WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/HRV/P/3 
30 November 2010 
 (10-6465) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
  
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PR OPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
CROATIA 
   The present document reproduces the text
1 of the Patent Regulations, as notified by Croatia 
on 26 July 2010 under Article 63.2 of th e Agreement (see document IP/N/1/HRV/2). 
 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
CROATIE 
 
 
 Le présent document contient le texte
1 du Règlement sur les brevets, notifié par la Croatie le 
26 juillet 2010 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l' Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/HRV/2). 
 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
CROACIA 
   En el presente documento se reproduce el texto
1 del Reglamento de Patentes, que Croacia ha 
notificado el 26 de julio de 2010 en virtud de lo disp uesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo 
(véase el documento IP/N/1/HRV/2). 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente.   
   
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PATENT REGULATIONS 
  
     
 
    
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
NN 117/2007, in force from 14 November 2007 
 
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  PATENT REGULATIONS 
 
 
I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISION 
 
Article 1 
 The Patent Regulations (hereinafter: the Regulations ) shall define in more details certain matters 
contained in the Patent Act (hereinafter: the Act), re lated to the procedures carri ed out before the State 
Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter: the Office). 
 
II. PATENT APPLICATION 
 
Method of Filing a Patent Application 
 
Article 2 
 (1)  A patent application shall be filed in wr itten form, in one copy, directly or by mail.  
 (2)  A patent application can be filed by means of  a fax as well, provided that it is submitted to the 
Office in the form prescribed by the provision of Article 9 of these Regulations within fifteen 
days from its receipt. 
 (3)  The patent application shall be accompanied by the following:  
1.  evidence as to payment of the ad ministrative fee and the charges for the 
administrative procedure, or evidence as to  the basis for exemption from payment of 
the administrative fees and procedural charges; 
 2.  a power of attorney, in cases when the application is filed through an attorney; 
 3.  a declaration concerning a common atto rney, if there are several applicants; 
 
4.  a declaration of the inventor, in the cas e when he does not want to be mentioned in 
the application; 
 5.  a copy of the first application certified by the competent authority, if the priority is 
claimed in compliance with Article 23 of the Act; 
 6.  a certificate of the display at an internat ional exhibition in compliance with Article 9, 
paragraph 1), item 2 of the Act, if the invention has been so displayed; 
 7.  evidence or indications concerning a sample of viable biological material, if it is 
necessary for the disclosure of the invention in compliance with Article 20, 
paragraph 5 of the Act; 
 8.  a list of nucleotide and/or amino acid  sequences, if the application contains a 
disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences. 
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  Method of Filing a European Patent Application 
 
Article 3 
 (1)  A European patent application shall be filed directly with the European Patent Office or the 
Office. 
 (2)  A European patent application shall be f iled with the Office in a manner described in 
Article 2 paragraphs 1 and 2 of these Regulati ons, and in accordance with the provisions of 
the European Patent Convention and the pertai ning implementation regul ations, which relate 
to the filing of European patent applications and the requirements to which the applications 
must adhere to. 
 
Contents and Method of Drafting a Patent Application 
 
Article 4 
 (1)  An application for the grant of a patent shall contain:  
1.  an express indication to the effect that the grant of a patent is applied for;  
2.  the title of the invention expressing clearly  and concisely the essen ce of the invention, 
provided that it does not contain commercia l names, trademarks, names, codes, 
abbreviations common to partic ular products and the like; 
 3.  indications concerning the applicant, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principal place 
of business if a legal person is concerned, and if there are several applicants, an 
indication of a written declaration concerning a common attorney;  
 4.  indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or an indication of a written declaration to the effect that he does not want 
to be mentioned in the patent application;  if the inventor is the applicant, an 
indication of that fact shall be necessary;  
 5. indications concerning an attorney, na mely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or the company name and principle place of business, if a legal person is 
concerned;  
 6.  a priority claim including indications concerning priority referred to in Article 23 of 
the Act, an indication of the country in whic h the first application was filed, the date 
of its filing and the number assigned to it;  
 
7.  an indication to the effect that the i nvention has been displayed at the exposition in 
compliance with Article 9, paragraph 1), item 2 of the Act;  
 8.  an indication concerning a request for the division of the application, including the 
number of the original application;  
 
 9.  address for correspondence which is, as a ru le, the domicile of the applicant or of his 
attorney or common attorney, if there are several applicants, including the phone and 
facsimile numbers or the e-mail address;; 
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   10.  a check list: 
 
–  the number of pages constituting the description of the invention, –  the number of claims and the number of pages constituting the claims, –  the number of drawings and the num ber of pages constituting the drawings, 
–  the abstract, 
–  attachments to the application; 
  11.  the signature or the seal of the applicant or the signature or the seal respectively of his 
attorney, if any. 
 
(2)  The indications referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be specified on the form, 
which forms an integral part of these Regula tions (P-1 Form) or on the form completely 
corresponding to this form by its contents and appearance. 
 
(3) If the space provided for a particular column of  the P-1 form is not sufficient, the required 
indication including the number of the column and its full contents shall be attached to the P-
1 form, as a special attachment. 
 (4)  The Office shall not check the authenticity of the indications ma de in the request for the grant 
of a patent. 
 
(5)  The copy of the completed P-1 form referre d to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be 
delivered to the applicant by th e Office as a certificate of receipt of the mentioned indications, 
contents and attachments. 
 
Description of the Invention 
 
Article 5 
 (1)  The description of the invention shall be draf ted in the manner and order as prescribed by this 
Article. 
 
(2)  The description shall first state the title of th e invention as appearing in the request and shall:  
 
1.  specify the technical field to which the invention relates (indicating the classification 
symbol according to the International Patent Classification, if known to the 
applicant); 
 2.  indicate the technical problem for the so lution of which patent protection is sought; 
 3.  indicate the state of the art (descripti on and analysis of known solutions to the 
technical problem concerned) presented in  the scope known to the applicant, and 
necessary for the understanding of the inven tion and examination of the application, 
and, shall preferably cite the patent doc uments and other sources reflecting such art; 
 4.  disclose the essence of the invention in su ch terms that the technical problem and its 
solution can be understood and state the technical novelty of the invention with 
reference to the prior state of the art; 
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  6.  describe in details at least one mode fo r carrying out the invention, with providing an 
example and with reference to the drawings, if any; 
 7.  indicate, where it is not obvious from th e description or nature of the invention, the 
way in which the invention is capable of  industrial or any other application. 
 
(3)  Each of the constituent parts referred to in pa ragraph (2) of this Article shall preferably be 
preceded by an appropriate heading. In excep tional cases, a different manner and order of 
drafting the description shall be followed when, b ecause of the nature of the invention, such 
order would afford a better understanding  and a more economical presentation. 
 
(4)  The solution to the technical problem di sclosed in the description of the invention: 
 
1.  shall be free of any allegations or assu mptions, and all the essential characteristics of 
the invention shall be presented clearly and precisely so that it could be carried out by 
the person skilled in the art. 
 2.  where the invention relates to a process, it shall include all its essential 
characteristics, so that the process feasibility is completely shown, which must be 
proved by providing examples; 
 
3.  where the invention relates to a design and it is shown on a drawing, it shall include a 
detailed description of the design solution referring to the drawing, and as the proof of its capability of being carried out, it is necessary to describe the manner of functioning of both the particular essentia l elements of the design and the design 
itself;  
 
4.  where there are several modes for carryi ng out the invention it shall contain their 
description. 
 
Patent Claims 
 
Article 6 
 (1)  The patent claims shall be drafted in a ma nner to define the invention exclusively by its 
technical features. 
 
(2)  The number of the patent claims shall be re asonable in consideration of the nature of the 
invention claimed. If there are several patent claims, they shall be numbered consecutively in 
Arabic numerals. 
 (3)  The patent claims shall, whenever possible, contain:  
1.  introductory part beginning with the title of  the invention, followed by those technical 
features of the invention which are necessary for the definition of the claimed subject 
matter and which, in combination, form part of the prior art; 
 2.  the second, characteristic portion of the cl aim, preceded by the words "characterized 
in that" or "characterized by" indicating those technical features of the invention for 
which, in combination with the technical feat ures of the prior art referred to in item 1, 
paragraph 3 of this Article, the pa tent protection is applied for. 
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  (4)  Where the requirement concerning the unity of  the invention referred to in Article 18 of the 
Act has been complied with, and where the subj ect matter of the invention cannot be covered 
by one claim, the patent application may cont ain several independent claims of the same 
category (product, process, apparatus, application). 
 
(5)  Any claim indicating essential features of th e invention may be accompanied by one or more 
dependent claims referring to specific features of the invention. 
 (6)  The dependent claim shall include specific feat ures of the invention of some other (dependent 
or independent) claim and, shall, if possible,  in the beginning refer to the other claim or 
claims and shall then state the additional feat ures claimed. All the dependent claims referring 
to a single previous claim, and all the dependent claims referring to several previous claims, shall be grouped together to the extent that th e relation between mutually dependent claims is 
easily detected and that their importance in such relation is easily interpreted. 
 
(7)  Claims shall not, except wher e absolutely necessary, rely, in r espect of the technical features 
of the invention, on references to the description or  drawings. In particular, they shall not rely 
on such references as: "as described in part … of the description", or "as illustrated in figure 
… of the drawings". 
 (8)  Where the patent application contains dr awings, the technical features mentioned in the 
claims shall preferably be followed by referenc e signs relating to such features. When used, 
the reference signs shall preferably be placed between parentheses. If inclusion of reference 
signs does not particularly facilitate understandi ng of a claim, they should not be made. 
Reference signs shall not be interpreted as limiting the claims. 
 
(9)  A single inventive concept shall exist where several inventions are so linked that there is 
among those inventions a technical relationship, which involves one or more of the same or 
corresponding special technical features. The expression "special technical features" shall 
mean those technical features that define a contribution, which each of the claimed 
inventions, considered as a whole, makes over th e state of the art. The determination whether 
a group of inventions is so linked as to form a single inventive concept shall be made without 
regard to whether the inventions are claimed in  separate claims or as alternatives within a 
single claim. 
 
The Drawings 
 
Article 7 
 (1)  On sheets containing drawings, the surface u sable shall not exceed 26.2 cm x 17.0 cm and. 
the sheets shall not contain frames around the u sable or used surface. The minimum margins 
shall be as follows:: 
 
- top: 2.5 cm 
- left side: 2.5 cm - right side: 1.5 cm - bottom: 1 cm. 
 
(2)  The drawings shall be executed in a manner that: 
 
1.  the lines are uniformly thick, black, we lldefined and durable, and surfaces between 
them without colorings or shades; 
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2.  cross-sections are indicated by oblique  hatching which shall not impede the clear 
reading of the leading lines and reference signs; 
 3.  the scale of the drawings and the distin ctness of their graphical execution are such 
that a photographic reproduction with a reduc tion in size would enable all the details 
to be distinguished without difficulty;  
 4.  all the numbers, letters and reference signs appearing on the figures are simple and 
clear, brackets, circles or inverted commas are not to be used in association with 
numbers and letters; 
 5.  elements in the figure must be in prop ortion to each other, except where the use of a 
different proportion is indispensable for the better clarity of the figure; 
 
6.  the height of the numbers and letters is  not less than 0.32 cm; for the lettering of 
drawings, the Latin and, where customary, the Greek alphabets shall be used; 
 7.  the same sheet of drawings may contain several figures; where figures drawn on two 
or more sheets form a single complete figure, the figures on the several sheets shall be so arranged that the whole figure can  be assembled without concealing or 
overlapping any part of the figure appearing on different sheets; the different figures 
on a sheet shall be arranged one below anot her, clearly separated from one another, 
but without a larger free space between each other; the different figures shall be 
numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals , independently of the numbering of the 
sheets; 
 
8.  reference signs not mentioned in the description do not appear in the drawings, and 
vice versa; 
 9.  the same features, when denoted by refe rence signs, are to be denoted by the same 
signs throughout the application; 
 
10. if the drawings contain a large number of reference signs, it is recommended to attach 
a separate sheet, listing all the reference signs and the features denoted by them; 
 11.  the drawings must not contain textual parts, except, when indispensable, simple 
words such as "water", "steam", "open", "closed", "section A-B" or, in the case of 
block schematic or flow sheet diagrams, a few short catchwords indispensable for 
understanding the text. 
 (3)  The drawings shall be produced by means of instruments enabling the production of drawings 
in compliance with paragraph 2 of this Article. 
 
The Abstract 
 
Article 8 
 
(1)  The abstract shall contain the title of the i nvention and a brief summary of the disclosure as 
contained in the description, the claims, and the drawings. The summary shall indicate the 
technical field to which the invention relate s and shall allow a clear understanding of the 
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 Where appropriate, the abstract shall contai n the chemical formula, which, among all the 
formulae contained in the application, best characterizes the invention. 
 (2)  The abstract shall not contain statements on th e alleged merits or value of the invention or on 
its speculative application. 
 (3)  If the patent application contains any drawings, the applicant shall indicate the figure or, 
exceptionally, several figures of the drawings, which he suggests, should accompany the abstract when published. The Office may decide to publish other figure or several other 
figures if it considers that they better characteri ze the invention. All the main features of the 
invention mentioned in the abstract and illust rated by the drawings shall be followed by 
reference signs placed between brackets. 
 (4)  The abstract shall be so drafted that it can ser ve as an efficient searching tool in the particular 
technical field, especially as assistance in form ulating an opinion on whether there is a need 
for consulting the patent application itself. 
 (5)  The abstract shall not contain more than 150 words. 
 
Requirements Concerning the Drafting of Particular 
Elements of a Patent Application 
 
Article 9 
 (1)  The elements of a patent application sha ll be suitable for direct reproduction by photography, 
electrostatic processes, photo-offset, and scanning in any number of copies. All the sheets 
shall be free from creases and cracks and shall not  be folded. Only one side of each sheet shall 
be used. 
 (2)  The size of the sheets shall be A4 (29.7 cm x 21.0 cm), the paper shall be white, smooth, non-
shiny, strong, flexible and durable. Each sheet sh all be used so that the short sides are at the 
top and bottom (i.e. in an upright position).  
 (3)  Each element (request, description, claims, dr awings, and abstract) of the patent application 
shall commence on a new sheet and shall be signe d by the applicant. The sheets shall be so 
connected that they can be easily tu rned, separated an d joined again. 
 
(4)  The minimum margins of the sheets not containing drawings shall be as follows:  
- top: 2 cm - left side: 2.5 cm - right side: 2 cm 
- bottom: 2 cm. 
 
The recommended maximum margins of the sheets not containing drawings shall be as follows: 
 
- top: 4 cm 
- left side: 4 cm - right side: 3 cm - bottom: 3 cm. 
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  (5)  The margins of the patent application, as filed, must be completely blank (clear). 
 (6)  All the sheets contained in the patent app lication shall be numbered in consecutive Arabic 
numerals, which shall be centered at the top of the sheet, and shall not be placed in the margin.  
 
(7)  The request for the grant of a patent, the d escription of the invention, the patent claims and 
the abstract shall be clearly printed. Excep tionally, graphic symbols and characters, and 
chemical or mathematical formulae may, wh en necessary, be written by hand. The typing 
shall be 1 ½-spaced. 
 
(8)  The height of the capital letters in the text shall not be less than 0.21 cm, wherein the letters 
on the sheet shall be printed in a dark and indelible color. 
 (9)  The request, the description, the claims a nd the abstract shall not contain drawings. The 
description, the claims and the abstract may c ontain chemical or mathematical formulae, and 
the description and the abstract may contain tables. The claims and the abstract may contain chemical or mathematical formulae, and the description and the abstract may contain tables. The claims may contain tables only if the subject matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable. Tables and chemical or mathematical formulae may be placed sideways on the sheet if they cannot be presented satisfactory in an upright position thereon. The sheets on 
which tables or chemical or mathematical formulae are presented sideways shall be so 
presented that the tops of the tables or formulae are at the left side of the sheet.  
 (10)  Physical units shall be expressed in terms of the International System of Units (SI). For 
mathematical, chemical and molecular formulae and atomic weights the symbols shall be 
used as well as such technical terms and signs as are generally accepted and used in the art 
concerned. 
 (11)  The terminology, the signs and the sym bols shall be consistent throughout the patent 
application.  
 
(12)  Each sheet shall be reasonably free fro m errors, additional ma tters, overwritings and 
interlineations. Non-compliance with this rule shall be allowed if the authenticity of the 
contents is not in question and the requireme nts for good reproduction are not in jeopardy. 
 
Subject Matter Not to be Contained in the Patent 
Application 
 
Article 10 
 (1)  A patent application may not contain:  
1.  expressions or drawings contrary to the law or morality; 
 2.  statements disparaging the products or pr ocesses of any third person, or the merits or 
meaning of applications or patents of an y such person; mere comparisons with the 
prior art shall not be considered disparaging per se; 
 
3.  any statement obviously irrelevant or unnecessary. 
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  (2)  If a patent application contains expressions or  drawings contrary to the law or morality, the 
Office shall omit them from its publications, indicating the place and number of words or drawings omitted. 
 (3)  If a patent application contains statements re ferred to in paragraph (1), item 2 of this Article, 
the Office may omit them from its publications . It shall indicate the place and number of 
words or drawings omitted, and shall furnish,  upon request, individual copies of the passages 
omitted.  
 
Later Submissions 
 
Article 11 
 (1)  The provisions of Articles 5 to 10 of these Re gulations shall also apply to later submissions 
replacing essential elements of a patent application. These submissions shall be 
communicated to the Office in the same way as the patent application. 
 (2)  All the essential elements of a patent app lication as well as the later submissions shall be 
signed. If the submission lacks the signature, the Offi ce shall invite the interested party to sign 
it within a reasonable time limit, counting from the day of receipt of the invitation. If signed within that time limit, the submission shall main tain the date of its receipt. Failing this, it shall 
be considered not to be submitted. 
 (3)  The later submitted documents which are to be notified to third persons or which are related 
to two or more patent appli cations, shall be submitted in a number of copies corresponding to 
the number of persons and the number of a pplications concerned respectively. If the 
interested party, despite the Office request, fa ils to furnish the number of necessary copies, 
the missing copies will be provided at the expense of interested party. 
 
Deposit of Viable Biological Material 
 
Article 12 
 
(1)  If the invention claiming patent protection in volves the use of or concerns viable biological 
material, which is not available to the public , and which cannot be described in a patent 
application in such a manner as to enable the i nvention to be carried out by a person skilled in 
the art, the invention shall be considered to be described in a manner sufficiently clear and 
complete within the meaning of Article 20, paragraph 4 of the Act, only if the following 
requirements are complied with: 
 
1.  a sample of viable biological materi al has been deposited with the authorized 
institution, in compliance with Article 20, paragraph 5 of the Act, not later than on 
the day of filing of the patent application;  
 
2.  the patent application contains all the information on deposited viable biological 
material known to the patent applicant; 
 3.  the patent application indicates the name of the authorized institution referred to in 
Article 20, paragraph 5 of the Act,  and the accession number assigned to the 
biological material concerned; 
 (2)  The indications referred to in paragraph 1, item 3 of this Article may be furnished 
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1.  within three months counting from the date of filing of a priority claim;  2.  up to the day of filing of a request for early publication, in compliance with 
Article 35, paragraph 2 of the Act. 
 
Article 13 
 (1)  The deposited sample of viable biological material shall be, upon request, made available. 
The availability of the viable biological material shall comprise in its furnishing to the 
requesting party. The requesting party may be: 
 
1.  between the publication of the applica tion and the granting of the patent, anyone 
requesting it, or, if the applicant so requests, only an independent expert; 
 
2.  after the patent has been granted, a nd notwithstanding cancellation or revocation of 
the patent, anyone requesting it. 
 (2)  A request for furnishing a sample of viable bi ological material shall be filed with the Office 
on a form prescribed by the authorized institutio n, in compliance with Article 20, paragraph 5 
of the Act, on which the Office shall certify that  the patent application referring to the deposit 
of viable biological material has been filed, a nd that the requesting party is entitled to require 
the furnishing of the sample of viable biological material. 
 (3)  The sample shall be made available only if  the person requesting it undertakes, for the term 
during which the patent is in force: 
 
1.  not to make it or any material de rived from it available to third parties; 
 2.  not to use it or any material derived from it except for experimental or research 
purposes, unless the applicant for or owne r of the patent, as applicable, expressly 
waives such an undertaking. 
 
(4)  At the applicant's request, where an app lication is refused or withdrawn, access to the 
deposited material shall be limited to an i ndependent expert for 20 years from the date on 
which the patent application was filed. In that  case, paragraph 3 of this Article shall apply 
mutatis mutandis. 
 
(5)  The applicant's requests referred to in paragra phs (1) and (4) of this Article may only be filed 
up to the date on which the technical preparati ons for publishing the patent application are 
deemed to have been completed. 
 (6)  The undertaking referred to in paragraph 3, item 2 of this Article shall not exist if the 
applicant uses the furnished sample of the deposite d viable biological material on the basis of 
a compulsory license. 
 
Article 14 
 
(1)  If a sample of the viable biological material is  no longer available at the institution in which it 
has been deposited, nor it has been transferred to another authorized institution in which it 
could be made available, the invention shall be  considered not to be described in a patent 
application within the meaning of Ar ticle 20, paragraph 4 of the Act. 
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  (2)  Legal effects of non-availability of deposite d viable biological material referred to in 
Article 85, paragraph 1 of the Act shall not be considered to take place provided that: 
 
1.  the depositor makes a new deposit of the same biological material, on the same terms 
as those laid down in the Budapest Treaty, within 3 months counting from the day on 
which he received information from the au thorized institution that the previously 
deposited viable biological material had ceased to be available; 
 2.  the depositor attaches to a new deposit a signed written statement to the effect that the 
newly deposited viable biological material is the same as that originally deposited; 
 
3.  the Office receives, within 4 months as from the day on which the new deposit was 
made, a copy of the receipt acknowledging the deposit of a sample of viable biological material, issued by the authori zed institution which contains the number of 
the patent application or the number of  the patent, the deposit is related to. 
 
(3)  If the reason for non-availability of viable biological material is its non-viability, a new 
deposit of it shall be made with the same au thorized institution with which the previous 
deposit was made, and if other reasons are concer ned, the viable biological material may be 
deposited with any other authorized institution. 
 
(4)  If the authorized institution with which the vi able biological material was originally deposited 
looses a status of the authorized institution or discontinues its performance as authorized 
institution in respect of certain kinds of viable  biological material, and the depositor is not 
informed of that change within six months, th e time limit of three months referred to in 
paragraph 2, item 1 of this Article shall run as from the day of publication of this change in 
Office official gazette. 
 
Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence listings 
 
Article 15 
 
If the patent application contains a disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences, 
the description of the application shall contain the sequence listing. Any sequence listing, which is not 
contained in the description or not attached to it resp ectively, at the time of filing of the application, 
shall not form part of the description.  
 
III. REGISTER OF PATENT APPLICATIONS 
 
Contents of the Register of Patent Applications 
 
Article 16 
 
The Office shall keep a special register of patent a pplications (Register of Pa tent Applications) having 
been accorded a filing date by a decision, in wh ich the following indications shall be entered: 
 
1.  the number of a patent application; 
 
2.  the filing date of a patent application;  3.  the number and date of the original application in the case of division of the 
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4.  indication concerning the priority claimed:  the state in which the first application was 
filed, the filing date and the number assigned to it; 
 5.  indications concerning the applicant, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and principle place of 
business if a legal person is concerned; 
 6.  indications concerning the inventor namely his family name, given name and 
domicile of the inventor, or indications c oncerning the statement of the inventor to 
the effect that he does not want to be mentioned in the application; 
 7. indications concerning an attorney, na mely his family name, given name and 
domicile of an attorney, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
8.  the title of the invention;  9.  classification symbol according to the International Patent Classification (the IPC);;  10.  indications about the displaying at the international exhibition in compliance with the 
Article 9 paragraph 2 of the Act, if the invention was displayed; 
 11.  publication date of a patent applica tion and the number of the official gazette; 
 12.  indications concerning the internati onal application prescribed by Article 20 
paragraph 2 of these Regulations, if  such application is filed; 
 13.  indications concerning a request for the substantive examination of conditions for the 
patent grant, or indications concerning a request for the patent grant based on the 
substantive examination results, or indicati ons concerning a request for the grant of a 
consensual patent; 
 
14.  indications concerning payment of the fees for maintenance of rights from the patent 
application or indications concerning the exemption from the liability to pay the same; 
 
15.  indications concerning the filing of the opposition to a consensual patent and payment 
of the administrative fee and administrative procedure charges; 
 16.  indications from the request for transformation of the European patent application 
into the national patent application 
 
17.  indications concerning the manner of te rmination of the administrative procedure by 
the Office decision; 
 18.  indications concerning the cessation of rights from the application due to the non-
payment of the annual fee and maintenance costs fees 
 
19.  indications concerning changes related to the patent applications regarding: 
 
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20.  indications concerning the initiated appeals procedure (date, complainant, type of 
decision) 
 21.  number and date, if it is issued, of the decision on reinstatement of rights from 
Article 57 of the Act or the decision on the continuation of the procedure from 
Article 57a of the Act; 
 22.  other indications concerning the application if necessary. 
 
Excerpt from the Register of Patent Applications 
 
Article 17 
 (1)  The register of patent applications shall be available to the public, in respect of published 
patent applications. 
 (2)  An excerpt from the register shall be issued  in respect of published patent applications and 
that upon request of interested persons, acco mpanied by the evidence of payment of the 
prescribed administrative fee and procedural charges. The excerpt from the register of patent applications shall contain indications referred to  in Article 16 of the Regulations, as valid on 
the day on which the excerpt is issued. 
 (3)  The provisions of Articles 28 to 30 of these Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to an 
excerpt from the register of patents. 
 
 
IV. PRIORITY CERTIFICATE 
 
Contents of the Request for Issuing  
the Priority Certificate 
 
Article 18 
 The request for issuing the priority certificate contains:  
1.  an express indication of the fact that the issue of a priority certificate is applied for; 
 
2.  the number of the patent application for which the issuing of the certificate is sought;  3.  an indication concerning the required number of copies of the priority certificate;  4.  indications concerning the requesting party; 
 
5.  signature of the requesting party;  6.  evidence of payment of the administrative fee and procedural charges for the issue of 
the priority certificate. 
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  Contents of the Priority Certificate 
 
Article 19 
 The priority certificate shall contain: 
 
1.  indications concerning the patent applican t, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
2.  filing date of the patent application; 
 3.  the number of the patent application;  4.  the title of the invention 
 
5.  the description of the invention, identical  to the description in the application on the 
determined filing date; 
 6.  patent claims, identical to the patent cl aims in the application on the determined filing 
date; 
 
7.  drawings identical to the drawings in th e application (if any) on the determined filing 
date; 
 8.  an indication concerning the identity of indications as contained in the priority 
certificate with the indications contained in the patent application. 
  
V. PUBLICATION OF A PATENT APPLICATION 
 
Contents of the publication of a patent application 
 
Article 20 
 (1)  The following indications concerning the pate nt application shall be published in the Office 
Official Gazette: 
 
1.  the number of the patent application;  2.  the filing date of the patent application;  3.  number and date of pate nt application publication. 
 
4.  indication concerning the priority claimed, the country in which the first application 
has been filed; the date when it was filed and the number assigned to it; 
 5.  number and date of the first applicati on in case the patent application is divided; 
 
6.  indications concerning the display at an exhibition;  7.  a classification symbol according to th e International Patent Classification (IPC); 
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  8.  the title of the invention in th e Croatian and in the English language; 
 9.  indications concerning the patent applican t, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business if a legal person is concerned; 
 
10.  indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or indications concerning the statemen t of the inventor to the effect that he 
does not want to be mentioned in the application; 
 
11.  indications concerning an attorney, name ly family name, given name and domicile, if 
a natural person is concerned, or a compan y name and its principle place of business 
if a legal person is concerned; 
 12.  the abstract; 
 
13.  characteristic drawing or drawings referred to in the description and claims, 
respectively the chemical formula which, among all the formulae contained in the application, best characterizes the invention; 
 (2)  If the application filed in compliance with Article 109, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Act is 
concerned, in addition to the indications refe rred to in paragraph 1 of this Article the 
following indications shall be published as well: 
 
- the number of the international application, - the filing date of the international application,, 
- the number of the international publication 
- the date of the international publication. 
 (3)  The indications referred to in  paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Ar ticle shall be represented by the 
Internationally Agreed Data Identificati on Numbers (hereinafter: INID – codes). 
 
Publication of Requests for Extension of 
a European Patent Application 
 
Article 21 
 
(1)  The data contained in a request for extens ion of a European patent application shall be 
published in a special part of the O ffice Official Gazette, such as follows: 
 
1.  indications concerning a European patent  application – the filing date and the number 
of the European patent application; 
 
2.  indications concerning an international patent application prescribed by Article 20 
paragraph 2 of these Regulations, if filed; 
 3. indications concerning the publication of a European patent application: the number 
of the publication of the application, the date of publication and the language in 
which the application is published; 
 4.  indications concerning priority right: the number and date of the first application and 
indication of the state in which it was filed; 
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  5.  indications concerning the applicant: na mely, family name, given name and domicile, 
if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its principle place of business if a legal person is concerned; 
 6.  indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or indications concerning the statemen t of the inventor to the effect that he 
does not want to be mentioned in the application; 
 7.  the title of the invention in the English language. 
 
(2)  If a request for extension of a European patent application is withdrawn, or if a European 
patent application is finally refused, w ithdrawn or deemed withdrawn according to 
Article 100, paragraph 3 of the Act, the Office shall publish such indications. The publication 
shall, in addition to the indications as specified , contain indications refe rred to in paragraph 1 
of this Article. 
 
(3)  The indications referred to in  paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Ar ticle shall be represented by the 
Internationally Agreed Data Identificati on Numbers (hereinafter: INID – codes). 
 
Publication of Indications on Transformation of the 
European Patent Application 
 
Article 22 
 If, upon the applicant's request, the European patent application was transformed into a national patent 
application on the basis of Article 108 i of the Act,  the Office shall publish the indication concerning 
the transformation in the official gazette in add ition to the indications from Article 20 of these 
Regulations, and the indication concerning the European patent application from which the 
transformation was executed. 
 
 
VI. REQUESTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF 
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GRANT OF A PATENT 
 
Contents and Form of the Requests for the 
Examination of Requirements for the Grant of a Patent 
 
Article 23 
 The requests referred to in Article 36, paragraph 1 of  the Act shall be filed with the Office in written 
form, and within a prescribed time limit, indicating the number of the patent application and shall be 
accompanied by evidence as to payment of the ad ministrative fee and the procedural charges. 
 
Publication of the Request for the Grant of a Patent 
Without the Substantive Examination Procedure (a 
Consensual Patent) 
 
Article 24 
 
The publication of a request for the grant of a consen sual patent in the Offi ce official gazette shall 
contain the following indications:  
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2.  the filing date of a request;  3.  indications concerning the requesting part y, namely its family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 4.  a classification symbol according to th e International Patent Classification (IPC); 
 5.  the number of the Office official gazette  in which the patent application has been 
published; 
 6.  the title of the invention. 
  
VII. OPPOSITION TO THE GRANT OF A 
CONSENSUAL PATENT 
 
Contents of the Opposition to the Grant of a 
Consensual Patent 
 
Article 25 
 (1)  An opposition to the grant of a consensual patent shall contain:  
1.  an express indication of the opposition to the grant of a consensual patent; 
 
2.  indications concerning the person fili ng the opposition, namely his family name, 
given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 3.  the number of the consensual patent application; 
 
4.  indications concerning the person filing a re quest for the grant of a consensual patent; 
 5.  the title of the invention;  
6.  indications concerning an attorney, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned,  and a regular power of attorney, if the 
opposition is filed through an attorney. 
 7.  the signature of the person filing the opposition; 
 
8.  the evidence as to payment of the ad ministrative fee and procedural charges. 
 (2)  The indications referred to in paragraph 1 of  this Article shall be accompanied by the reasons 
for the opposition. 
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  VIII. REGISTER OF PATENTS 
 
Contents of the Register of Patents 
 
Article 26 
 
(1)  The Office shall keep a special register of gr anted patents and consensual patents (Register of 
Patents). 
 (2)  The Register of Patents shall contain the following indications: 
 
1.  the number of a patent or a consensual patent;  2.  indication concerning the type and the filing date for the request on the basis of which 
a patent or a consensual patent has been granted; 
 
3.  the number and date of the decision on the gr ant of a patent or a consensual patent or 
the date of entry of a patent or a consen sual patent in the Register of Patents; 
 4.  the date of publication of the granted patent or the consensual patent;  
5.  the date of filing of a patent application; 
 6.  the date of publication of a patent application;  7.  the number of the original application if a divisional application is concerned; 
 
8.  indications concerning the granted prio rity right: the state in which the first 
application was filed, the date when it was filed and the number assigned to it; 
 9.  indications concerning an internatio nal application prescribed by Article 20, 
paragraph 2 of these Regulations, if su ch an application has been filed; 
 
10.  indications concerning a European patent  application: the filing date and the number 
of the European patent application, the number of the European patent, the number 
and the date of publication of the European patent application or the European patent 
and the language of publication; 
 
11.  indications concerning the European pate nt application in the case of transformation 
from Article 108 i of the Act; 
 12.  the title of the invention;  
13.  a classification symbol according to th e International Patent Classification (IPC); 
 14.  indications concerning the patent owner,  namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
15.  indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or an indication concerning the statem ent of the inventor to the effect that 
he does not want to be mentioned in the patent application; 
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  16.  indications concerning an attorney, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 17.  Indications concerning the fees for the main tenance of a patent or  a consensual patent 
as paid; 
 18.  indications concerning the chang es related to the patent regarding: 
 
–  the patent owner (name, principal place of business, attorney and other); 
–  transfer of rights, licenses, security, seizure, insolvency and other (time of 
duration, scope, type); 
 19.  indications concerning the procedure fo r declaring a patent null and void; (the 
submission date, applicant, type and date of the decision); 
 
20.  indications concerning the appeals proce dure (the submission date, applicant, type 
and date of the decision); 
 21.  indication concerning the request to waive a patent;  
22.  type of decision and date of the decision concerning the proposal for cancellation of 
the decision on the patent grant; 
 23.  number and date of the decision on the re instatement of rights, from Article 57 of the 
Act or the decision on the continuation of th e procedure from Article 57 a of the Act, 
if issued; 
 24.  indications concerning the cessation of the effect of a patent: legal basis and the date 
of the cessation and the scope of the cessation in the case of partial cessation due to waiver, the nullity procedure or the appeals procedure; 
 
25.  indications concerning a Supplementary Protection Certificate; 
 26.  other indications concerning the patent, if necessary. 
 
Article 27 
 
(1)  The Office shall, ex officio, enter in  the Registers from Articles 16 and 26 of these 
Regulations, the indications concerning the initia ted court disputes of which the Office is 
informed, and the respective final decisions: 
 
1.  the date of submission of the statement of claim and the number of the file; 
 
2.  the type of the dispute;  3.  the number and the date of the deci sion as well as the indication concerning the 
finality. 
 
(2)  If an administrative dispute has been initiate d by means of a statement of claim regarding a 
decision of the Office, in addition to the afore stated indications, the number and the date of the decision against which the statement of cl aim was submitted is also entered in the 
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Excerpt from the Register of Patent Applications and 
the Register of Patents 
 
Article 28 
 
(1)  The Register of Patent Applications and th e Register of Patents shall be available to the 
public. 
 (2)  Excerpts from the Register shall be issued upo n a request of interested persons, and shall be 
accompanied by evidence as to payment of the prescribed administrative fee and procedural 
charges. 
 (3)  An excerpt from the Register of Patents sha ll contain the indications referred to in Article 16, 
paragraph 2 of these Regulations, that is in Article 26 paragr aph 2 of these Regulations as 
valid on the day of the issue thereof. 
 (4)  Upon a special request an excerpt may be related to a specific period of time, or, as a 
historical excerpt, may contain all the indications  entered into the Register as from the day of 
entry of a patent up to the day of issue of the excerpt. 
 
(5)  The excerpt referred to in paragraph 4 of this  Article shall contain an indication to the effect 
that a historical excerpt, respectively, an excer pt related to the current  status, or covering a 
specific period of time is concerned. 
 (6)  The excerpt may also contain a print out containing only a part of the valid indications 
entered in the Register, in which case a note at th e end of the last leaf of the excerpt shall 
read: "Other indications omitted". 
 
Article 29 
 The indications contained in the Registers shall be listed in the excerpt in the order provided for under 
Article 16 paragraph 2 and Article 26 paragraph 2 of these Regulations , respectively. Each indication 
listed in the excerpt shall be preceded by a number  under which it has been entered in the Register. 
An indication which ceased to be valid and is cont ained in the excerpt shall be preceded by "23/20" 
and the last leaf of the excerpt shall contain a not e reading "indications marked by "24/20" ceased to 
be valid"  
Note Containing Certification of an Excerpt 
 
Article 30 
 (1)  An excerpt from the Register shall be certified by a note. 
 
(2)  The note certifying an excerpt shall contain: a statement to the effect that the excerpt is 
identical with the original, the place and date of the issue, the number under which the excerpt 
has been issued, and the stamp and signature of the authorized officer of the Office. 
 
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  IX. CERTIFICATES 
 
Contents of the Patent Certificate or of the 
Consensual Patent Certificate 
 
Article 31 
 (1)  The patent certificate or the consensual patent certificate shall contain:  
1.  the number of a patent or a consensual patent; 
 
2.  the title of the invention;  3.  indications concerning the owner of a pa tent or the owner of a consensual patent, 
namely his family name and given name, if a natural person is concerned, or a 
company name and its principle place of bus iness, if a legal person is concerned; 
 4.  indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name and given name; 
 5.  the date of issue of a certificate. 
 
(2)  The certificate is delivered to the patent  owner in addition to the corresponding patent 
specification referred to in Article 34 of these Regulations. 
  
X. PUBLICATION OF A PATENT 
 
Contents of Publication of a Patent or a Consensual 
Patent 
 
Article 32 
 
(1)  The Office official gazette shall publish the fo llowing indications concerning the patent grant: 
 
1.  the number of a patent or a consensual patent;  2.  the number of the patent application; 
 
3.  the filing date of the patent application;  4.  indications concerning the granted priority  right: the number and date of filing of the 
first application, an indication of the State in which or the international or intergovernmental organization with which the first application has been filed; 
 
5.  the date of publication of the first patent application;  6.  the title of the invention in the Croatian and the English language; 
 
7.  classification symbol according to the International Patent Classification (IPC); 
 8.  the number and date of the original appli cation, in the case of a divisional application; 
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  9.  indications concerning the owner of a pa tent, namely his family name, given name 
and domicile, if a natural pers on is concerned, and a company name and its principal 
place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 10.  indications concerning the inventor, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or the indication concerning the statement of the inventor to the effect that 
he does not want to be mentioned; 
 11.  indications concerning an attorney, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is concerned,  or the company name and its principle 
place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 12.  the first claim, with the indication concerning the number of other claims;  13.  characteristic drawing or drawings referred to in the description and the claims, 
respectively the chemical formula which, among all the formulae contained in the 
application, best characterizes the invention. 
 (2)  The indications referred to in  paragraph 1 of this Article sh all be represented by INID-codes. 
 (3)  The Office official gazette shall also publish indications concerning the cessation of the effect 
of a patent or a consensual patent, such as follows: 
 
1.  the number of a patent or of a consensual patent;  2.  the title of the invention; 
 
3.  a classification symbol according to th e International Patent Classification (IPC); 
 4.  the date of cessation of a patent, legal basis and the scope of cessation,  5.  the date of publication and the number of  the official gazette in which a patent or a 
consensual patent were published. 
 
Contents of Publication of  Indications Concerning a 
European Patent 
 
Article 33 
 (1)  The indications concerning an extended European patent referre d to in Article 103 
paragraph 5 and Article 108e pa ragraph 6 of the Act respectiv ely shall be published in the 
Office official gazette: 
 
1.  a classification symbol according to th e International Patent Classification (IPC); 
 2.  the number of a patent;  3.  the number of publication of the transla tion of a European patent and type of the 
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  5.  the number and the date of filing the request for entry in the European patent 
Register; 
 6.  indications concerning the international patent application as prescribed by Article 20 
paragraph 2 of these Regulations; 
 
7.  indications concerning a European patent  application: the filing date and the number 
of the European patent application; 
 8.  indications concerning publications of the European Patent Office: the number of 
publication, type and date of the publication; 
 9.  indications concerning the right of pr iority: the number and date of the first 
application and the indication of the State in which it has been filed; 
 
10.  indications concerning the inventor; 
 11.  indications concerning the owner of a patent;  12. indications concerning an attorney;  
13.  the title of the inven tion in the Croatian language 
 14.  the first claim, with the indication of the number of other claims;  15.  such characteristic drawing or drawings  as referred to in the description of the 
invention and claims, respectively, chemical formula, which among all the formulae 
indicated in the application b est characterizes the invention.. 
 (2)  If, as the result of an opposition or a request  for limitation filed with the EPO, the European 
patent remained in force with the amended pate nt claims, or if the patent owner submits the 
corrected translation of the patent specificati on, the Office shall publish the indication on the 
amended translation in the official gazette in  addition to the indications referred to in 
paragraph 1 of this Article. 
 (3)  The indications referred to in  paragraph 1 of this Article sha ll be represented by INID codes. 
 
 
XI. PATENT SPECIFICATION 
 
Contents of the Patent Specification 
 
Article 34 
 
(1)  A patent or a consensual patent specification shall contain:  
1.  an indication that a patent or a consensual patent specification is being issued;  
2.  the number of a patent; 
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5.  indications concerning the patent owner,  namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
6. indications concerning the inventor, na mely his family name, given name and 
domicile, or the indication concerning the declar ation of the inventor to the effect that 
he does not want to be mentioned; 
 7.  indications concerning an attorney, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 8.  the title of the invention;  
9.  the filing date of the application; 
 10.  indications concerning the granted priority right;  11.  the date of publication of a patent application;  
12.  indications concerning the European  patent application in the case of the 
transformation referred to in Article 108 i of the Act 
 13.  the description;  
14.  the claims; 
 15.  drawings, if any, respectively formulae, if  a patent has been granted for an invention 
relating to the field of chemistry. 
 (2)  The indications referred to in  paragraph 1 of this Article sha ll be represented by INID codes. 
 
Publications of a New Patent Specification 
 
Article 35 
 
(1)  If a patent remained valid in an amended fo rm in accordance with Article 81 paragraph 6 of 
the Act and Article 90 paragraph 3 of the Act and pertaining administrative fees and procedural charges were paid, the Office sh all publish a new patent specification as soon as 
possible after the publication of the indications concerning the decision issued about the proposal to declare the patent null and void or concerning an appeal, in the official gazette. 
 
(2)  The provision from paragraph 1 of this Artic le shall be applied mutatis mutandis in the case 
of a partial patent waiver referre d to in Article 76 of the Act. 
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  XII. ENTRY OF CHANGES INTO THE REGISTERS 
 
A request for entry of a change into the registers 
 
Article 36 
 
(1)  A procedure for the entry of changes into the registers kept by the Office shall be initiated by 
filing a written request made on the form, which fo rms an integral part of these Regulations 
(P-2 form), or on the form completely corr esponding to it, in terms of contents and 
appearance. 
 
(2)  A request for the entry of a cha nge into a register shall contain: 
 
1.  an express indication that the entry of a change into the register is applied for; 
 
2.  the number of a patent application or a patent; 
 3.  indications concerning the person filing a request, namely his family name, given 
name and domicile, if a natu ral person is concerned, or a company name and its 
principle place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
4.  indications concerning the applicant for or  the owner of a patent respectively, namely 
his family name, given name and domicile, if a natural person is concerned, or a 
company name and its principle place of bus iness, if a legal person is concerned;  
 5.  a signature of the person submitting the request or of his attorney; 
 
6.  an indication concerning the type of the change (change of name  or address or the 
change of the applicant for or the owner of a patent). 
 (3)  The request referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be accompanied by: 
 
1.  evidence as to legal basis for the change the entry of which is applied for (a contract 
or a public document), if there was a cha nge regarding the person of the applicant for 
or the owner of a patent; 
 2.  a regular power of attorney, if the proce dure concerning the entry into the register has 
been instituted through an attorney; 
 3.  evidence as to payment of the admi nistrative fee and procedural charges. 
 (4)  The contract or the public document evidencing legal basis of the change the entry of which, 
as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, has been applied for, shall be furnished as an 
original or as a certified copy, in its entirety, or in the part clearly showing that the change has 
been made. 
 (5)  The contract or the public document referred to  in the previous paragraph must be translated 
into the Croatian language. 
 
(6)  If, by entering the change in the Register , the indications concerning the applicant or the 
owner of a patent which is a foreign natural or  a legal person according to Article 3 of the Act 
are changed, a new power of attorney must be submitted for the new applicant or the owner of 
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(7)  If the space provided for a particular column in the P-2 form is not sufficient, the required 
indication, including the indication of the column and its full contents shall be attached to the 
P-2 form, as a special attachment. 
 
(8)  The Office shall send a copy of the completed P-2 form referred to in paragraph 1 of this 
Article to the applicant, as a receipt of the request and pertaining attachments.. 
 (9)  Indications concerning the entry of a change in to the registers shall be published together with 
the corresponding indications referred to in paragr aph 2 of this Article in the Office official 
gazette. 
 (10)  The indications published in the Office offici al gazette shall be represented by INID codes. 
 (11)  The provisions from paragraphs 1 to 10 of this Article shall be applied mutatis mutandis in 
relation to each change of the name or the a ddress of the attorney and each change concerning 
the correspondence address. 
 
Article 37 
 (1)  If the request for the entry of a change is not drawn up in accordance with Article 36 of these 
Regulations, or if the contract or the public  document evidencing th e legal basis for the 
change do not contain all of the prescribed elemen ts, or if the indications in the request do not 
correspond to the indications in the Registers, the Office shall invite the requesting party to 
amend the request within 60 days from the day of receipt of the invitation. 
 
(2)  If the requesting party does not respond to the invitation within the time period referred to in 
paragraph 1 of this Article, the Office shall issue an appropriate decision. 
  
XIII. INFORMATION SERVICES 
 
Types and Manner of Providing Information Services 
 
Article 38 
 (1)  The Office provides, within the framework of  its activity, information services in compliance 
with Article 55 of the Act, subject to payment of charges prescribed by a special regulation. 
 (2)  The information services referred to in para graph 1 of this Article comprise, as a rule, 
searches of patent information funds, contained in the part of the Register of Patents kept by the Office, as available to the public, as well as,  contained in other patent information funds 
available to the Office, accordi ng to the criteria required by a requesting party, and may also 
comprise other forms of information services as be ing in the framework of the Office activity. 
 (3)  The Office provides information services on the basis of a request previously filed in written 
form, which shall contain indications concerni ng a requesting party (the name, respectively, 
the name, address and signature of the requesting party), and a specification of the service, as 
requested. 
 (4)  After having carried out the service, the O ffice furnishes the information in written form, 
directly or by mail. 
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XIV. APPEAL 
 
Appeals Procedure 
 
Article 39 
 (1)  The appeals procedure shall be initiated by  submitting an appeal to the Appeals Council. 
 (2)  The appeal referred to in paragr aph 1 of this Article shall contain: 
 
1.  an express indication that the appeal is being submitted,  2.  indications concerning the appellant, na mely, family name, gi ven name and domicile, 
if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and the principal place of 
business, if a legal person is concerned, 
 3.  a classification mark of the decision against which the appeal is being submitted,  4.  the register number of a patent application or a patent,  
5.  an indication to the effect is the appeal  submitted against the decision in its entirety or 
concerning particular parts of the decision, the reasons for which the appeal is being submitted, in addition to the required evidence. 
 (3)  The appeal shall be accompanied with evid ence as to payment of the administrative fee and 
the charges for the appeals procedure, or evid ence as to the basis for exemption from payment 
of the administrative fees and procedural charges. 
 (4)  The appeal shall be submitted in two identi cal copies by post or directly or to the Office, 
which forwards it to the Appeals Council through the Secretariat referred to in Article 91 
paragraph 5 of the Act. 
 
 
XV. REINSTATEMENT OF RIGHTS 
 
Contents of a Proposal, Requirements and the 
Procedure Related to the Proposal and the 
Publication of Indications 
 
Article 40 
 (1)  A proposal for reinstatement of rights shall contain the following indications: 
 
1.  an express indication to the effect that the reinstatement of rights is applied for; 
 2.  the number of a patent application or the number of a patent;  
3. indications concerning the person filing a proposal;; 
 4.  indications concerning an attorney, if any;  5.  a signature of the person filing a proposal or of his attorney.  IP/N/1/HRV/P/3 
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(2)  The proposal referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, as filed to the Office, shall be 
accompanied by: 
 
1.  indications concerning the reasons due to which the reinst atement of rights is applied 
for; 
 2.  evidence as to the justification of reasons  referred to in item 1 of this paragraph; 
 3.  evidence as to payment of the admi nistrative fee and procedural charges. 
 
(3)  If a proposal for reinstatement of rights does not contain all the elements prescribed in 
paragraph 1 of this Article, the Office shall invite the person having filed the proposal to 
comply with the formal requirements within a period of 30 days as from the receipt of the invitation. If he fails to comply with the invita tion within a prescribed time limit, the Office 
shall issue a decision on the rejection of a proposal for the reinstatement of rights. 
 (4)  If the proposal as filed complies with the fo rmal requirements, or if it is subsequently 
corrected in the manner as prescribed by para graph (2) of this Article, the Office shall 
examine its justification. 
 
(5)  If the Office establishes that th e proposal is justified, it sha ll issue a decision on the adoption 
of a proposal for the reinstatement of rights. 
 (6)  If, in the course of the procedure, the O ffice establishes that the proposal is unjustified, 
completely or partially, it shall inform the pe rson having filed the proposal about the reasons 
for its complete or partial refusal, and shall i nvite him to comment on those reasons, within a 
period of 60 days. 
 (7)  If the person having filed a proposal fails to comment on the stated reasons within a 
prescribed time limit, it shall be considered th at he agrees with them, and the Office shall 
issue a decision on the refusal of a pr oposal for the reinstatement of rights. 
 
(8)  If the person having filed a proposal submits comments referred to in paragraph 6 of this 
Article, the Office shall examine the facts on whic h it is based, and shall issue an appropriate 
decision. 
 
(9)  The indications concerning the reinstatem ent of rights accompanied by the corresponding 
indications referred to in paragr aph 1 of this Article shall be published in the Office official 
gazette. 
 (10)  The indications published in the Office offici al gazette shall be represented by INID codes. 
 
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  XVI. SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATE 
 
Request for the Issue of the Supplementary Protection 
Certificate 
 
Article 41 
 The indications referred to in Artic le 87 e paragraph 1 item 1 of th ese Regulations shall be listed on a 
form, which forms an integral part of these Re gulations (form P-3) or on the form completely 
corresponding to it, in terms of contents and appearance. 
 
Register of Supplementary Protection Certificates 
 
Article 42 
 
The following indications shall be entered into the Register of Supplementary Protection Certificates 
(hereinafter: the Certificate) for medicinal produc ts intended for human beings and animals and for 
plant protection products:  
1.  the number of the application for issue of the Certificate;  
2.  the filing date of the application; 
 3.  the title of the product, for which the issu e of the Certificate is applied for (chemical 
or generic name); 
 
4.  the number of the Certificate; 
 5.  the date when the decision concerning the issue of the Certificate was issued; 
 6.  indications concerning the applicant, na mely, family name, gi ven name and domicile, 
if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and the principal place of 
business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 7.  indications concerning the owner of the Ce rtificate: namely, family name, given name 
and domicile, if a natural pers on is concerned, or a company name and the principal 
place of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
8. indications concerning an attorney, na mely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 9.  the number and the date of basic patent  application and the title of the invention 
 
10.  the number and date of the authorization to place the product on the market and the 
title of the product or the product stated in the authorization, respectively; 
 11.  the duration of the Certificate; 
 
12. indications concerning the paid annua l maintenance fees for the Certificate; 
 13.  indications concerning the manner of c onclusion of the administrative procedure by a 
decision of the Office;  IP/N/1/HRV/P/3 
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14.  indications concerning the cessation of ri ghts due to failing to pay the annual fee and 
maintenance charges; 
 15.  indications concerning the changes regarding: 
 
–  the applicant or the owner of the Certificate (name, principal place of 
business, domicile, attorney and other) 
–  transfer of rights, licenses, secur ity, seizure, insolvency and other; 
 
16.  indications concerning the procedure to  declare the Certificate null and void (filing 
date, the applicant, type and date of the decision); 
 17.  indications concerning the appeals proce dure (filing date, appellant , type and date of 
the decision); 
 
18.  indications concerning the cessation of valid ity of the Certificate: legal basis and the 
date of cessation and the scope of cessation in case of partial cessation due to waiver, nullity procedure or appeals procedure; 
 19.  other indications concerning the application if necessary. 
 
Publication of Indications Concerning the 
Supplementary Protection Certificate 
 
Article 43 
 
(1)  The indications contained in an application for a certificate shall be published in the Office 
official gazette such as follows: 
 
1.  the number of the application for the issue of a Certificate;  
2.  the filing date of the application; 
 3.  the number of the basic patent;  4.  the title of the invention; 
 
5.  the title of the product, for which the issue of the certificate is applied for;  6.  indications concerning the applicant, na mely, family name, gi ven name and domicile, 
if a natural person is concerned, or a company name and the principal place of business, if a legal person is concerned 
 
7.  indications concerning an attorney, namely his family name, given name and 
domicile, if a natural person is  concerned, or a company name and its principle place 
of business, if a legal person is concerned; 
 
8.  the number and date of the authorization to place the product on the market and the 
title of the product or the product stated in the authorization, respectively; 
 9.  the number and the date and the state of the first authorization to place the product on 
the market, where necessary according to Article 87 e paragraph 1 item 2 of the Act; IP/N/1/HRV/P/3 
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(2)  in case of publication of the decision on the refusal of the application concerning the issue of 
the Certificate, the indications referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be published 
along with the date when the decision was issued; 
 
(3)  In case of publication of the decision on the issu e, the indications referred to in paragraph 1 of 
this Article shall be published along with: 
 
1.  the date when the decision was issued  
2.  the number of the Certificate 
 3.  the duration of the Certificate  4.  the owner of the Certificate 
 
(4)  In case of publication of the cessation of the validity of the Certificate, the indications 
referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article shall be published along with the legal basis and the 
date of cessation of the Certificate. 
 
Maintenance of the Supplementary  
Protection Certificate 
 
Article 44 
 (1)  The annual maintenance fee for the Certificate sh all be paid to the Office for each year of its 
effective duration in the amount prescribed by special regulations. 
 (2)  The annual fee referred to in paragraph 1 of  this Article relates to a 12-month period which 
starts on the day and the month of filing the b asic patent application, starting from the date 
when the basic patent ceased, and is  charged separately for each year. 
 
(3)  If the final period is shorter than twelve m onths, the annual fee shall be paid for the entire 
year. 
 (4)  If the owner of the Certificate fails to pay the annual fee in accordance with paragraph 2 of 
this Article, it can be paid in an additional period of six months provided that additional 
administrative fees and procedural charges are paid for. 
 (5)  The Office shall inform the owner that he omitted to pay the annual maintenance fee for the 
Certificate and of the consequences of such omi ssion, as well as of the possibility of payment 
referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article.  
 
(6)  The owner shall pay the first annual maintena nce fee for the Certificate within 60 days from 
the day of invitation by the Office. 
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  XVII. PROCEDURE CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL 
PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE OFFICE 
UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 
 
International Patent Application 
 
Article 45 
 (1)  The international patent application shall be  filed with the Office as the receiving office in 
one copy, in the English or Croatian language. 
 
(2)  If the international application has been f iled in the Croatian language, the applicant shall, 
within a period of one month from the date of receipt of this application by the Office, submit 
to it a translation of this internationa l application into the English language. 
 
(3)  The necessary copies of the international pa tent application including all the documents 
specified in the check list shall be prepared by the Office, at the applicant's expense. 
 (4)  The international search and international preliminary examination of the international 
applications filed with the Office as the receivi ng office shall be carried out by the European 
Patent Office 
 
(5)  The filing of the international application sh all be subject to payment of the fee according to 
Article 110, paragraph 2 of the Pa tent Act, and the fees prescribed by the PCT Regulations, as 
well as, the fees prescribed by the Agreement between the European Patent Office and the 
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. 
 
Article 46 
 (1)  In respect of the patent application filed with  the Office as the designated or elected office in 
compliance with Article 111, paragraph 1 of the Act, the applicant shall submit to the Office: 
 
1.  a translation of the internationa l application into the Croatian language; 
 2.  evidence as to payment of the national fee. 
 (2)  If the claims have been amended in complian ce with the Article 19, of the PCT, a translation 
of the international application referred to in  paragraph 1, item 1 of this Article with the 
amended claims, and a translation of the statement referred to in Article 19 of the PCT, containing the explanation of the amendm ents made, have to be furnished. 
 (3)  If the international patent application has been amended in accordance with Article 34 of the 
PCT, and the international preliminary exam ination report contains attachments with 
amendments as made, the translation of the international application referred to in 
paragraph (1), item 1 of this Ar ticle shall be in compliance with the attachments contained in 
the international preliminary examination report. 
 
Article 47 
 
The patent applications filed in compliance with  Article 111 of the Act shall be published in the 
Office official gazette, in accordance with Article 20 of these Regulations, not later than within six 
months after the date of filing of the application with the Office.  IP/N/1/HRV/P/3 
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XVIII. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 
 
Article 48 
 
The Patent Regulations ("Official Gazette", No . 72/2004) shall cease to be valid on the day these 
Regulations enter into force.  
Article 49 
 
These Regulations enter into force on the day they are published in the "Official Gazette", with the 
exception of Article 39 of these Regulations which sh all enter into force on  the 01 June 2008, and 
Articles 41, 42, 43 and 44 of these Regulations which shall enter into force on the day the Republic of 
Croatia accedes to the European Union, while Article  3 of these Regulations shall enter into force on 
the day the European Patent Convention ente rs into force in the Republic of Croatia. 
 
 
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