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I : General Provisions |
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Article 1 Purpose
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Invalidation of Procedure
Article 3bis Scope of Powers of Attorneys
Article 3ter Representation of Two or More Persons
Article 4 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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II : Requirements for Utility Model Registration and Utility Model
Applications |
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Article 5 Requirements for Utility
Model Registration
Article 6 Devices Deemed to be Not Known etc
Article 7 Unregistrable Devices
Article 8 First-to-File Rule
Article 9 Application for a Utility Model Registration
Article 10 Scope of a Utility Model Application
Article 11 Amedment of Procedure
Article 12 Examination of Basic Requirement and Rejection of an Application
Article 13 Amendment of a Utility Model Application
Article 14 Scope of an Amendment to Descriptions etc
Article 15 Treatment of Amendments to a Dual Application etc
Article 16 Division of Utility Model Application
Article 17 Dual Application
Article 18 Priority Claim Based on a Utility Model Application etc
Article 19 Withdrawal of an Earlier Application
Article 20 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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III : Technical Evaluation |
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Article 21 Request for Technical Evaluation
of Utility Models
Article 22 Technical Evaluation by Examiner
Article 23 Publication of Request for Technical Evaluation
Article 24 Prior Art Searches etc
Article 25 Decision on Request for Technical Evaluation
Article 26 Manner of Deciding on a Request for a Technical Evaluation
Article 27 Correction of Utility Model Registration in Technical Evaluation
Proceedings
Article 28 Suspension of Technical Evaluation Proceedings
Article 28bis Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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IV : Registration Fees and Utility Model Registration etc. |
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Article 29 Registration Fees
Article 29bis Late Payment of Registration Fees
Article 29tet Remaining Payment of Registration Fees
Article 29quater Restoration etc of a Utility Model Right by Late
Payment or Remaining Payment of the Registration Fees
Article 30 Official Fees
Article 31 Refund of Registration Fees etc
Article 32 Utility Model Register
Article 33 Issuance of a Utility Model Registration Certificate
Article 34 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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V : Utility Model Right |
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Article 35 Registration of Establishment
of a Utility Model Right and Publication of Registration
Article 36 The Term of a Utility Model Right
Article 37 Effects of a Utility Model Right
Article 38 Limitations on a Utility Model Right
Article 39 Relation between Similar Registered Utility Models
Article 40 Nonexclusive License Due to Working before the Registration
of a Request for an Invalidation Trial
Article 41 Nonexclusive License after a Design Right Expires
Article 42 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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VI : Protection of Owner of Utility Model Right |
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Article 43 Acts Considered to be an
Infringement
Article 44 Presentation of a Certified Copy of the Decision to Maintain
a Utility Model Registration
Article 45 Liability of the Owner of a Utility Model Right
Article 46 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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VII : Opposition to Registration of a Utility Model |
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Article 47 Opposition to Registration
of a Utility Model
Article 48 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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VIII : Trials, Retrials and Litigation |
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Article 49 Trial for Invalidation of
Utility Model Registration
Article 49bis Correction of Utility Model Registration under Trial
for Invalidation of Utility Model Registration
Article 50 Trial to Confirm the Scope of a Utility Model Right
Article 51 Trial for Correction
Article 52 Trial to Invalidate a Correction
Article 53 Trial to Grant a Nonexclusive License
Article 54 Trial against a Decision to Revoke a Utility Model Registration
Trial against a Decision to Reject a Utility Model Application
Article 55 Formal Requirements of a Request for a Trial
Article 56 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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IX : International Applications Under The Patent Cooperation Treaty |
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Article 57 Utility Model Application
Based on an International Application
Article 58 Special Provision on Devices Considered to be Novel
Article 59 Translation of International Utility Model Application
Article 60 Special Provisions on Claim of Priority
Article 61 Submission of Documents
Article 62 Submission of Drawings
Article 63 Amendment after Receipt of the International Search Report
Article 64 Amendment before Establishment of the International Preliminary
Examination Report
Article 65 Special Provision on Amendments
Article 66 Time Restrictions on Filing a Dual Application
Article 67 Special Provision on Oppositions against a Utility Model
Registration
Article 68 Special Provisions on an Invalidation Trial of a Utility
Model Registration
Article 69 Time Restriction on Request for Technical Evaluation of
Utility Model
Article 70 Special Provisions on Paying Registration Fees
Article 71 International Application Considered to be a Utility Model
Application by Decision
Article 72 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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X : Supplementary Provisions |
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Article 73 Utility Model Gazette
Article 74 Special Provisions for a Utility Model Registration or
Right with Two or More Claims
Article 75 Indication of Utility Model Registration
Article 76 Prohibition of False Indication
Article 77 Mutatis Mutandis Application of the Patent Act |
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XI : Penal Provisions |
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Article 78 Offense of Infringement
Article 79 Offense of Perjury
Article 80 Offense of False Marking
Article 81 Offense of Fraud
Article 82 Offense of Divulging Secrets
Article 83 Officers and Employees of Specialized Search Organization
etc as Public Officials and Irrefutable Presumption
Article 84 Dual Liability
Article 85 Confiscation etc
Article 86 Administrative Fine |
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