Article 1363: Periods of validity of exclusive rights of invention, useful model, industrial model
1. The exclusive right to an invention, a useful model, an industrial model and a patent certifying that right shall be valid shall be subject to the requirements of this Code from the date until Application for a patent to the Federal Executive Authority on Intellectual Property or, in the case of an application (art. 1381, para. 4), from the date of submission of the original application: two days Twenty years for inventions; ten years for useful models; five years for industrial designs; protection of an exclusive right certified by a patent can only be exercised after the state 2. If, from the date of application for a patent for an invention, a useful model or industrial model and a patent (art. 1393). Duktu as a drug, pesticide or agrochemical for which authorization is required in accordance with the law until the date on which the first authorization for use is obtained. More than five years later, the exclusive right to an invention and the patent certifying it is extended by the federal executive on application of the patent holder This period is extended from the date of the application for a patent for an invention to the date of the first authorization for use. An application for an extension of the period shall be submitted by the patent holder during the period of validity of the patent until the expiry of six months from the date of the first authorization. The patent holder may be requested to provide additional materials if they are not available. Additional material must be submitted within three months of the date of the request. The deadline for the submission of additional material may be extended by the federal implementing authority. In the case of an extension of the first point of the exclusive right, an additional Pat shall be issued for a period of not more than ten months. 3. The period of the exclusive right to industry the patent holder may be renewed for a period of five years, but not more than twenty-five years as a whole, from the date of the application. a The issuance of a patent to the federal intellectual property authority or, in the case of an application (art. 1381, para. 4), from the date of the initial application. and the operation of an additional patent for the invention and extension of the patent for the invention or industrial model is determined by the federal executive authority responsible for implementing the patent. 5. The operation of an exclusive right to an invention, a useful model, an industrial model and a patent certifying the right, An additional patent shall be declared null and void or terminated early on the grounds and in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles 1398 and 1399 of the present Code. As an exclusive right to an invention relating to a drug, pesticide or agrochemical, as well as the operation of the additional patent certifying it, it is not recognized In the event of a violation of the conditions set forth in paragraph 2 of this article, the extension of the exclusive right to invention and the operation of the additional law certifying it shall be effective in the event of a violation of the conditions set forth in paragraph 2 of this article. If the conditions set forth in paragraph 2 of this article are violated, it may be challenged by way of an objection to the federal authority on intellectual property. In the event that the extension of the exclusive right to invention and act by certification is declared invalid The additional patent shall be cancelled from the day following the date of expiry of the patent established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article.