Article 1395: Promotion of inventions or useful models in foreign States and international organizations

1. An application for a patent for an invention or a useful model established in the Russian Federation may be submitted in a foreign State or an international organization after six months from the date of submission of the application to the Federal Executive on Intellectual Property, unless the applicant is notified within the specified time limit that the application contains a copy of the application. An application for an invention or a useful model may be submitted earlier than indicated, but after the request of the applicant has been made to verify the existence of the application, 2. The procedure for such verification shall be established by the Government of the Russian Federation. The Russian patent convention or a useful model created in the Russian Federation is permitted without prior application to the federal executive authority. and Intellectual Property if the application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (international application) is submitted to the federal intellectual property authority the receiving agency and the Russian Federation are listed as the State in which the applicant intends to obtain a patent and the Eurasian application is submitted through the federal authority In respect of the relevant application that gave rise to a request for priority on an international application submitted to the federal executive body Article 1381, second paragraph, of the present Code does not apply.