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Act to Amend the Patents Act
Act to Amend the Patents Act |
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| WE, MARGRETHE THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of Denmark, do by these presents make it known that the Folketing has passed and We have given the Royal Assent to the following Act: |
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| The Patents Act, cf. the Consolidate Act No. 546, 25th October, 1978, shall be amended as follows: |
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| “(2) The application shall contain a description of the invention, including drawings where necessary, and a precise statement of the matter for which protection by the patent is sought (one or more claims). The fact that the invention relates to a chemical compound shall not imply that a specific use must be indicated in the claim. The description shall be sufficiently clear to enable a person skilled in the art to carry out the invention. An invention which relates to a microbiological process or to a product obtained by such a process shall, in the cases specified in section 8a, only be regarded as disclosed in a sufficiently clear manner if also the requirements of section 8a are fulfilled.” |
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| “(5) The applicant shall pay the prescribed application fee. For the patent application the prescribed renewal fee in respect of each fee year beginning before the application is finally decided upon shall also be paid. The fee year shall comprise one year and shall the first time be reckoned from the date of filing of the application and thereafter from the corresponding day of the calendar year.” |
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| (1) If the carrying out of the invention involves the use of a micro-organism which is neither available to the public nor describable in the documents of the application in such a manner as to enable a person skilled in the art to carry out the invention, a culture of the micro-organism shall be deposited not later than the date of filing of the application. The culture shall thereafter be continuously deposited so that any person entitled under this Act to a sample of the culture may have the sample furnished in Denmark. The Minister of Industry shall lay down rules as to where deposits may be made. |
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| (2) If a deposited culture ceases to be viable, or if for any other reason a sample of the culture cannot be furnished, the culture may be replaced by a new culture of the same micro-organism within the prescribed period and otherwise in accordance with rules laid down by the Minister of Industry. If so, the new deposit shall be deemed to have been made already on the date of the previous deposit.” |
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| (8) The request for the furnishing of the sample shall be filed in writing with the Patent Authority and shall contain a declaration to observe the restrictions on the use of the sample which appear from rules laid down by the Minister of Industry. If the sample is to be furnished to an expert in the art, the declaration shall instead be given by the latter.” |
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| (1) if the applicant wishes to proceed with an international application with respect to Denmark, he shall within 20 months from the international date of filing or, if priority is claimed, from the priority date pay the prescribed fee to the Patent Authority and file a translation into Danish of the international application to the extent prescribed by the Minister of Industry or, if the application is written in Danish, a copy of the application. |
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| (2) If the applicant demands that an international application shall be the subject of an international preliminary examination, and if within 19 months from the date referred to into subsection (1) he declares in accordance with the Treaty that he intends to use the results of that examination in Denmark (election of Denmark), he shall comply with the requirements of subsection (1) within 30 months from the said date. |
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| (3) If the applicant has paid the prescribed fee within the time limits fixed in subsections (1) and (2), the prescribed translation or copy may be filed within a further period of 2 months provided that a prescribed additional fee is paid prior to the expiry of the further period. |
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| (4) If the applicant fails to fulfil the requirements of this section, the application shall be considered withdrawn as far as Denmark is concerned.” |
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| An international application shall only be accepted for laying open to public inspection or refused after the expiry of a time limit prescribed by the Minister of Industry unless the applicant has consented to the application being decided upon prior thereto.” |
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| A granted patent may be maintained until 20 years have elapsed from the date of filing of the patent application. For the patent a renewal fee shall be paid in respect of each fee year beginning after the grant of the patent.” |
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| “Payment of renewal fees” |
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| (1) The renewal fee shall fall due on the last day of the month in which the fee year begins. The renewal fees in respect of the first two fee years shall, however, only fall due at the same time as the fee in respect of the third fee year. Renewal fees may not be paid earlier than 3 months before the due date. |
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| (3) Any renewal fee may, together with the prescribed additional fee, be paid within 6 months after its due date.” |
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| (1) If the inventor is the applicant or the proprietor of the patent, and if it is deemed to involve great difficulties for him to pay the renewal fees, the Patent Authority may grant him a respite for the payment thereof, provided that a request to that effect is submitted not later than the date on which the renewal fees fall due the first time. Respites may be granted of up to 3 years at a time, but no longer than until 3 years have elapsed from the grant of the patent. Any request for a prolongation of a respite shall be submitted not later than the date on which the granted respite expires. |
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| (2) If a request for a respite or a prolongation of a respite is rejected, payment within 2 months thereafter shall be regarded as payment in due time. |
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| (3) Any renewal fee for the payment of which a respite has been granted according to subsection (1) may, together with the same additional fee as referred to in section 41(3), be paid within 6 months after the date until which the respite has been granted.” |
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| “(ii) it relates to an invention which is not disclosed in a manner sufficiently clear to enable a person skilled in the art to carry out the invention,” |
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| (1) The Minister of Industry shall fix the amounts, etc. of the fees provided for in this Act and of handling fees, etc. |
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| (2) As far as renewal fees are concerned, the Minister of Industry may direct that one or more of the first fee years shall be fee-free.” |
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| (1) If, apart from the cases referred to in subsection (2), the non-observance of a time limit vis-à-vis the Patent Authority prescribed by or provided for in this Act causes a loss of rights to an applicant who has taken all due care reasonably required, the Patent Authority shall on request re-establish his rights. The request shall be filed in writing with the Patent Authority within 2 months from the removal of the cause of the non-observance of the time limit though not later than 1 year after the expiry of the time limit. Within the same time limits the omitted act shall be completed and the fee prescribed for the re-establishment of rights be paid. |
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| (2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis if an applicant or a proprietor of a patent has not paid a renewal fee within the time limit prescribed in section 41(3) or section 42(3) provided that the request for re-establishment of rights is filed and the renewal fee is paid not later than 6 months after the expiry of the time limit. |
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| (3) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to the time limit referred to in section 6(1).” |
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| (2) The date on which the remaining provisions of this Act shall enter into force shall be fixed by the Minister of Industry. |
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| The provisions of this Act shall apply to patent applications which on the date of entry into force of the provisions are pending before the Patent Authority. To this provision the following exceptions shall apply: |
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| The provisions of this Act shall also apply to patents which have been granted at the entry into force of the provisions. To this provision the following exceptions shall apply: |
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| Done at the Christianborg Castle on the 11th day of April, 1984 |
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| Under Our Royal Hand and Seal
MARGRETHE R. |
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