Article 1383: Consequences of the convergence of the dates of priority of invention, useful model or industrial design

1. If, in the course of the examination, it is established that different applicants have applied for identical inventions, useful models or industrial designs, and these applications have the same priority date, A tent for invention, a useful model or an industrial sample may only be issued for one such application to a person to be determined by an agreement between the applicants. The authorities of the Federal Executive Authority on Intellectual Property must notify the applicants to this Federal Authority of the agreement they have reached. and the granting of a patent for one of the applications, all the authors listed therein are recognized as co-authors for identical inventions, useful models or industrial designs. At the same time as the date of priority of the application for identical inventions and (or) useful models or identical industrial samples are submitted by the same applicant, the patent is issued on the application selected by the applicant. The applicant must report, within the time and in accordance with the procedure provided for in the second paragraph, if within the prescribed time limit, to the federal executive body, intel. No such communication or request for extension of the time limit in accordance with article 1386, paragraph 6, of the present Code shall be received from the applicants. 2. Where the dates of the priority of the invention and the model identical to the one for which patent applications are submitted by the same applicant, after the patent has been granted, One such application may only be granted under another application on condition that the holder of the previously issued Patene applies to the federal intellectual property authority. In this case, the previously issued patent shall cease to be effective from the date of publication of the information on the issuance of the licence. Information on the granting of a patent for an invention or a useful model and information on the termination of a previously granted patent to the public. they’re happy at the same time.