Law on employees ' inventions

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Date of completion: 25.07.1957

Full quote:

" Act on employee inventions in the revised version published in the Federal Law Gazette, Part III, outline number 422-1, the latest by Article 7 of the Law of 31 July 2009 (BGBl. 2521).

Status:

Last amended by Art. 7 G v. 31.7.2009 I 2521

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Footnote

(+ + + Text proof applicable: 1.10.1968 + + +) 
(+ + + For application cf.  § 43 + + +)   

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Content Summary

FIRST SECTION
	Scope and definitions
			Scope	§ 1
			Inventions	§ 2
			Technical improvement suggestions	§ 3
			Service inventions and free inventions	§ 4
SECOND SECTION
	Inventions and technical improvements proposed by employees in the private sector
		1.	Service Findings
			Reporting obligation	§ 5
			Mobilisation	§ 6
			Effect of use	§ 7
			Service inventions that have become vacant	§ 8
			Remuneration for use	§ 9
			(dropped)	§ 10
			Remuneration policies	§ 11
			Determination or fixing of remuneration	§ 12
			Legal protection in Germany	§ 13
			Legal protection in foreign countries	§ 14
			Mutual rights and obligations for the acquisition of protective rights	§ 15
			Task of the patent application or the right of protection	§ 16
			Trade secrets	§ 17
		2.	Free inventions
			Notification duty	§ 18
			Duty to offer	§ 19
		3.	Technical improvement suggestions	§ 20
		4.	Common provisions
			(dropped)	Section 21
			Indispensable	Section 22
			Untiredness	Section 23
			Secrecy	§ 24
			Obligations arising from the employment relationship	Section 25
			Resolution of the employment relationship	Section 26
			Insolvency proceedings	§ 27
		5.	Arbitration
			Amicable agreement	§ 28
			Establishment of the Arbitration	§ 29
			Appointment of the Arbitration	§ 30
			Referrals to the Arbitration	Section 31
			Request for extension of the arbitration board	Section 32
			Proceedings before the Arbitration	§ 33
			Nomination of the arbitration board	Section 34
			Unsuccessful termination of the arbitration procedure	§ 35
			Costs of arbitration	§ 36
		6.	Judicial procedures
			Conditions for the application of the action	Section 37
			Action for appropriate remuneration	§ 38
			Responsibility	§ 39
THIRD SECTION
	Inventions and technical improvements proposed by employees in the civil service, civil servants and soldiers
			Workers in the civil service	§ 40
			Officials, soldiers	Section 41
			Special provisions for inventions at universities	§ 42
FOURTH SECTION
	Transitional and final provisions
			Transitional provision	Section 43
			(dropped)	Section 44
			Implementing rules	§ 45
			External force	Section 46
			(dropped)	§ 47
			(dropped)	§ 48
			entry into force	§ 49

First section
Scope and definitions

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§ 1 Scope

This law is subject to the inventions and technical improvements proposed by employees in the private and public sector, by officials and soldiers. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Inventions

Inventions within the meaning of this Act are only inventions which are capable of being patent-or used-for-the-purpose. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Technical improvement proposals

Technical improvement proposals within the meaning of this Act are proposals for other technical innovations which are not capable of being patent or used in the form of a model. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Service inventions and free inventions

(1) Inventions of employees within the meaning of this Act may be inventions bound or free. (2) Inventions (service inventions) are inventions made during the duration of the employment relationship, which are either:

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from which the worker has been employed in the establishment or in the public administration, or

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are mainly based on experience or work of the company or of the public administration.

(3) Other inventions of workers are free inventions. However, they are subject to the restrictions of § § 18 and 19. (4) The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply mutaly to inventions of civil servants and soldiers.

Second section
Inventions and technical improvements proposed by employees in the private sector

1.
Service Findings

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§ 5 Reporting obligation

(1) The employee who has made a service finding is obliged to report it immediately to the employer separately in text form and to make it clear that this is the notification of an invention. If a number of employees are involved in the creation of the invention, they may submit the message jointly. The employer shall immediately confirm the date of receipt of the notification to the employee in text form. (2) In the notification, the employee shall describe the technical task of describing their solution and the arrival of the service invention. Existing records shall be attached to the extent necessary to understand the invention. The notification shall indicate to the employee instructions or guidelines, the experience or the work of the establishment, the staff and the nature and extent of their cooperation, and shall highlight what the reporting worker shall be: (3) A notification which does not comply with the requirements of paragraph 2 shall be deemed to be correct if the employer does not declare within two months that the notification of a supplement shall be required and in what respect. It shall, where necessary, assist the worker in supplementing the notification. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Use

(1) The employer may make use of a service provision by making a declaration to the employee. (2) The use shall be deemed to be declared if the employer does not find the service provision until the end of four months after receipt of the Correct notification (§ 5 para. 2 sentence 1 and 3) to the employee by means of declaration in text form. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Effects of use

(1) With the use of the service, all property rights in respect of the payment of service shall be made to the employer. (2) Injunctions made by the employee over a service invention prior to use shall be ineffective against the employer. as far as his rights are affected. Unofficial table of contents

§ 8 Service inventions which have become free

A service finding will be free if the employer releases it through declaration in text form. The employee can dispose of a service invention that has become vacant without the restrictions of § § 18 and 19. Unofficial table of contents

§ 9 Compensation for use

(1) The employee is entitled to an appropriate remuneration against the employer as soon as the employer has taken advantage of the service invention. (2) For the assessment of the remuneration, the economic value of the remuneration shall in particular be the The service invention, the tasks and the position of the employee in operation as well as the share of the company in the delivery of the service invention authoritative. Unofficial table of contents

§ 10 (omitted)

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§ 11 Compensation Directives

The Federal Minister of Labour, after hearing the top organizations of employers and employees (Section 12 of the Collarable Contract Act), provides guidelines for the assessment of the remuneration. Unofficial table of contents

§ 12 Determination or determination of remuneration

(1) The nature and amount of the remuneration shall be determined within a reasonable period of time after the use of the service invention by agreement between the employer and the employee. (2) If several employees participate in the service invention , the remuneration shall be determined separately for each of them. The total amount of the remuneration and the shares of the individual inventors in the service invention has to be disclosed to the employer by the employer. (3) If an agreement on the remuneration comes within a reasonable period of time after the use of the service invention , the employer shall fix the remuneration by means of a reasoned statement in writing to the employee and shall pay the remuneration in accordance with the fixing. The remuneration shall be fixed at the latest by the expiry of three months after the grant of the right of protection. (4) The employee may object to the fixing within two months by means of a declaration in text form if he does not set the right to fix the right of protection. I agree. If it does not object, the fixing shall be binding for both parts. (5) If several employees are involved in the service finding, the fixing shall not be binding on all the parties concerned, if one of them is to fix them with the The reason is contrary to the fact that his share of the service invention is inaccurate. In this case, the employer is entitled to redefine the remuneration for all the parties concerned. (6) Employers and employees may require the consent of each other to a different arrangement of the remuneration, if circumstances materially differ. , which were decisive for the determination or fixing of the remuneration. Repayment of an already paid remuneration cannot be required. Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall not apply. Unofficial table of contents

§ 13 Federal Protection Law Registration

(1) The employer is obligated and alone entitled to declare a reported service provision domestily for the grant of a right of protection. A patentable service invention has to be notified of the grant of a patent, unless the usability of the invention of the utility model protection appears more appropriate in the case of a constant assessment of the usability of the invention. The notification must be made without delay. (2) The employer's obligation to register is not required,

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if the service discovery has become free (§ 8);

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if the worker agrees to non-notification;

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if the conditions of § 17 are fulfilled.

(3) In the event that the employer does not satisfy his obligation to declare, and if he does not make the application within a reasonable period of grace set by the employee, the employee may be required to notify him of the (4) If the service discovery has become free, only the employee is entitled to register them for the grant of a right of protection. If the employer had already registered the service invention for the grant of a right of protection, the rights from the application to the employee are to be taken over. Unofficial table of contents

§ 14 Protection of the patent in foreign countries

(1) Upon the use of the service invention, the employer is entitled to declare them also abroad for the granting of rights of protection. (2) For foreign states in which the employer does not wish to acquire protective rights, he shall have the right to: to release the service and to enable it to acquire foreign protection rights on request. The release is to be made in time for the employee to take advantage of the priority periods of the intergovernmental contracts in the field of industrial property rights. (3) The employer may at the same time be able to use the release of the contract. in accordance with paragraph 2, reserve a non-exclusive right to use the service provision in the foreign countries concerned against reasonable remuneration, and shall require that the worker be used in the exploitation of the released invention in the the obligations of the employer in the foreign countries concerned from the , at the time of release, account shall be taken of the provision of adequate remuneration for the provision of services. Unofficial table of contents

§ 15 Mutual rights and obligations in the acquisition of protective rights

(1) At the same time, the employer shall give the employee copies of the application documents with the application of the service invention for the grant of a right of protection. He has to inform him of the progress of the proceedings and, if so requested, grant him access to the correspondence. (2) The employee must, at the request of the employer, assist the employer in the acquisition of intellectual property rights and the necessary To make statements. Unofficial table of contents

Section 16 abandonation of the patent application or of the right of protection

(1) If the employer, before fulfilling the employee's claim, does not pursue the registration of the service finding for the grant of a right of protection or the right of protection granted to the service finding does not apply to reasonable remuneration. (2) The employer is entitled to the right to transfer the right to the employee and to give him the right to transfer his/her right to the right of his/her rights. (2) The employer is entitled to , provided that the worker does not have access to the communication within three months of receipt of the notification (3) At the same time as the notification referred to in paragraph 1, the employer may reserve a non-exclusive right to use the service finding against reasonable remuneration. Unofficial table of contents

Section 17 Business secrets

(1) If the legitimate interests of the establishment require not to be notified of a reported service finding, the employer may disregard the effect of a right of protection, provided that he/she has the protective ability of the service invention to the (2) If the employer does not recognise the protective capacity of the service invention, he or she shall be able to disregard the effect of a right of protection if he or she is responsible for reaching an agreement on the protection of the service invention Arbitration body (§ 29) calls. (3) In the assessment of remuneration for an invention after Paragraph 1 shall also take account of the economic disadvantages which arise for the employee from the fact that no right of protection has been granted to the search for service.

2.
Free inventions

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§ 18 obligation to provide information

(1) The employee who has made a free invention during the duration of the employment relationship shall immediately inform the employer of this by declaration in text form. In so doing, the invention and, where necessary, its formation must be communicated so much that the employer can assess whether the invention is free. (2) The employer does not dispute within three months of access the communication by declaration in writing to the employee, that the invention communicated to him is free, the invention can no longer be used as a service finding (§ 6). (3) A commitment to the communication of free inventions does not exist if the invention appears to be in the operating area of the Employer is not usable. Unofficial table of contents

§ 19 obligation to offer

(1) Before the employee otherwise evaluates a free invention during the duration of the employment relationship, he first of all has at least one non-exclusive right to use the invention at reasonable conditions for the employer. if the invention falls within the existing or prepared operating range of the operation of the employer at the time of the offer. The offer can be made at the same time as the communication according to § 18. (2) If the employer does not accept the offer within three months, the right of the right shall be granted. (3) The employer shall declare himself to the acquisition within the time limit laid down in paragraph 2. of the right offered to him, however, he asserts that the terms of the tender are not appropriate, the Court of First Instance shall, at the request of the employer or the employee, determine the conditions. (4) The employer or the employee may request a different setting of conditions where circumstances are essential , which were relevant to the conditions agreed or set out.

3.
Technical improvement suggestions

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§ 20

(1) In the case of technical improvement proposals which give the employer a similar preferential position as a commercial right of protection, the employee shall be entitled to an appropriate remuneration against the employer as soon as he or she is using it. The provisions of § § 9 and 12 are to be applied accordingly. (2) In addition, the treatment of technical improvements to the regulation is left to the regulation by collective agreement or operating agreement.

4.
Common provisions

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§ 21 (omitted)

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Section 22 Imperative

The provisions of this Act may not be dismissed by the worker. However, it is permissible to have agreements on service inventions after their notification, on free inventions and technical improvement suggestions (Section 20 (1)) after their notification. Unofficial table of contents

Section 23 Untiredness

(1) Agreements on service inventions, free inventions or technical improvement proposals (Section 20 (1)), which are admissible under this Act, are ineffective in so far as they are significantly unbilly. The same applies to the determination of the remuneration (§ 12 para. 4). (2) Employers and employees can only rely on the unbalance of an agreement or a fixing of the remuneration if they have the unbalance at the latest by the end of the contract. from six months after the termination of the employment relationship by declaration in text form to the other part. Unofficial table of contents

Section 24 Confidentiality

(1) The employer has to keep secret the invention of a worker who is reported or notified to him as long as his legitimate interests so require. (2) The employee has to keep a service finding secret as long as they are not free (3) Other persons who have become aware of an invention on the basis of this Act shall not be allowed to evaluate or disclose their knowledge. Unofficial table of contents

Section 25 Commitments from the employment relationship

Other obligations arising out of the employment relationship for the employer and the employee shall not be affected by the provisions of this law, unless the invention has become free (§ 8), something else results. Unofficial table of contents

§ 26 Resolution of the employment relationship

The rights and obligations arising from this Act shall not be affected by the dissolution of the employment relationship. Unofficial table of contents

Section 27 Insolvency proceedings

If the insolvency proceedings are opened on the assets of the employer after the use of the service invention, the following shall apply:

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If the insolvency administrator divested the service discovery with the business operation, the acquirer enters into the employer's obligation to pay for the period from the opening of the insolvency proceedings.

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If the insolvency administrator evaluates the service finding in the debtor's company, he has to pay the employee an appropriate remuneration for the utilization from the insolvency mass.

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In all other cases, the insolvency administrator has to offer the employee the service invention as well as the protective legal positions relating thereto at the latest after the end of one year after the opening of the insolvency proceedings; moreover, § 16 shall apply accordingly. If the employee does not accept the offer within two months of his/her access, the insolvency administrator may divested the invention without business or give up the right. In the case of the sale, the insolvency administrator may agree with the acquirer that he/she is obliged to pay the employee the remuneration in accordance with § 9. If such an agreement is not made, the insolvency administrator shall pay the employee the remuneration from the disposal proceeds.

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In addition, the employee can only assert his claims for remuneration in accordance with § § 9 to 12 as insolvency creditor.

5.
Arbitration

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Section 28 Quality agreement

In all disputes between the employer and the employee on the basis of this law, the arbitration body may be called at any time. The arbitration body has to try to reach an amicable settlement. Unofficial table of contents

Section 29 Establishment of the arbitration board

(1) The arbitration body shall be established at the Patent Office. (2) The arbitration body may meet outside of its seat. Unofficial table of contents

Section 30 Occupation of the Arbitration

(1) The arbitral body shall consist of a chairman or his representative and two advisers. (2) The chairman and his representative shall have the competence to the judge's office in accordance with the German Judge Act. They are appointed by the Federal Minister of Justice for a period of four years. A revocation shall be permitted. (3) In the field of technology to which the invention or the technical improvement proposal relates, the co-sitters shall have special experience. They shall be appointed by the President of the Patent Office from the members or auxiliary members of the Patent Office for the individual dispute. (4) At the request of one of the parties, the appointment of the arbitrator shall be a co-sitter from among the employers ' circles. and to expand the worker. These two-seaters are selected by the President of the Patent Office from the list of proposals and appointed for the individual case. For the submission of lists of proposals, the leading organisations referred to in Article 11 shall be entitled, as well as the trade unions and the self-employed associations of workers with social or professional-policy purpose, which none of these The President of the Patent Office is to be the chairman of the Board of the Patent Office if they are affiliated with a significant number of workers who are expected to receive an inventive step in accordance with the activities of the company. (5) select, in accordance with paragraph 4, from the list of proposals of the organization to which the The person concerned shall be heard if the person concerned has communicated his membership of an organisation prior to the selection of the arbitrator. (6) The official supervision of the arbitrator shall be carried out by the chairman, by the supervision of the chairman of the President of the Patent Office. The members of the arbitration body shall not be bound by instructions. Unofficial table of contents

Section 31 Call to the Arbitration Board

(1) The referee shall be called upon by written request. The application is to be submitted in two pieces. It shall contain a brief description of the facts and the name and address of the other person concerned. (2) The request shall be sent by the Chairman of the Arbitration Board to the other party with the invitation to submit his application within a given The deadline for submission of the request in writing. Unofficial table of contents

Section 32 Application for extension of the arbitration board

The request for extension of the appointment of the arbitration body shall be made by the person who calls the arbitration board at the same time as the appeal (section 31 (1)), by the other party concerned within two weeks after the date of notification of the case containing the appeal. Request (§ 31 para. 2) to be submitted. Unofficial table of contents

Section 33 Procedure before the Arbitration

(1) § § 41 to 48, 1042 (1) and § 1050 of the Code of Civil Procedure should be applied in accordance with the procedure before the arbitral body. Section 1042 (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure is to be applied with the proviso that patent attorneys and licence holders also apply (Article 3 of the Second Act amending and transferring regulations in the field of industrial property protection). of 2 July 1949-WiGBl. 179) as well as representatives of the association within the meaning of § 11 of the Labour Court Act may not be rejected by the arbitral body. (2) The arbitral body shall also determine the procedure itself.

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§ 33 (1) italic print: Aufgeh. by § 188 No. 2 G v. 7.9.1966 I 557 mWv 1.1.1967. Because of the continuation of permission certificates see § 177 G v. 7.9.1966 424-5-1 Unofficial table of contents

Section 34 Proposal of the arbitration board

(1) The arbitral body shall take its decisions with a majority of votes, § 196 (2) of the Law of the Court of Justice to be applied. (2) The arbitral body shall make a proposal for an agreement to the parties. The proposal shall be based on reasons and shall be signed by all the members of the arbitration body. The possibility of objection and consequences in the event of a delay in the time limit for objection shall be indicated in the proposal for a resolution. The proposal shall be deemed to have been accepted by the parties concerned. (3) The proposal for an agreement shall be deemed to have been adopted and an agreement corresponding to the content of the proposal shall be deemed to have been concluded, if not within one month of the date of notification of the proposal a written opposition by one of the parties involved at the point of arbitration. (4) If one of the parties has been prevented by accidental accident from entering the appeal in good time, he shall be returned to the previous stand on request , The application must be submitted in writing to the arbitration body within one month of the removal of the obstacle. Within this period, the contradiction must be obtained. The application must indicate the facts to which it is based and the means by which these facts are to be made credible. One year after the date of delivery of the agreement, the reinstatement can no longer be requested and the objection can no longer be obtained. (5) The arbitration board decides on the application for re-establishment. The Court of Arbitration shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, appeal against the decision of the Court of Arbitration to the Regional Court responsible for the seat of the applicant. Unofficial table of contents

§ 35 unsuccessful termination of the arbitration procedure

(1) The proceedings before the arbitral office shall be terminated without success,

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if the other party has not expressed its opinion within the time limit set pursuant to section 31 (2);

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if it has refused to engage in the proceedings before the arbitration body;

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if a written opposition by one of the parties to the arbitration body has been received within the time limit laid down in Section 34 (3).

(2) The Chairman of the Arbitration Board shall communicate the unsuccessful termination of the arbitration proceedings to the parties concerned. Unofficial table of contents

§ 36 Costs of arbitration

No fees or charges will be levied in the proceedings before the Arbitration Board.

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Judicial procedure

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Section 37 Conditions for the collection of the action

(1) Rights or legal relationships governed by this law may not be invoked in the course of the action until a proceeding has been preceded by the arbitration panel. (2) This does not apply

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if the lawsuit claims rights from an agreement (§ § 12, 19, 22, 34), or if the action is based on the fact that the agreement is not legally effective;

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if six months have elapsed since the referee has been brought to the arbitration board;

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if the employee is eliminated from the employer's holding;

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if the parties have agreed to refrain from calling the arbitration board. This agreement can only be reached after the dispute (§ 28) has occurred. They must be written in writing.

(3) An agreement pursuant to paragraph 2 (4) shall be the same if both parties have negotiated orally for the main cause without claiming that the arbitration body has not been called. (4) The previous referral to the arbitration body shall be subject to the agreement of the Court of Arbitration. (5) The action shall be admissible after the adoption of a detention order or an injunction without the restriction of paragraph 1, if the party is in accordance with § § 926, 936 of the German The Civil Procedure Code has been determined by a deadline for the application of the action. Unofficial table of contents

§ 38 Application for appropriate remuneration

If there is a dispute over the amount of the remuneration, the action may also be directed at the payment of a reasonable amount to be determined by the court. Unofficial table of contents

Section 39 Jurisdiction

(1) For all disputes concerning inventions of a worker, the courts in charge of patent litigation (Section 143 of the Patent Law) are exclusively competent without regard to the value of the dispute. The provisions relating to the proceedings in patent disputes shall apply. (2) In the light of the provisions of paragraph 1, any disputes relating solely to the performance of an established or fixed remuneration for a The invention relates to the subject matter.

Third Section
Inventions and technical improvements proposed by employees in the civil service, civil servants and soldiers

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Section 40 Employees in the civil service

The inventions and technical improvements proposed by workers employed in enterprises and administrations of the Federal Government, the Länder, the municipalities and other bodies, institutions and foundations of public law shall be subject to the following conditions: Provisions applicable to employees in the private sector, subject to the following conditions:

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In place of the use of the service finding, the employer can take advantage of an appropriate participation in the income of the service invention if this has been agreed beforehand. Binding agreements may be made in advance on the level of participation. If an agreement is not reached on the level of participation, the employer shall fix it. Section 12 (3) to (6) shall apply accordingly.

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The treatment of technical improvement suggestions pursuant to section 20 (2) may also be regulated by service agreement; provisions under which agreement on the service agreement by the decision of a higher service or a be replaced by a third party, no application.

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The worker may, in the public interest, be subject to restrictions on the manner in which the service invention is used, by means of a general arrangement of the competent authority responsible for the service.

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The Federal Government and the State Governments are also entitled to submit proposals for proposals for employers ' representatives (Section 30 (4)).

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Insofar as public administrations have established their own arbitration bodies for the settlement of disputes pursuant to this Act, the provisions of § § 29 to 32 shall not apply.

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Section 41 Officials, soldiers

The rules applicable to employees in the civil service must be applied accordingly to inventions and technical improvements made by officials and soldiers. Unofficial table of contents

Section 42 Special provisions for inventions at universities

The following special provisions apply to inventions of the employees of a university:

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The inventor is entitled to disclose the service invention in the course of his teaching and research activities if he has indicated this to the Dienstherrn in good time, usually two months earlier. § 24 (2) does not apply to this extent.

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If, on the basis of his freedom of teaching and research, an inventor rejects the disclosure of his service invention, he is not obliged to report the invention to the Dienstherrn (Dienstherrn). If the inventor wishes to reveal his invention at a later date, he shall immediately report the invention to the dientherrn.

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In the case of the use of the service invention, the inventor remains a non-exclusive right to use the service invention in the context of his teaching and research activities.

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If the Dienstherr evaluates the invention, the amount of the remuneration shall be 30 per cent of the revenue generated by the recovery.

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§ 40 No 1 shall not apply.

Fourth Section
Transitional and final provisions

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Section 43 Transitional provision

(1) § 42 in the 7 February 2002 (BGBl. 414), the present law applies only to inventions which have been made after 6 February 2002. By way of derogation from the first sentence, in cases where professors, lecturers or scientific assistants at a scientific institution are in agreement with a third party before 18 July 2001, the rights of an invention to a third party shall be contractually agreed upon. (2) For those made before 7 February 2002 by the employees of the University of Applied Sciences, who have been employed by a university in the period to 7 February 2002. Inventions are the provisions of the Law on Employees ' inventions in the up to 6. The Directive shall apply in force in February 2002 The right of professors, lecturers and scientific assistants at a scientific university to offer their inventions to the Dienstherrn before 6 February 2002 shall remain unaffected. (3) Inventions which are before the 1. The provisions of this Act are to be applied further in the version in force until 30 September 2009. In the case of technical improvement proposals, the first sentence shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

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Section 45 Implementing provisions

The Federal Minister of Justice is authorized, in agreement with the Federal Minister of Labour, to adopt the implementing provisions necessary for the extension of the filling of the arbitration board (Section 30 (4) and (5)). In particular, it may determine:

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what personal circumstances must be met by persons who are proposed as a co-sitter from employers 'or employees' circles;

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how the advisers selected on the basis of the list of proposals are to be compensated for their activities.

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Section 46 repeal of provisions

With the entry into force of this Act, the following provisions shall be repealed as far as they have not already been repealed:

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The Regulation on the Treatment of Inventions by Gefolgschaftsmembers of 12 July 1942 (Reichsgesetzbl. 466);

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the Implementing Regulation to the Regulation on the Treatment of Inventions by GefolgschaftsCommissioners of 20 March 1943 (Reichsgesetzbl. I p. 257).

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§ 47 (omitted)

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§ 48 (omitted)

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Section 49 Entry into force

This law will take place on 1 January. October 1957, in force.