Procedure is based on the so-called registration principle.
Only formaly-legal examination is carried out before the registration of a utility model into the Register. Contrary to the protection by a patent, neither process or production activities, nor biological reproductive matter shall be protected by a utility model. The Law allows an applicant of a utility model to apply the priority right coming out of the application for a utility model, which was filed earlier. The term of a utility model registration shall be 4 years as from the filing date of the application for a utility model and may be extended for a maximum of two three-year periods upon the request of the owner of a utility model.