which in accordance with 
present regulations started before January 1, 1991 or  for which right was granted before this date on 
basis of a contract, shall not infringe rights of a patent owner. Right of an inventor for remuneration for utilisation of an invention pursuant to pr esent regulations shall not be thereby affected. 
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  (2)  Claims to remuneration for utilisation of an  invention as well as claims for reimbursement of 
reasonable costs related to working up of drawings , models or prototypes, remuneration for initiative 
participation in working up, testing or introduction of an invention and claims for remuneration for 
referring to a possibility of utilisation of an invention arisen before this Act ha s come into force, shall 
be settled pursuant to present regulations.  (3)  If, after this Act comes into effect, an inven tion protected by an author's certificate, to which 
an organisation has right corresponding with right of a patent owner pursuant to Article 82(2), is being 
utilised, this organisation shall be obliged to pay re muneration to an inventor pursuant to Article 11. 
 
Article 84 
 
(1)  An applicant of an invention pursuant to Ar ticle 82(1) and (2) of the Act No. 527/1990 Coll. 
shall be obliged to submit to the Office 
 
a)  document confirming granting a consent for sale or production of a subject-matter of a patent 
granted in any state abroad, and 
 b)  decision on registration pursuant to special regulations
25) issued on request filed within six 
months from granting a consent for sale or production of a subject-matter of a patent in any 
state. 
 (2)  An applicant of an invention shall be obliged to submit document and decision pursuant to paragraph 1 to the Office within the time limit of three months from their delivery but no later than 
16 years from the date of rise of priority right. 
 
(3)  The failure to comply with time limits stat ed in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be excused. 
 (4)  The Office shall refuse an application of  an invention pursuant to paragraph 1 if  
 
a)  applicant failed to meet require ments pursuant paragraphs 1 and 2, 
 b)  subject-matter of a patent granted abroad was placed on the market in the Czech and Slovak 
Federative Republic before filing of an application pursuant to paragraph 1. 
 
(5)  Patent granted pursuant to Article 82(1) and (2) of the Act No. 527/1990 Coll. shall be valid 
for 16 years from the date priority right. 
 
Article 85 
 
If time limits pursuant to Article 74(3) expire befo re July 1, 2002, request for granting a certificate 
pursuant to Article 74 shall be possible to file befo re December 31, 2002, if a decision on registration 
of a medicine or on registration of a preparation for plant protection pursuant to special regulations
25) 
became valid after January 1, 2000. 
 
Article 85a 
 
Legal acts of the European Communities and the European Union stated in Annex shall be 
implemented by this Act. 
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  Article 86 
Repealing provision 
 The following shall be repealed 
 1.  Articles 2 to 35, Articles 78 to 82, Article 84 of the Act No. 527/1990 Coll. On Inventions, Industrial Designs and Rationalisation Proposals as amended by Article III of the Act No. 90/1993 
Coll. and the Act No. 185/1994 Coll.; 
 
2.  Article 65(2), Articles 66 to 71, Article 75( 2) and Article 86 of the Act No. 527/1990 Coll. on 
Inventions, Industrial Designs and Rationalisation Proposals as amended within the extent governing 
legal relations and proceedings  related to inventions, pate nts and author's certificates; 
 3. Chapter One of the Decree of the Federal Office  for Inventions No. 550/1990 Coll. On Procedure 
on Matters of Inventions and Industrial Designs. 
 
 
Title II 
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Title III 
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Title IV 
 
This Act shall enter into force on November 1, 2001  with exception of Part Four and Part Five which 
shall enter into force on July 1, 2002.  
Act No. 402/ 2002 Coll. entered into force on August 1, 2002 
 Act No. 84/ 2007 Coll. entered into force on March 1, 2007  Act No. 517/ 2007 Coll. entered into force on January 1, 2007 
 
Act No. 495/ 2008 Coll. entered into force on February 1, 2009  Act No. 202/ 2009 Coll. entered into force on June 1, 2009 
 
 
 
 
Rudolf Schuster s.m. 
 
Jozef Migaš s.m. 
 
Mikuláš Dzurinda s.m. 
 
 
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