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Regulations Of The Patent Law (Patent Regulations)

Original Language Title: Forskrift til patentloven (patentforskriften)

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Regulations of the patent law (patent regulations) date FOR-2007-12-14-1417 Ministry of Justice and emergency Ministry published in 2007 booklet 12 entry into force 01.01.2008 last edited by-2015-05-12-495 from 01.07.2015 Change FOR-1996-12-20-1162, FOR-1996-12-23-1263 applies to Norway Pursuant Law-1967-12-15-9-section 1, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 3, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 3b, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 5, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 6, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 8a, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 9, ACT-1967-12-15-9-section 11, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 15a, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 21, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 28, the Law-1967-12-15-9-section 31, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 34, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 38, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 44, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 49 , Law-1967-12-15-9-section 52b, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 62a, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 62b, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 66 c, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 66m, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 68, Law-1967-12-15-9-section 69, law-1814-05-17-section 26 Announced December 14th, 2007 at. 15.30 brief title Patent Regulations Chapter overview: Chapter 1. National patent applications (§ § 1-12) Chapter 2. Priority (§ § 13-17) Chapter 3. Provisions on the power of Attorney (§ § 18-19) Chapter 4. The change of the application (§ § 20-21) Chapter 5. Sharing and separating applications (sections 22-24) Chapter 6. The right to access to the documents. The provision of samples of biological material (§ § 25-26) Chapter 7. The application processing (§ § 27-35) Chapter 8. Objection, administrative patent restriction and administrative contested measure (§ § 36-42) Chapter 9. The patent registry, etc. (§ § 43-45)
Chapter 10. Announcements (§ § 46-57) Chapter 11. European patents (sections 58-64a) Chapter 12. International patent applications (§ § 65-78) Chapter 13. Supplementary protection certificates (§ § 79-87) Chapter 14. Definition of plant black. Agricultural exception (§ § 88-91) Chapter 15. The ethics report me for patent matters (§ § 92-95) Chapter 16. Compulsory license and exhaustion (sections 96-100) chapter 17. Different provisions (§ § 101-106) legal authority: Provided by URkgl.res. December 14, 2007 under the legal authority of the Act 15. December 1967 no. 9 about patents § 1, § 3, section 3b, section 5, section 6, section 8a, section 9, section 11, section 15a, section 21, section 28, section 31, section 34, section 38, section 44 seventh paragraph third period, section 49, § 52b, section 62a, section 62b, section 66 c, section 66m, section 68 and section 69. Promoted by the Ministry of Justice and the police (now the Ministry of Justice and the emergency).
Added legal authority: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov 17. in May 1814 section 26 subsection.
Changes: modified by regulations 17 Oct 2008 Nr. 1119, May 15, 2009 No. 511, 18 Dec 2009 Nr. 1839, 25 June 2010 No. 937, June 24, 2011 No. 625, 1 March 2013 No. 246, 11 april 2014 Nr. 414, 14 nov 2014 Nr. 1409, may 12, 2015 Nr. 495. Chapter 1. National patent applications section 1. Formkrav the application for patent is delivered on special application form. Form with attachments should be complimented with printed publications.

§ 2. The application's content the application shall include: 1. your inventor's name and address, the applicant's name or business name and address, and if applicable, name or business name and address 2.
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a short and factual title for the invention 4.
a description of the invention, with drawings if necessary to understand the invention 5.
a specific indication of what search protected by patent (patent claims) 6.
a summary as mentioned in section 11 7.
information on the application includes deposited biological material as mentioned in the patent Act § 8a 8.
information on supplier countries and countries of origin of biological material as mentioned in the patent law section 8b 9.
information about the obtained consent for the use of human biological material as mentioned in the patent law section 8 c 10.
information on the international application number and the day of delivery, if any, the priority date and invoked by the continuation of international application for patent law section 31 11.
a record of with the following documents.

The application shall be signed by the applicant or his agent. The signature may be handwritten, printed or electronic, påstemplet in accordance with the standard Patent Office at any time. If the patent is being sought by someone other than the inventor, the application shall contain a declaration from the applicant that he or she has the right to the invention. The statement should indicate the basis for the applicant's right to the invention.

section 2a. Address for correspondence if not otherwise specified in the application, the address provided by § 2 No. 1 address for notices and sermons and more after the patent Act section 67. Has the applicant appointed proxy, is fullmektigens address to address as far as the authority ranks. There are several applicants, or delegates, and unless otherwise stated, is the address of the first mentioned address for correspondence. The applicant may at any time notify the new address for correspondence.

§ 3. The delivery day the application gets the delivery day even if the terms and conditions in section 2 is not fulfilled if it contains a description of the invention and information that make it possible to identify and to contact the applicant or his agent. If the application comes online, it must be delivered in a format that the Patent Office accepts.
If the Patent Office in determining the delivery day finds that parts of the description, the drawings or the patent requirements, the Patent Office shall immediately notify the applicant about this and request that the relationship be addressed within two months from the notification was sent. The application container delivery day if the applicant within the mentioned deadline or, if the notice is not sent, within two months from an application that meets the criteria in the first paragraph was delivered: a) delivers what is missing, b) shows that the parts are included in the application by reference to a previous application, or c) declares that no part is missing and the Patent Office finds to be able to add this to the reason.

§ 4. Base documents application's base documents is the description of the invention, complete with drawings and patent claims that are provided on the Norwegian or English no later than the day the application was or shall be deemed delivered. The description comes complete with drawings and patent claims on the Norwegian or English not later than that day, the first description of its patent claims which are then shipped on Norwegian or English, is considered as the base documents to the extent that the contents clearly stated in the documents was signed by the delivery of the application.

§ 5. Language requirements Description, patent claims and summary should be in Norwegian or English. Other documents should be on Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or English.
Is the description, patent claims, summary, or other documents on language other than mentioned in the first paragraph, first sentence, the Patent Office may require that the applicant must submit a translation into Norwegian or English within a time limit the Patent Office determines. The Patent Office may require that the translation be verified by a certified translator.
For documents that are mentioned in the first paragraph, second sentence, the Patent Office in the individual case, accept language other than Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or English.

section 6. The patent claims a patent claim shall contain: 1. a designation on the invention 2.
a specification of the technique as the invention make up something new in relation to (prior art position), if this is necessary 3.
a specification of the new and distinctive by the invention.

The invention should as far as possible be placed in one of the categories products, devices, procedures and applications.
A patent claim must not contain anything that is not related to the invention as specified in the requirement, or that are immaterial to the exclusive right is required.

section 7. Multiple patent claims an application can contain multiple patent claims. Patent requirements should in that case are numbered.
To a patent claim can be associated with one or more of the other requirements.
A patent claim may be independent or uselvstendig. Dependent requirements are requirements that apply to the forms of an invention specified in another patent claims in the application, and therefore includes all of the features in this requirement. Dependent claims should be preceded by a reference to it or the preceding requirements as it relates to the.
The number of independent claims are limited to one independent claim in each category. Multiple independent claims in the same category can only be included if it's about products or practices with mutual dependence, various oppfinneriske applications of a product or alternative solutions of a particular problem. The Patent Office determines whether the inventions can be included in separate independent claims in the same category.

section 8. Uniformity for the purposes of patent law § 10, an application will only be for several inventions if there is a technical relationship between the inventions. Technical relationship between the inventions are when one or more similar or equivalent technical characteristics are common to them. technical characteristics are the traits of every invention that make up a contribution over the prior art.
The question of whether it is technically context between multiple inventions are determined without regard to whether they are specified in the specific requirements or as options in one patent claim.

§ 9. Description the description should contain only a thing that helps to understand the invention.
Biological material should be described in the way that the Patent Office determines. For widely available biological material to the website, how it can be obtained. The description of biological material as mentioned in the patent Act § 8a, should contain all the information of importance regarding the biological material's characteristic features that the applicant has access to.

§ 10. Drawings Drawings shall show the particulars necessary to understand the description.

section 11. Summary the summary shall contain a short synopsis of what is disclosed in the patent claims, description and drawings in the base documents. The application contains drawings, the applicant shall specify the type of shape that will be published together with the summary. The applicant has not specified anything about this select the Patent Office which shape should be published.


§ 12. Deposit of biological material and Depositing as mentioned in the patent law section 8a first paragraph should be made in accordance with the Buda pest Convention 28. April 1977 Nr. 1 on the international recognition of the deposit of microorganisms for the purposes of processing of patent cases. The deposit shall be made by an institution that is international escrow empowered by the Convention, or at an institution which is approved by the European patent.
When a sample of biological material is deposited, the applicant shall give the Patent Office in writing information on where the deposit has occurred and the case number that this institution has given the deposited material. The information is to be given not later than 16 months after the day of delivery or, if necessary, the day priority priority is necessary. If the deposited biological material is transferred to another international deposit authority after the rule 5 Nr. 1 in the implementation rules of the Buda pest Convention, to the applicant or patent holder notify the Patent Office about this and about the case number that the institution has given the deposited material.
New disposal after patent law § 8a second paragraph shall be made in accordance with the Buda pest Convention. The applicant or patent holder to notify the Patent Office about the new depositing and if the case number that this institution has given the disposed material within four months after the depositing occurred, or within the time limit as stated in the second paragraph.
The Patent Office may require a copy of the receipt issued as escrow institution has proof of the correctness of the information given after the other and the third paragraph.
Requirements for patent law § 22 eighth paragraph that samples of biological material should only be divulged to a particular expert, must be made to the Patent Office no later than the day before the application becomes available for everyone after patent law § 22.

Chapter 2. Priority section 13. Application priority the applicant can claim priority for patent law section 6 on the basis of the first application that describes the invention, if this was delivered in a State that is affiliated with the Pariskonvensjonen 20. March 1883 No. 1 regarding the protection of the industrial property right or agreement 15. April 1994 no. 1 on the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The same is true for the application delivered to a regional patent authority if this is after the legislation in a country that is affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen or after a bilateral or multilateral agreement signed between States that are affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen equated with the delivery of the national application. An earlier application that forms the basis for priority in the regulations that is termed here the priority document.
Claim for priority must be included in the application by delivery or ettersendes within 16 months from the priority day. The requirement to disclose the patent authority the invoked the application was delivered to the, what day it was shipped and the application number. If the application number is not known, to the number ettersendes as soon as the applicant becomes aware of it. If the earlier application is not available to the Patent Office in an online registry, the Patent Office may require that the applicant within three months to submit a priority evidence. Priority the proof will include information as mentioned in the second sentence in the link here, the applicant's name and the copy of the application. Priority the proof will be confirmed by the authority that the invoked application was shipped.
The applicant may correct or add a priority claim by written notice to the Patent Office within a time limit of 16 months from the priority day. If a correction or addition will result in a change of the priority, the deadline day is calculated on the 16 months from the priority day that will expire first. By such a claim for correction or addition, the written message is delivered within four months from the day of delivery here in the Kingdom. It is not access to corrections or additions when the application has been available for any in that the applicant has requested early announcement.
Requests for priority may be withdrawn by written notification to the Patent Office until the application has been finally settled.

section 14. Conditions for application the priority For a application to be could provide the basis for priority for patent law section 6, it must be the first to describe the invention. A later application that describes the invention provides the basis for priority if the following conditions are met: 1. it has been delivered to the same patent authority as the first application and of the same applicant or its legal successor 2.
the first application is withdrawn or refused, without that shelved the was available for everyone when the later application was delivered 3.
the first application has not served as a basis for any claim of priority 4.
the first application not forms the basis for some made up right.

section 15. Priority by application that includes multiple inventions Include an application several inventions, the applicant may claim the priority of one or more of the inventions. Priority in such cases can be invoked on the basis of the various applications. This is true even if the applications are delivered in different States. The individual application must meet the criteria in section 14.

section 16. The relationship between the priority document and the Base Priority applies only to documents that disclosed in the priority document.
The priority document may not be invoked for the introduction of new content that goes beyond the application's base documents. Obvious errors or typos can, however, be addressed with the support in the priority document.

§ 17. Application supplied in the State that are not affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen or the WTO given priority after the patent Act section 6 on the basis of an application that is delivered in a State that is not affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen or the WTO agreement, if this State gives to priority on the basis of patent applications that are delivered in Norway. The provisions of the chapter here applies accordingly.

Chapter 3. Provisions on the authority section 18. (Repealed July 1, 2010, cf. Regulation 25 June 2010 No. 937.) section 19. (Repealed July 1, 2010, cf. Regulation 25 June 2010 No. 937.) Chapter 4. The change of the application section 20. Change of patent requirements changes to the patent claims may happen by the applicant delivers new copy of all fastholdte requirements placed in context. The Patent Office may in each case, failing to require new copies, or accept that it only does the new copies of the patent claims that are changed.
Change a patent claim, the applicant should indicate where in the base documents the basis for change exists. A patent claim can not be changed to include something that is not evident from the base documents.
After the Patent Office has informed the applicant of the result of the investigation, the news may not be included in the same application requirements that specify an invention that is independent of the inventions set in earlier supplies requirements.
Is the patent requirements limited after the Patent Office has given the applicant notice of the lack of uniformity, the application is deemed to no longer include the inventions as by restriction is stricken from the requirements.
Change of claim category are accepted when technical dependency is present and stated of the basic documents.

§ 21. Changes of the description and drawings in the description, complete with drawings, the applicant can only make changes or add-ins that are needed to fulfill the requirements of the patent law section 8. Such changes or additions must not allow patent requirements include something not disclosed in the basic documents.
Upon delivery of the new description to the applicant make a declaration about which parts of the description that does not match previously delivered description, as well as the manner in which the changes made involves something new with regard to reality. Unless suggests, the Patent Office without special control accept such a statement.

Chapter 5. Sharing and separating applications § 22. Sharing of the application the applicant may require an earlier delivered application divided into several independent applications if it is in the base documents are described more inventions. The applicant shall, together with the requirement of sharing application form, deliver new new description with any drawings and new patent requirements for each application that is not a continuation of the original application. The requirement of sharing to provide the original application's number and will contain information about the inventions that each of the new applications should include. It is to be paid determined fee for each new application.
The application that is considered a continuation of the original application keeps its original application number. Each new application are assigned new application number and termed as divisional application.
Divisional application must be submitted before the original application has been finally settled. The divisional application may not be identical to the original application.
The requirement of sharing will be refused if the conditions in the first and third paragraph are not met.
Be implemented, the applicant is given sharing message about this with information on the number of the divisional application.

§ 23. Divisional application in a divisional application to be the description, complete with drawings and patent claims that are delivered at the same time with the application is considered as base documents. After the base documents are delivered, it cannot be appended to items from the original application. Other documents in the initial application than the base documents are also documents in the divisional application if they were delivered before the split took place.
Divisional application retains priority from the original application.


section 24. Separating application is an application been changed so that it includes an invention that is not evident from the base documents, can the applicant claim that this invention are separated out in a new application. The applicant shall, together with the requirement of separating deliver new application form, new description with any drawings and new patent claims for each new application. The application is considered to be delivered the same day as the first document that includes the invention that was not of the original application's base documents came in to the Patent Office. The application is assigned a new application number. It is to be paid determined fee for each separated application.
New application must be submitted before the original application has been finally settled. The utskilte the application can not be identical with the original application the requirement of separating is declined if the terms of the first and second paragraph are not met.
§ 22 fifth paragraph and section 23 the first paragraph applies accordingly.

Chapter 6. The right to access to the documents. The provision of samples of biological material section 25. Viewing right for the purposes of patent law § 22 second paragraph first sentence, to the documents made available for every day after the day that has the same number in the month as the day that form the starting point for the calculation. Have the Patent Office is not open for the expedition that day made the application available from and with the first consecutive opening day. Should the calculation after patent law § 22 second paragraph first sentence happen out from the priority day and it is claimed priority from different days, going on the calculation from the earliest priority day.
When the applicant requires the application to be made available for any earlier than set out in the patent Act section 22 first or other joints, made the application available as soon as the claim is received, unless the applicant specifies a later date. Any information on the deposited biological material under section 12 and the third paragraph must be given no later than at the time of that such a claim be filed.
Be made available for any application before the patent is communicated, to the summary be made known as soon as its final wording is established. The Patent Office may announce also other parts of the application together with the summary.

§ 26. Disclosure of sample of biological material claims, patent law § 22 ninth paragraph about extradition of the sample of the biological material shall be designed as set out in rule 11 of the implementing rules of the Buda pest Convention.
The requirement applies to the sample of deposited biological material related to an application that is not finally settled, the person who requires disclosure, releasing a statement in which he or she undertakes to the applicant not to use the test to other than experiments that relate to the invention, and not to allow others access to the sample before the application is finally settled, or, if the patent is communicated before the patent has ceased. The requirement applies to the sample of deposited biological material relating to a patent, the person who requires disclosure, releasing a statement in which he or she undertakes to the patent holder to not apply the sample to the other than experiments that relate to the invention itself and not to allow others access to the sample before the patent has ceased. First and second sentence in the link here also applies to biological material derived from the sample, and that has retained the characteristic features of the material that is essential for the conduct of the invention. The requirement of disclosure should contain a statement that the disclosure assumes such obligations.
Can try only divulged to a particular expert, it should in the requirement of disclosure provided who will be used as expert witness. The Patent Office creates a record of the people who can be used as expert witnesses. Only people who are listed in the TOC, or that the applicant in the individual case, accept, can be used as expert witnesses. Use the expert, to the requirement of disclosure contain so statement by the expert as mentioned in the second paragraph.
Other and third paragraph shall not apply when it is necessary to deposit the derived biological material in connection with a later application.
When a claim for extradition of the sample of the biological material is put forward and the terms for extradition have been met, the Patent Office shall make a declaration of that. The Patent Office sends the requirement of disclosure and statement to the institution where the material is deposited. Copy of the requirement of disclosure and Declaration will be sent at the same time to the patent applicant or patent holder. The Patent Office can not make such a declaration, under the corrected that has required disclosure about this.

Chapter 7. Application processing section 27. Class Application to be classified in accordance with the international patent classification system. The application can in addition be classified along a different rating system.

section 27a. The processing language when the application is in English, the Patent Board's decisions and inquiries and statements of the applicant is written in English if the applicant requests about that. When the application is in Norwegian, to Patent the Board's statements on patentability and the news in English is written scrutiny if the applicant requests about it.

section 28. News investigation News the investigation should extend forward to delivery the day of the application. This also applies when it is necessary priority.
The base documents in another application is nyhetshindrende for patent Act section 2 second paragraph, second sentence from the delivery day or from the priority day in the extent it is convergence between the basic documents and the priority document. The summary and other documents in the application is nyhetshindrende as of the day the documents become available for everyone after the patent law § 22.

section 29. News investigation by international investigation authority within three months from the day the application was delivered or to be considered as shipped, can the applicant claim that the Nordic Patent Institute, the Swedish patent office issued or the European patent the work make such news investigation as mentioned in the patent Act section 9 regarding the applications without the priority is on the Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or English. The applicant shall designate the authority which will carry out the investigation.
The application is not written in a language that the investigation authority agrees, to a translation of the application include the requirement of News investigation.
The requirement of News investigation is considered withdrawn if the application and the translation by the expiry of the deadline in the first paragraph do not meet the form requirements that apply to international applications.

section 30. The opinion of the other probe authority Sought a patent on an invention that the same applicant has applied for a patent on the outside the realm, the applicant shall at the request of the Patent Office state whether what they have stated regarding the patent authority News investigation and patentable device. Within a time limit which the Patent Office shall determine the applicant to submit: a) copy of it that he or she has stated about the patent authority News investigation and patentable device by the way, or b) Declaration that the applicant has not yet received such a statement.

Oversitter the applicant the deadline that the Patent Office has set out, shelved the application for patent law section 15. If the applicant expressly refuses to submit the copy of the statement or declaration, rejected the application for the patent Act section 16.

section 30a. Priority treatment when the Patent Office has established cooperation as mentioned in section 105 a with another patent authority, should the Patent Office after the claims of the applicant give the application priority treatment so far the application applies to claims that the second patent authority has stated is patentable. Demand for such treatment must meet the criteria set out by the creation of the cooperation.

section 31. Indication of specification of publications publications happen on the way the Patent Office determines.

section 32. Model, try, etc. If it is necessary to judge a patent-pending invention, the Patent Office may impose on the applicant to submit the model, try, etc or to carry out investigations or trials.

section 33. Deferral of the grant of the patent To an application be accommodated before it is made available for everyone after the patent law § 22 other or third paragraph, the Patent Office after the claims of the applicant delay notification of the patent to the application is made available to everyone. The Patent Office can not otherwise delay the notification of the patent after the decision to satisfy the application is hit.
Claims for delayed notice of patent will be shipped in their own type. It can only be taken into consideration to the requirement if it is entered to the Patent Office within two months after the applicant is informed that a patent can be notified. That which is set out in the patent Act section 20 for payment of the fee application for notification and exemption for such tax applies even if it is necessary the postponement with patent notification.

section of 33â. Translation of the patent claims in the application in English when the application is in English, to the Patent Office, before it is sent notification by the patent law § 19, educate the applicant that it must be submitted to the Norwegian translation of the patent claims in the application before the patent can be notified. The Patent Office establishes at the same time a deadline to submit the translation.

section 34. Patent Patent Office draft font to a patent font, cf.. patent law section, third paragraph 21, after the notification fee is paid or an exemption for such fee is given. Patent the paper should contain information about: 1. the date of the notice of the patent 2.
the application and the patent number 3.
patentets classification by the international patent classification system 4.
name or business name and the address of the patent holder, and the name or business name and address, as well as any particular correspondence address under section 2a 5.
your inventor's name and address 6.
oppfinnelsens title 7.
the delivery day for national application 8.

the application is an international application, and in the case of the international application number, the international delivery day and the day for the continuation after patent law section 31 or the day the application is considered delivered after patent law § 38 9.
priority is claimed, and in the case of delivery location and day as well as the number of the application that required priority from 10.
the application is accumulated by sharing or separating, and in case the original application's number 11.
the institution where the sample of biological material is deposited, and the case number the institution has given the test 12.
submitted publications.

section 35. The protest If the Patent Office before the patent is supplied receives a protest which is of importance for the assessment of the application, the Patent Office shall give the applicant notice of this. It is in the protest asserted other news hurdle than overt exercise, the Patent Office shall immediately examine whether this means that the applicant should be attributed to about the reality of the matter. Contains the protest alleging flagrant exercise of invention, taken up the rule for review only after the expiry of the deadline to shut down the opposition, and only if the same claim also lodged in a dispute.
Protest against the grant of a patent does not give the party's rights. If the protest is not sustained, to the person who has put forward the be made aware of the access to to file an objection.

Chapter 8. Objection, administrative patent restriction and administrative contested measure section 36. Innsigelsens form and content Dispute after the patent Act section 24 comes to the Patent Office and shall include: 1. information on innsigerens name or business name and address, as well as the name or business name and address if innsigeren is represented by Proxy 2.
information on the number of the patent as it raised objection against 3.
a statement of the scope of the objection and the reasons that it is supported on, with a specification of the scores and the evidence, for example, publications, quotes in support of the objection.

The objection shall be signed by the innsigeren or its proxy. § 2a applies to address by correspondence with the innsiger.

section 37. Notice of objection notice from the Patent Office to patent holder about the objection shall contain information on the date of the objection, the name and address to innsigeren and to the proxy, if any, for innsigeren.

section 38. Alert by still processing of objection If the objection be withdrawn can the treatment of rebuttal just continue, jf. Patent Act section 24 8th paragraph, if the Patent Office notifies the patent holder on this within two months after the Patent Office got the message that the rebuttal is drawn.

§ 39. Notification of the outcome of the case the Board shall the vendor dispute Patent give the patent holder and innsigeren message about the outcome of the case and the vendor dispute about complaint access and appeal deadline.

section 40. Requirements for administrative patent restriction Requirements for administrative patent restriction after patent law § 39a delivered to the Patent Office and shall include: 1. information on the patent holder's name or business name and address, as well as also the name or business name and address if the patent holder is represented by Proxy 2.
information on the number of the patent sought limited 3.
specifying the limitation that is required.

A requirement of administrative patent limitation shall be signed by the patent holder or its proxy. § 2a applies accordingly.
If the description required changed, to claim in addition include a typed version of the description that will be included in the new patent the paper. If the patent claims required changed, the patent holder together with the requirement to deliver new copies of all fastholdte requirements placed in context.
The Patent Office shall reject the claim for administrative patent limitation that is set forth by someone other than the patent holder.

§ 41. Administrative claim for contested measure administrative contested measure after patent law § 52b delivered to the Patent Office and shall include: 1. enlightenment about the name or business name and address of the that have submitted the claim, as well as the name or business name and address if he or she is represented by Proxy 2.
information on the number of the patent that is under attack 3.
an account of the Foundation of that patent is attacked 4.
information on the patent requirements overprøvingen apply, alternatively which patent claims that are untouched by the requirement of the contested measure 5.
the required documentation of circumstances invoked in support of the claim.

A requirement should be administrative contested measure signed by the contested measure or its proxy. § 2a applies to the address for correspondence with the contested measure.
section 37 and section 39 applies.

§ 42. New patent font by changing the patent after objection, administrative patent restriction or administrative contested measure, the Patent Office shall publish a new patent. The new patent the paper should contain the information referred to in section 34 as well as specify that the patent is changed and the day the decision about the change was announced.
When the patent has been communicated in English, the patent Act, § 21, third paragraph, third to fifth sentences accordingly. Before new patent to the Patent Office font published disclosing patent holder that it must be sent in a translation to Norwegian of the patent requirements in reformed the patent to be maintained in amended form. The Patent Office establishes at the same time a deadline to submit the translation. Patent law, § 21, third paragraph, sixth to ninth period applies.

Chapter 9. The patent registry, etc.

section 43. Patent register the Patent Office leads a register of incoming national and, international applications and of patents on the basis of imparted such applications. For the registration of European patents that applies here in the realm of the patent registry applies to section 45. The information in the registry about the individual application is available to everyone when the documents in the case are available after patent law § 22.
The registry shall contain the following information about the application and the patent imparted: 1. application's and patentets number 2.
classification by the international patent classification system 3.
any classification by other patent classification systems 4.
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the applicant's name or business name and address 6.
fullmektigs, if any, name or business name and address 7.
your inventor's name and address 8.
oppfinnelsens title 9.
If the application is a national or international application 10.
for national application; the delivery day 11.
for continuing international application; international application number, international delivery day and the day the application was continued after the patent law section 31 or is considered delivered after patent law § 38 12.
for the European application are turned into national application; the application's number and delivery day for the European patent Convention, as well as the day the application is converted into a national application 13.
If priority is claimed, and in the case where the invoked earlier application is delivered, as well as the delivery day and the application number for this application 14.
If the application is a divisional or separated application, and in case the original application's number 15.
about it by sharing or separating from an application is accumulated new applications, with information about the new application numbers 16.
the day the documents in the case was available for everyone after the patent Act section 22, and, if it is submitted translation as stated in the patent Act section 60 the second paragraph first sentence, that such translation is submitted, and the day this was announced 17.
received and sent documents in case 18.
the day the notice of the patent was announced 19.
other decisions that are hit in the case and the status 20.
paid, the outstanding and eventually refunded the fees 21.
paid the annual fee or respite with the payment of the annual fee 22.
the time the patent is lapsed after patent law § 51 23.
If the patent holder has given up on the patent after patent law § 54 24.
about the requirement that a deadline to get the oversittelse effect and not the decision of such a requirement, cf. patent law § 72 second paragraph 25.
that it is raised about the ruling, the lawsuit invalid transfer of a patent or whether compulsory license 26.
that the patent is invalid by judgment after patent law § 52 and the outcome of the case when the judgement is enforceable 27.
that it's taken disbursements or arrest in the patent 28.
that it has been filed an objection against the patent and decision in the vendor dispute case 29.
that it has been filed claims for administrative limitation or cessation of the patent and the decision in such a case the 30.
that it has been filed claims for administrative of the patent contested measure and decision in such a case 31.
that a decision is appealed to the Complaint to report me for industrial rights for patent law, § 26, § 39d or § 52e 32.
If the transfer or licence 33.
about the disposal of biological material as mentioned in § 12 34.
about the applicant's, the holder's, fullmektigens or licensee name, business name or address has changed 35.
about new proxy at the change in proxy matters 36.
any particular correspondence address of the applicant or holder, jf. § 2a and § 103 37.
If it is submitted correction of the translation after patent law § 21, third paragraph, sixth period or section 60 the second paragraph fifth period, and, if the correction has been submitted, the day this was announced 38.
about the pledge.

Notification of changes after the second paragraph Nr. 32, 34 and 35 are to be delivered on special form laid down by the Patent Office.

§ 44. Registration of supplementary certificates of protection the Patent Office register supplemental protection certificates and applications for such certificates in the patent registry. The information in the register to be available to everyone. The following information be entered in the register: 1.

the applicant's name or business name and address, as well as the name or business name and address if he or she is represented by proxy, and any particular correspondence address, cf. § 64a and section 2a 2.
number and delivery day for the application for supplementary protection certificate 3.
the base patentets number 4.
oppfinnelsens title 5.
the active ingredient or mixture of active substances as it applied for supplementary protection certificate for 6.
number and date of the marketing authorization, and the preparation that is identified in the permit 7.
number on the date of the first and the permission to the marketing within the European economic area 8.
received and sent documents in case 9.
paid, the outstanding and eventually refunded the fees 10.
the decisions that are hit in the case and the status 11.
date of issuing and posting of certificate as well as the certificate's number 12.
the certificate's validity period 13.
that the certificate has lapsed and the reason for the 14.
about the pledge.

§ 45. The registration of European applications and patents For European applications where the applicant has provided translation of the patent claims to the Norwegian after patent law § 66g the first paragraph, the Patent Office a special register. The information in the registry is available for everyone. The following information should be entered in the register: 1. application's number with the European patent the work 2.
the applicant's name or business name and address, as well as the name or business name and address if he or she is represented by proxy, and possibly special correspondence address, cf. § 2a jf. § 64a 3.
the day translation of the patent claims was delivered and the day this was announced 4.
the day a possible correction of the translation was delivered and the day this was announced 5.
the application's delivery day and, if the application is a divisional European application, the date of delivery of the divisional application 6.
If the documents are available for every 7.
information the responding to those mentioned in section 43 second paragraph Nr. 7, 8 and 15 8.
about the pledge.

Sent it in translation and paid the fee in accordance with the patent law § 66 c first paragraph first sentence, information on this in the register of European applications with indication of when the translation is submitted and the fee is paid, as well as when the Patent Office has announced this. The same is true for the correction of such translation sent in before the patent is registered after the third paragraph.
A European patent is brought into the patent registry when the European patent work has announced his decision to announce patent and the patent holder has submitted translation and paid the fee in accordance with the patent law § 66 c first paragraph first sentence. The following information shall be entered in the register: 1. the day the European patent work has announced his decision to announce patent 2.
the present translation is submitted and the fee is paid, as well as the day the Patent Office has announced that this has taken place 3.
the application's delivery day and, if the application is a divisional European application, the date of delivery of the divisional application 4.
the day the documents in the case was available for every 5.
information as mentioned in § Nr. 34 1 to 6 and 8 to 11 and section 43 second paragraph Nr. 20 to 27, 29 to 32 and 34 to 38.

When the European patent work has announced its decision to cancel or change a European patent in force in Norway, to information on this is in the patent registry with indication of the date of the announcement. If the patent holder submits the translation and pay the fee in accordance with the patent law § 66 c the first paragraph, second sentence. the first sentence, the information on this is in the registry specifying when translation is submitted and the fee is paid, as well as when the Patent Office has announced this. Translation is not sent in or is not paid fee as stated in the patent law § 66 c the first paragraph, second sentence. the first sentence within the deadline for patent law § 66 c the first paragraph, second sentence. the first sentence, the information on this is in the registry.
If the European patent office issued pursuant to article 112 a of the European patent Convention has repealed a decision that relates to a European patent in force in Norway, to information on this is in the patent registry with indication of the date when the decision was announced.
Provided that a correction of the translation, as mentioned in the third or fourth paragraph and fixed fee is paid, the enlightenment about this be registered with indication of when correction was provided and the fee was paid, as well as of when this was announced.

Chapter 10. Announcements section 46. Announcement of information that is available for any Announcement after the patent law § 22 fourth paragraph should contain: 1. the application's number 2.
the applicant's name or business name and address, as well as the name or business name and address if he or she is represented by proxy, and any particular correspondence address, cf. § 2a 3.
your inventor's name and address 4.
the application's classification by the international classification system 5.
Enlightenment on the delivery day 6.
information on international delivery day 7.
oppfinnelsens title 8.
If priority is claimed; information on time and place of the delivery of the prioritetsbegrunnende application as well as its number 9.
information on this if it is deposited sample of biological material 10.
piece of information that the applicant has claimed that the sample of deposited biological material shall only be disclosed to a particular expert 11.
information on that it's delivered as mentioned in the translation patent Act section 60 the second paragraph first sentence, if this is done.

If the translation of the description or the patent requirements are changed prior to the expiration of the time limit under section 77 of the regulations here, but after that the documents in the case have been available for everyone, this should be made known. Such announcement shall in addition contain what is mentioned in the first paragraph and enlightenment about the date change of the translation came in to the Patent Office, as well as in the number of Norwegian Patent time end earlier announcements of the application for patent law § 22 fourth joints took place.
If the translation as stated in the patent Act section 60 the second paragraph first sentence is submitted after the documents in the case has been available for any after patent law § 22, should this be made known, jf. Patent Act section 60 the second paragraph, second sentence. Such announcement shall contain the information referred to in the first paragraph Nr. 1 to 10. When it comes correction of translation as stated in the patent Act section 60 the second paragraph first sentence, it should be made known, jf. Patent Act section 60 the second paragraph sixth period. The announcement will contain information on that correction is delivered, the date of delivery and information as mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 1 to 10.

§ 47. Announcement of the grant of the patent, etc. Announcement of the grant of the patent after patent law § 21 shall contain the information listed in section 34, with the exception of submitted publications.
Announcement that it is submitted correction of the translation after patent law § 21, third paragraph, sixth sentence should contain information on that correction is delivered, the date of delivery and payment of the fee, as well as the information referred to in section 34.

section 48. Announcement of the incoming objections after the Announcement patent Act section 24 sixth paragraph should contain: 1. patentets number and classification by the international patent classification system 2.
patent havers name or business name and address, and the name or business name and address, as well as any particular correspondence address, cf. § 2a 3.
innsigerens name or business name and address, and if applicable, name or business name and address, as well as, where appropriate, special correspondence address, cf. section 36 the second paragraph, second sentence, jf. § 2a 4.
innsigelsens date 5.
What number of Norwegian Patent time end patent notice was announced in.

section 49. Announcement of the final decision in the case of the vendor dispute Announcement that a dispute is finally settled by the Patent Office, cf. patent law § 25 fifth paragraph, shall contain information on: 1. patentets number and classification by the international patent classification system 2.
patent havers name or business name and address, and the name or business name and address, as well as any particular correspondence address, cf. § 2a 3.
innsigerens name or business name and address, and if applicable, name or business name and address, as well as, where appropriate, special correspondence address, cf. section 36 the second paragraph, second sentence, jf. § 2a 4.
What number of Norwegian Patent time end patent notice was announced in 5.
the outcome of the vendor dispute case 6.
the day the decision was final.

§ 50. Announcement of administrative patent patent Act restriction after Announcement section 39e will contain information on: 1. patentets number and classification by the international patent classification system 2.
patent havers name or business name and address, and the name or business name and address, as well as any particular correspondence address, cf. section 40 the second paragraph, second sentence, jf. § 2a 3.
date of decision of the requirements for administrative patent limitation 4.
What number of Norwegian Patent time end patent notice was announced in 5.
the outcome of the boundary case 6.
the day the decision was announced.

§ 51. Announcement of requirements for administrative patent Act contested measure after the Announcement section 52b fourth paragraph should contain: 1. patentets number and classification by the international patent classification system 2.
patent havers name or business name and address, and the name or business name and address, as well as any particular correspondence address, cf. § 2a 3.

name or business name and address of the contested measure that requires administrative and, optionally, name or business name and address, as well as, where appropriate, special correspondence address, cf. section 41 second paragraph, second sentence, jf. § 2a 4.
date for the claim about the administrative contested measure 5.
What number of Norwegian Patent time end patent notice was announced in.

§ 52. Announcement of the decision in the case of administrative announcement of the contested measure decision in case of administrative contested measure, jf. patent law section 52d fourth paragraph, shall include information on: 1. patentets number and classification by the international patent classification system 2.
patent havers name or business name and address, and the name or business name and address, as well as any particular correspondence address, cf. § 2a 3.
name or business name and address of the contested measure that requires administrative and, optionally, name or business name and address, as well as, where appropriate, special correspondence address, cf. section 41 second paragraph, second sentence, jf. § 2a 4.
date for the claim about the administrative contested measure 5.
What number of Norwegian Patent time end patent notification was promulgated in 6.
the outcome of the administrative overprøvingen 7.
the day the decision was announced.

section 53. Announcement of the supplementary protection certificate announcement of the supplementary protection certificate shall contain the information listed in section 44 No. 1 to 12.

§ 54. Announcement of the modified term for supplementary protection certificate when a decision to change a supplementary protection certificate period of validity has been finally, announced this. The announcement shall include the information mentioned in section 44 No. 1 to 12 as well as the date of the decision about the change of the validity period.

section 55. Announcement of the European application and the European patent, etc. Announcement after patent law § 66g the first paragraph should include: 1. enlightenment that the translation is delivered 2.
the application's number 3.
the classification of the application 4.
the applicant's name or business name and address, as well as the name or business name and address if he or she is represented by proxy, and any particular correspondence address, cf. § 64a and section 2a 5.
oppfinnelsens title 6.
information on the application's delivery day 7.
If priority is claimed, and in the case where the invoked earlier application is delivered, as well as the delivery day and the application number for this application.

Announcement after patent law § 66 c, third paragraph, the first sentence should include: 1. information on the patent applies here in the realm and the date for the announcement of the decision to announce patent 2.
What is mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 2 to 7.

Announcement after patent law § 66 c, third paragraph, second sentence should include: 1. information on the patent applies here in the realm of the changed form and the date of the announcement of the decision that the patent to be maintained in the modified form 2.
patentets number 3.
classification of the patent 4.
the patent holder's name or business name and address, as well as the name or business name and address if he or she is represented by proxy, and any particular correspondence address, cf. § 64a and section 2a 5.
What is mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 5 to 7.

Announcement of the corrected translation of the patent claims in an application for patent law § 66j first paragraph Fourth period should include: 1. enlightenment that directed translation is delivered and date of delivery 2.
What is mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 2 to 7.

Announcement of the corrected translation of a patent after the patent law section first paragraph 66j third period should include: 1. enlightenment that directed translation is delivered and the date for the delivery and payment of fee 2.
What is mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 5 and the third paragraph No. 2 to 4.

Announcement of the abolition of a European patent after patent law § 66b second paragraph third period cf. section 55 shall include: 1. information on the patent is revoked and decided the date of the decision 2.
What is mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 5 and the third paragraph No. 2 to 4.

If the European patent the work decides that a deadline should not be oversittelse get effect, jf. patent law § 66k the first paragraph, and this will mean that an application or a patent once again gets the effect here in the Kingdom or that the scope of patent protection here in the Kingdom is expanded, the Patent Office shall announce this. The announcement shall contain: 1. information on the deadline that is I have missed the and that it is decided that the term oversittelsen not affect 2.
information as mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 2 to 7 if the decision relates to an application 3.
information as mentioned in the third paragraph No. 2 to 5 If the decision concerns a patent.

section 56. Announcement of the decision that a deadline should not be oversittelse get effect Announcement after patent law § 66 c first paragraph Fourth period and section 74 subsection should contain: 1. information on the deadline that is I have missed the and that it is decided that the term oversittelsen not affect 2.
information as mentioned in § 43 second paragraph Nr. 1 to 3 and 5 to 8, as well as 36.

§ 57. Other announcements the Patent Office to announce the following: 1. notification of the assignment 2.
message about license 3.
message about the change of the applicant's, the holder's, fullmektigens or licensee name or business name and address, as well as of special correspondence address 4.
notice of appointment, change or deletion of Agent 5.
the message that it's taken disbursements or arrest 6.
messages by patent law § 55 7.
message about mortgaging.

The announcement will contain information on what date the message came in to the Patent Office.

Chapter 11. European patents § 58. The delivery of the European application Comes a European application to the Patent Office, the Patent Office shall: 1. register the delivery day 2.
send the applicant a confirmation that your application has been received 3.
notify the European patent of delivery 4.
forward the application to the European patent, but not if the application is covered by Act 26. June 1953, Nr. 8 about the inventions of importance to national defense.

section 59. Translation of the European patent application and a European By submission of a translation of the patent claims in a European patent application after the law § 66g the first paragraph it shall at the same time be given the information about the application's number and the applicant's name or business name and address. Lacking such information, are considered not to be the translation submitted.
By submission of translation after patent law § 66 c first paragraph first sentence it shall at the same time be given the information about the application's number and the patent holder's name or business name and address. By submission of translation after patent law § 66 the first paragraph, second sentence. the first sentence should at the same time be given information about the patentets number and patent holder's name or business name and address. A lack of information as mentioned in the first or second sentence, are considered not to be the translation submitted.

section 60. Correction of the translation after patent law § 66j correction of the translation after patent law § behavior 66j partake of new translation with a clear indication of the corrections. With the correction to the following information about the patentets or the application's number and the applicant's or patentee's name and address.
If the requirements under subsection are not met, be deemed not to targeted translation be filed.

section 61. Demands for change to the national application the Patent Office Receives a claim about the change of the application to the national application for the European patent Convention article 135 Nr. 2, the Patent Office shall immediately forward the claim and a gjenpart of the application to the countries that are listed in the claim.

section 62. Transmittal of the modified European application to the Patent Office Sent a European application which is changed to national application to the Patent Office under article Nr. 135 2 in the European patent Convention, the Patent Office shall as soon as possible give the applicant notice of the application has been received.
The applicant must file with the Patent Office a translation into Norwegian or English of the application, or a copy of the application if it is in English, within three months from the message that is mentioned in the first paragraph is sent.

section 63. The base documents for a modified European application Base documents for a European application which is changed to national application is the description of the invention, complete with drawings and patent claims that are provided on the Norwegian or English no later than at the time of the translation of the application or be delivered shall be deemed delivered, jf. § second paragraph 62. The description comes complete with drawings and patent claims on the Norwegian or English the day when the application was or shall be delivered, to the first description with the corresponding patent claims which then must be filed on the Norwegian or English is considered as base documents to the extent the content stated in the documents as they were by the delivery of the application.

section 64. Summary for the changed European application has the European patent the work established the summary for a European application which is changed to national application, it should be accepted as summary by the processing of the application here in the Kingdom.

§ 64a. Address for correspondence section 2a get corresponding application for correspondence with the applicant or proprietor of the European patent.

Chapter 12. International patent applications section 65. The Patent Office as the receiving authority the Patent Office is receiving authority for international applications provided by: 1. Norway 2.
people residing here in the Kingdom 3.
people who carry on a trade here in the Kingdom 4.
Norwegian legal persons.

Provided an international application of several in the community, is the Patent Office receiving authority for the application if at least one of the applicants covered by the first paragraph.

The Patent Office receives, checks and forwarding international applications in accordance with the Convention on the patent cooperation 19. June 1970 No. 1 and enforcement policies to this. Such applications should nevertheless not be forwarded in violation of the provisions of law 26. June 1953, Nr. 8 in the invention of importance to national defense. International news the investigation authority and international authority for preliminary patentability crazy wing for international applications in which the Patent Office is receiving the authority, after the applicant's choice Nordic Patent Institute, the Swedish patent office issued or the European patent.

§ 66. The delivery of the international application International application is delivered to the Patent Office on the special application form. Form with attachments should be complimented with printed publications. The application shall be on a Norwegian or English. The application must meet the requirements of the Convention on the patent cooperation and implementation policies to this.
§ 2a applies accordingly.

section 67. Special register of international applications As receiving authority leads the Patent Office a special register of the delivered international applications. The registry is not open for insight.

section 68. Claims for priority in the international application the applicant can claim priority for patent law § 6, cf. the Convention on the patent cooperation article 8 and enforcement policies to this rule 4 Nr. 10 and 26bis, on the basis of the first application that describes the invention if this was delivered in a State that is affiliated with the Pariskonvensjonen 20. March 1883 No. 1 regarding the protection of the industrial property rights, agreement 15. April 1994 no. 1 on the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the European patent Convention. The same is true for the application delivered to a regional patent authority if this is after the legislation in a country that is affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen or after a bilateral or multilateral agreement signed between States that are affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen equated with the delivery of the national application. The provisions of section 14 and section 15 applies.
Claim for priority must either be included in the international application by the delivery to the Patent Office, or ettersendes within four months from the international application the day. The requirement to disclose to the patent authority the invoked the application was delivered, what day it was shipped and the application number. If the application number is not known by the submission of a priority claim, the applicant should immediately get the number ettersendes the familiarity of it. If it invoked the application is a regional application, it shall also be stated in the claim about what authority that reports patents in the regional scheme. If not all the States in the regional scheme is affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen or the WTO agreement, it shall claim mentioned in one State also included in the scheme which is affiliated with Pariskonvensjonen or the WTO agreement. If the claim does not meet the criteria in the link here, the Patent Office shall give the applicant a time limit of four months from the international application the day to correct the claim.
The applicant may correct or add a priority claim by written notice to the Patent Office or The International Bureau of the world intellectual property organization by property rights within a time limit of 16 months from the priority day. If the correction or addition would cause a change of the priority, the deadline day is calculated on the 16 months from the priority the day that will expire first. By requests for correction or addition that will result in the change of priority day, the written message is delivered within four months from the international application the day. It's not longer access to corrections or additions when the application has been available for any in that the applicant has requested early announcement.

section 69. The priority document If it is necessary priority under section 68, the applicant shall submit a priority document to the Patent Office or The International Bureau in accordance with rule 17.1 letter a in the implementation rules of the Convention on the patent cooperation.
Should the Patent Office issuing the priority document, the applicant can ask the Patent Office to transfer the document to The International Bureau in accordance with rule 17.1 letter b in the implementation rules of the Convention on the patent cooperation. Is the priority document available to the Patent Office from an online registry, can the applicant claim that the Patent Office transfers the priority document electronically to The International Bureau. The applicant can also claim that the International Bureau transmits a priority document that is available to the Agency from an online registry to the Patent Office.

section 70. Enlightenment of the deposited biological material biological material Is deposited, the applicant should provide The International Bureau written information on at what institution was made and the deposit, the case number that this institution has given the biological material, with less information on this is given in the application. The information is to be given not later than 16 months after the application the day or the day that priority is claimed. If the applicant requires the early publication of the international application under article 21 No. 2 letter b of the Convention about the patent cooperation, should the information be provided no later than at the time of the requirement for publishing.

§ 71. The application of the rules in the regulation on international applications unless otherwise follows from the provisions of the chapter here, applies the provisions of the regulations by the way, except Chapter 11, also for international applications be continued after the patent law section 31 or occupied to treatment by patent law § 38.

section 72. Languages by the continuation or omprøving of the international application is an international application in a language other than Norwegian or English, a translation into Norwegian or English is provided by continuation after the patent law section 31 or by requirement of omprøving after patent law § 38. section 5 applies accordingly. If only a part of the international application be continued here in the Kingdom, the Patent Office may decide that only those parts of the application should be translated. The applicant shall, in that case, make a declaration that clearly states what is not covered by the translation and the reason why something is left out.

section 73. Continuing international application that includes multiple inventions are searched it protection for independent invention specified in an international application, the application must be shared pursuant to section 22 and new application fee is paid, even if the additional fee is paid after the patent Act section 36 the first paragraph.

§ 74. Notification to The International Bureau, when an international application is continued in accordance with the patent law section 31 and the Patent Office by the end of forwarding the deadline does not have noted that The International Bureau has received the application, the Patent Office shall notify the Agency about this.

§ 75. Summary and base documents in the continuing international application and is a copy of the application invoked as a basis for priority delivered to the international agency, the Patent Office may only require a copy and translation of this when it is in accordance with rule 17 Nr. 2 of the enforcement rules of the Convention on the patent cooperation.
It is available for an international application a summary approved by an international news probe authority, should this be accepted as summary by the processing of the application here in the Kingdom. Is not such a summary to the Patent Office to determine the summary. section 11 applies, so the determination of the summary.
For international applications be continued after the patent law section 31 and that is on the Norwegian or English, is considered to be the copy of the description with the corresponding drawings and patent claims that is delivered after the patent law section 31, as the base document. If a translation is required for the continuation of the international application is considered, rather than the translation of the description with the corresponding drawings and patent claims that is delivered after the patent law section 31 as the base document. It made changes in the translation within the time limit after the regulation here section 77, it is the changed translation as the basis document. Is patent communicated with patentee's consent by the end of the time limit under section 77, to the description with the corresponding drawings and patent claims as they were at the time of the notification is considered as base documents. The same is true when the application is rejected by the end of the time limit under section 77.
section 4 applies to what should be considered the base documents in an application that takes up to treatment by patent law § 38.

section 76. News investigation of the international application section 30 does not apply when the application has been the subject of international preliminary patentability crazy wing and report on the result is delivered to the Patent Office, cf. patent law § 69, third paragraph, second sentence.
Without the applicant's consent, a statement a reality in international application not made prior to the expiration of the time limit under section 77.

§ 77. Deadline for the first time for the decision in the international application the Patent Office could not determine an international application, jf. patent law § 34, before four months have passed after the expiration of the deadline for patent law section 31 subsection, unless the applicant requests it.

§ 78. Deadline for omprøving for patent Act section 38 the deadline to claim omprøving after patent law § 38 is two months from the notification of the decision referred to in patent law § 38 the first paragraph was sent the applicant. The Convention on the patent cooperation article 25 Nr. 1 applies accordingly.

Chapter 13. Supplementary protection certificates section 79. Definitions in chapter here meant by: 1. certificate: supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products or plant pharmaceutical products 2.


drug regulation: the EEA Agreement annex XVII No. 6 (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 on the introduction of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products with tweaks to the EEA Agreement) with the changes and additions as follows of the Protocol 1 to the agreement and the agreement by the way 3.

plant means the regulation: the EEA Agreement annex XVII No. 6a (European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of 23 July 1996 on the introduction of a supplementary protection certificate for plant pharmaceutical products) with the changes and additions as follows of the Protocol 1 to the agreement and the agreement by the way.

section 80. Application for certificate application for a certificate is delivered to the Patent Office on the special application form. The form and the attachments is complimented with printed publications. The application shall be signed by the applicant or the applicant's agent. § 2a applies accordingly. If the applicant has applied for the same product certificate in other States in the European economic area, the applicant must indicate the application number and the application in addition to the authorities that the application should contain after the drug regulation article 8 or plant means the regulation article 8.
The application shall be on a Norwegian or English. Is a voucher to the application in another language, you should follow with a translation. The translation may be required by a confirmed translator or otherwise approved by the Patent Office. The Patent Office may make exceptions from the obligation to provide the translation.
If the certificate being sought by several in the community, and one of them should be empowered to receive notices on everyone's behalf, this shall be specified in the application.

section 81. Change of application for certificate an application for a certificate may not be changed so that the certificate is sought for a different product or a different basis patent.

section 82. The Patent Board's scissors enlightenment and more. The Patent Office shall examine the certificate registry to verify that the criteria in drug regulation article 3 letter c or plant means the regulation article 3 No. 1 letter c is met.
Before a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products can be issued, it shall from the State's drug works be obtained confirmation that the permission that is featured in drug regulation article 3 letter b, is the first that is given to market the product as the drug here in the Kingdom. Before a supplementary protection certificate for plant pharmaceutical products can be issued, it shall be collected from the Norwegian food safety authority verification that the permission that is featured in the plant means article 3 of the Regulation Nr. 1 letter b, is the first that is given to market the product as plant pharmaceutical product here in the Kingdom.
For deadlines for drug regulation article 10 No. 3 and plant means the regulation article 10 No. 3 apply the rules of the patent law section 15 other and third paragraph and section 16 accordingly.
§ 27a first paragraph apply accordingly during the processing of the application for a certificate.

section 83. The certificate's content a certificate shall include the information mentioned in section 44 No. 1 to 12.
A modified certificate shall contain the information referred to in section 54.

section 84. Requirements for change of validity period any one can make a written claim to the Patent Office about the change of the validity period of an issued certificate. The claim shall contain: 1. name and address of the one that makes the claim 2.
information on the certificate number or the base number 3 patentets.
the reasons the claim relies on.

The Patent Office to reject a claim that does not meet the criteria in the first paragraph.
Is the claim put forward by someone other than the sertifikatinnehaveren, section 37 applies accordingly.
If the grace period change, the Patent Office shall issue the new certificate and notify the who put forward the requirement as well as anmerke this in the registry. If the grace period does not change, the Patent Office shall notify the who put forward the requirement. In the message to be informed the terms for the treatment in the complaint to report me for industrial rights and queried if they want to maintain the claim.
§ 2a and patent Act section 24 seventh paragraph applies accordingly.

§ 85. If a complaint about access application certificate will be rejected or shelved, the applicant can appeal the decision to the Appeal to report me for industrial rights (Complaint examiners). Patent law section 27 subsections applies accordingly.
Refusal of requests for the modification of the period of validity of a certificate is taken during the processing of the complaint if the Examiners that the decision has gone against, within two months from the notification of the claim was not acted upon, was sent the person: 1. give the Patent Office written notice of the claim is maintained 2.
pay the prescribed fee.

Patent law § 22 fifth and sixth paragraph also applies to documents which must be filed to Complaint.

§ 86. Legal action if the Complaint to report me an application for a certificate are declining, the applicant can bring the decision in the courts. Patent law section 27 third paragraph applies accordingly.
If the Complaint examiners has denied a claim about the change of the validity period of a certificate, the sertifikatinnehaveren bring the decision in the courts within two months from the notification of the decision was sent. ' The deadline to be enjoyed in the message. Lawsuits should be directed against the State by Complaint examiners. Other than sertifikatinnehaveren can not bring a decision rejecting a claim about the change of the validity period of a certificate in the courts.
Any one can travel lawsuits for the courts to get to know an issued certificate invalid. The travelling ugyldighets lawsuits should at the same time give notice of this to the Patent Office. Patent law section 64 applies accordingly.

section 87. (Repealed July 1, 2010, cf. Regulation 25 June 2010 No. 937.) Chapter 14. Definition of plant black. Agricultural exception section 88. Definition of plant black with plant black understood in patent law and of the regulations here, a population of plants within a single taxonomic group of the lowest known rank, as 1.
can be defined on the basis of the occurrence of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of genotypes, 2.
can be distinguished from any other population of plants on the basis of the occurrence of at least one of the said characteristics, and 3.
can be considered as a unit when it comes to the ability to multiply without change.

The instance of the features as mentioned in the first paragraph Nr. 1, can be invariabel or variable between sorts constituents of the same kind provided that also the level of variation is caused by the genotypen or combination of genotypes.

section 89. The right to use plant propagating A where his father the right to use plant propagating in accordance with the patent law section 3b first paragraph, applies only to the following plant species: 1. Fodder Crops: Cicer arietinum l. (chickpea), Lupinus luteus l. (yellow lupin), Medicago sativa l. (luserne), Pisum sativum l. (hageert), Trifolium alexandrinum l. (alexandrinekløver), Trifolium resupinatum l. (flip clover), Vicia faba (bønnevikke) and Vicia sativa l. (fôrvikke) 2.

Grain species: Avena sativa (oats), Hordeum vulgare l. (barley), Oryza sativa l. (rice), Phalaris canariensis l. (Canary grass), Secale cereale l. (rye), X Triticosecale Wittm. (rughvete), Triticum aestivum l. emend. Fiori a Paol. (wheat), Triticum durum Desf. (durum wheat) and Triticum of spelta l. (spelt wheat) 3.

Potatoes: Solanum tuberosum (potato) 4.

Oil and fiberplanter: Brassica napus l. partim--(canola), Brassica rapa l. partim--(rybs) and Linum usitatissimum (flax).

section 90. Consideration for the exercise of the right after the patent law section 3b the first paragraph It shall not be paid remuneration for the exercise of the right for patent law section 3b the first paragraph when breeding material used in small farms. Small farms are farms that: 1. when it comes to potatoes, do not grow an area that exceeds that which is needed to produce 185 tonnes of potatoes per harvest, no matter the size of the area where the gårdbrukeren eventually serve other plants than potatoes 2.
When it comes to fodder crops, not cultivate these plants for a period of more than five years in an area that exceeds that which is needed to produce 92 tonnes of cereals per harvest, no matter the size of the area where the gårdbrukeren eventually serve other plants 3.
When it comes to the other plant species mentioned in the regulations section, not here 89 cultivate these crops in an area that exceeds that which is needed to produce 92 tonnes of cereals per harvest, no matter the size of the area where the gårdbrukeren eventually serve other plants.

Other ranchers to pay the copyright holder a reasonable remuneration to be significantly lower than the amount required for a license to produce propagating of the same kind in the same area. If not otherwise agreed, the remuneration shall be equal to 50 per cent of the amount required for such a license as mentioned in the first sentence of the link here.
A farmer shall not pay compensation for the use of breeding stock or other animal breeding material in accordance with the patent law section 3b the second paragraph.

section 91. Disclosure if not otherwise agreed, shall on request provide the gårdbrukeren copyright holder information which is relevant to determine whether the terms and conditions for using agricultural exception after patent law § 3b first paragraph jf. section 90 and section 89 of the regulations here are met, and to calculate the remuneration under section 90 the second paragraph. Gårdbrukeren to enter: 1. including the amount of plant propagating that gårdbrukeren may have used pursuant to patent Act, section 3b first paragraph 2.
the business that may have produced plant breeding material for gårdbrukeren on the basis of its innhøstede products (forarbeids business).


If not otherwise agreed, shall on request provide business forarbeids copyright holder information about amount of innhøstede products like forarbeids business may have treated for gårdbrukeren, and the overall amount of plant breeding material that is produced on the basis of the innhøstede products. The right to require information only applies to the information from the current year and the previous three years.

Chapter 15. The ethics report me for patent matters § 92. Request for advisory opinion Is the Patent Office in doubt about patent law section 1b is a hindrance to accommodate an application or a patent is supplied in violation of this provision, the Patent Office shall request an advisory opinion from the ethics to report me for patent cases, cf. Patent Act section 15a, section 25, third paragraph and section 52d first paragraph, second sentence.
The request for advisory opinion shall be in writing and reasoned. The Patent Office shall send a copy of the request to the parties in the case, to be given a deadline of one month to provide written comments to the ethical to report me for patent cases. The deadline can be extended by the Patent Office or to report me if there are reasonable.

section 93. Organization of the ethics report me The ethical to report me for patent matters shall have five members with personal Deputy member. The examiners should be organized as a selection under the national research ethical Committee for natural science and technology (NENT).
The members and deputy members, including a leader of the examiners, appointed by the Ministry of education at the suggestion of the national research ethical committees for a period of four years. No one can be appointed as a member for more than two periods in context.
A member or a Deputy member can be resolved from his offices of the Ministry of education before the expiration of the period of their choice or by the material breach of the task.

§ 94. Proceedings in the cases that are brought before the examiners It ethical to report me for patent matters, to be processed by a Board Committee this evening if not leading out from the character finds that the three members are sufficient. Committee members shall seek to provide a joint statement. The statement shall be in writing and reasoned.
Committee's advisory opinion will be submitted to the Patent Office with a copy to the parties in the case, to be given a deadline of one month to provide written comments to the Patent Office. The deadline can be extended by the Patent Office if there are reasonable.

section 95. View the case documents to the ethics to report me for patent cases are covered by the offentleglova, but so that the Committee's first public case documents from the same time as the Patent Board's documents in the case, cf. patent law § 22 first to the third paragraph. Confidentiality after the administrative law section 13 does not include information concerning the invention after that the documents in the case has been available for any after patent law § 22 first to the third paragraph.

Chapter 16. Compulsory license and exhaustion § 96. Demands for compulsory license It that delivers claim for compulsory license to the Norwegian competition authority after the patent law section, Belgium at the påkrav paying $ 10,000 to the Norwegian competition authority. If the fee is not paid within the time limit that the Norwegian competition authority determines, the requirement of compulsory license is rejected.

section 97. Compulsory license for the manufacture for export When the conditions in section 98 is met, the drug manufacturer in Norway at the request be given compulsory license for the patent law section 47 for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to an eligible importing State that has asked the manufacturer to deliver the products. That justified the import State is considered a State or a customs area that meets the following conditions: 1. at that moment is among the least-developed States or areas after the UN classification, or that have insufficient produksjonsevne in accordance with the annex to the WTO's hovedrådsvedtak 30. August 2003 (WTO's drug decision) 2.
have given the message to the TRIPS Council of the WTO in accordance with the WTO's drug decision point 1 letter b and paragraph 2 letter a.

If the State is not affiliated with the WTO agreement, provided the message after the first paragraph Nr. 2 to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.

section 98. Criteria for compulsory license for manufacturing for export Forced license under section 97 is provided only if the following conditions are met: 1. it is tried in Norway achieved license agreement, so far as is necessary for the patent Act section 49 subsection 2.
the product is covered by the WTO's drug decision point 1 letter a 3.
the product to be manufactured solely for the purpose of export to the eligible importing State to cover this the State's current, health needs for the product, so the need is described in the message mentioned in regulation here § 97 4.
the invention is not patented in the importing State or eligible, it is given the forced license or taken legal action to achieve compulsory license in this State in accordance with the agreement 15. April 1994 no. 16 about the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS Agreement) article 31 and WTO's healthcare decisions.

By the assessment of what is reasonable commercial terms for patent law § 49 the first paragraph, and in determining the remuneration for patent law section 50 the second paragraph, it should be taken into account the economic value of the invention utilization have for importing State.
In the decision forced license can it oppstilles closer to the terms of the license, see. patent law section 50 the second paragraph. It should be about: including criteria 1. that the packaging and product packaging to distinguish themselves clearly from products brought in revenues in Norway or in another State of the patent holder himself or with his consent 2.
that the products to be marked so that it clearly appears that the medicine is made on the basis of compulsory license in Norway for export to a specific import State in accordance with the WTO's drug decision 3.
that manufacturing and export to cease if forced license holder will be familiar with the products in the non-trivial degree will be used for purposes that are not covered by the compulsory license, jf. the first paragraph Nr. 3. section 99. The message communicated obsessive-compulsive license for manufacturing for export, the Court or the Norwegian competition authority shall give notice to the TRIPS Council on compulsory license in accordance with the WTO's drug decision point 2(c). If the State is not affiliated with the WTO agreement, given the message to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.
Compulsory license holder should provide information on its home page on the Internet that mentioned in the WTO's drug decision point 2 letter b (iii).

§ 100. Limited exhaustion for drugs brought in revenue in some EEA States A patentee may refuse utilization here in the realm of patentbeskyttede drugs that are brought in revenues in Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic or Hungary by the patent holder himself or with his consent, if patent protection or supplementary protection certificate could not be obtained for medicine in that country at the time when the application for such protection was filed here in the Kingdom , jf. patent law § 3 third paragraph No. 2. the who would like to introduce to Norway a patented drug as mentioned in the first paragraph, shall notify the patent holder, or the one who derive their rights from this, no later than one month before the application for marketing authorization be filed, jf. regulation 18. December 2009 No. 1839 about drugs section 3-25.

Chapter 17. Different provisions § 101. Spare parts and accessories for aircraft spare parts and accessories for aircraft may conclude the patents to the Kingdom were introduced and applied here to the repair of aircraft belonging to a foreign State that is affiliated with the Convention 7. December 1944 No. 1 on International Civil Aviation (Chicagokonvensjonen), and that are either affiliated with the Pariskonvensjonen 20. March 1883 No. 1 regarding the protection of the industrial property right or have a patent law that recognizes the inventions made by citizens of another State affiliated with Chicagokonvensjonen and which gives such inventions a protection which essentially corresponds to the Pariskonvensjonen.

section 102. Document formats, delivery time, deadlines and fees Application and other documents can be delivered in paper format or electronically in accordance with the regulation on the fees to the Patent Office, etc.
Provisions on deadlines, fees, and about when a document to be considered as shipped with the fristavbrytende effect, is given in the regulation on the fees to the Patent Office, etc.

§ 103. Address for correspondence with the patentee § 2a applies to correspondence with the patent holder and the holder of the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products or plant pharmaceutical product.

section 104. Submitted models Submitted models kept in the Patent Office during the whole application period and patentets life, and for up to five years after the cessation of the patent.
Submitted models is to look at which documents in the case, and everyone has the right to inspect these at the Patent Office, and, whenever it is practical, get the requested copy or images of these on suitable medium.
A filed model can only required it to Egypt as long as this is not of importance for the assessment of patentability. It is filed with the Patent Office model and the owner has not asked to have relinquished this within the time mentioned in the first paragraph, the Patent Office determines what to do with it.


§ 105. Language requirements for subsequent documents Documents that apply to patents, imparted including documents in cases of dispute, administrative appeals, contested measure or to be in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish. Documents that apply to administrative patent restriction can in addition to the languages mentioned in the first sentence be in English when the patent that the petition on the restriction applies is in English. Is a document in another language, the Patent Office or the complaint require that the examiners supplied a translation into Norwegian by a deadline that the Patent Office examiners or complaint sets out. The Patent Office or the complaint may require the Examiners that the translation be verified by a certified translator.
The Patent Office or the complaint can report me in each case accept language other than those mentioned in the first paragraph.

section 105a. Cooperation on the use of statements about patentability Patent Board can establish cooperation with other patent authority which implies that an application with one authority be given priority treatment so far patent application applies to claims the other authority has stated is patentable.

§ 106. Entry into force and more Regulation will take effect 1. January 2008. From the same time repealed regulations 20. December 1996 No. 1162 to the patent law and regulations 23. December 1996 No. 1263 about closer to the provisions of the patent Act and patent regulations.
Applications before 1. January 1997 is decided to set forth general inspection, to resolution after the processing rules that applied up to the 1. January 1997.