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1. How is legal protection of inventions attained in Serbia?
2. How are inventions protected by law?
3. What is the difference between a patent and a petty patent?
4. What kind of protection is secured by a patent/petty patent?
5. Why are the patents needed?
6. What is the role of patents in everyday life?
7. How and where is the application for an invention filed?
8. What fees are charged for filing an application and how are they paid?
9. How is a patent granted?
10. What requirements must an invention meet in order to be protected?
11. How long does the examination procedure last?
12. Does an applicant need to have a patent agent or an attorney in the patent granting procedure?
13. Where can a List of Agents be obtained?
14. Can the Office suggest to an applicant any of its patent agents or attorneys?
15. Does the Office have any control over the retaining fee charged by the patent agent or attorney?
16. For how long is a patent/petty patent granted?
17. Does the patent for an invention have effect in other countries?
18. How can we protect our invention abroad?
19. Can the Office offer any help in advertising, i.e. commercializing of the invention?
20. Is it possible to revoke the decision granting a patent?
Yes, it is. The Office will revoke the decision granting a patent or a petty patent at any time during the validity term of a patent, at the request of an interested person, if it establishes that at the time of the grant legal conditions for the grant were not fulfilled, namely:
-the subject matter of protection is not an invention, for the purpose of the law,
-that the invention falls under the category of inventions excluded from protection,
-that the invention was not new on the date of the filing of the patent application or on the date of priority or did not involve an inventive step or was not industrially applicable,
-that the invention is not described fully and clearly so that it can be carried out by a person skilled in the art,
-the scope of rights granted exceeds the scope that could be supported by the description of the invention on the filing date or on the priority date of the application.
21. Does it fall within the competence of the Office to resolve disputes regarding the infringement of rights?
22. Can a copy of the decision granting the right to a patent, that is, a copy of a patent/petty patent certificate and a patent specification be obtained?
23. How can the right be transferred?
24. What is a license?
25. How can I know if I need the protection through a patent/petty patent, trademark, model, sample or copyright?
26. How and where can I check if my invention has already been protected?
27. How can I find the name of a patent owner or an inventor whose invention I am interested in? |
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Regulations
Forms and guidelines
Fees
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Statistics
Reports
International protection
Patents of Nikola Tesla
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