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PatG (EN)

Patent Act
PatG-EN · official text on Gesetze im Internet — official English translation

🇩🇪 Auf Deutsch lesen (original text)

This is the German Federal Ministry of Justice's own official English translation, by Ute Reusch in cooperation with the Language Service of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. The German original linked above is the legally authoritative text.

Sections

Division 1 Patents

• Section 1
• Section 1a
• Section 2
• Section 2a
• Section 3
• Section 4
• Section 5
• Section 6
• Section 7
• Section 8
• Section 9 — Patents have the effect that the proprietor of the patent alone is entitled to use the patented invention within the scope of the law in force. In the absence of the consent of the proprietor of the patent, any third party is prohibited from
• Section 9a
• Section 9b
• Section 9c
• Section 10
• Section 11 — The effect of a patent does not extend to
• Section 12
• Section 13
• Section 14
• Section 15
• Section 16
• Section 16a
• Section 17 — An annual renewal fee is to be paid for each application and each patent for the third year and each subsequent year calculated from the date of filing.
• Section 20
• Section 21
• Section 22
• Section 23
• Section 24
• Section 25

Division 2 German Patent and Trade Mark Office

• Section 26
• Section 26a
• Section 27
• Section 28
• Section 29
• Section 29a
• Section 30
• Section 31
• Section 31a — Data protection
• Section 32
• Section 33

Division 3 Procedures before German Patent and Trade Mark Office

• Section 34
• Section 34a
• Section 35
• Section 35a
• Section 36
• Section 37
• Section 38
• Section 39
• Section 40
• Section 41
• Section 42
• Section 43
• Section 44
• Section 45
• Section 46
• Section 47
• Section 48
• Section 49
• Section 49a
• Section 50
• Section 51
• Section 52
• Section 53
• Section 54
• Section 55
• Section 56
• Section 57
• Section 58
• Section 59
• Section 60
• Section 61
• Section 62
• Section 63
• Section 64

Division 4 Federal Patent Court

• Section 65
• Section 66
• Section 67
• Section 68 — The provisions of Title 2 of the Courts Constitution Act apply accordingly to the Federal Patent Court on the following terms:
• Section 69
• Section 70
• Section 71
• Section 72

Division 5 Proceedings before Federal Patent Court

• Section 73
• Section 74
• Section 75
• Section 76
• Section 77
• Section 78 — Oral proceedings take place if
• Section 79
• Section 80
• Section 81
• Section 82
• Section 83
• Section 84
• Section 85
• Section 85a
• Section 86
• Section 87
• Section 88
• Section 89
• Section 90
• Section 91
• Section 92
• Section 93
• Section 94
• Section 95
• Section 96
• Section 97
• Section 98
• Section 99

Division 6 Proceedings before Federal Court of Justice

• Section 100
• Section 101
• Section 102
• Section 103
• Section 104
• Section 105
• Section 106
• Section 107
• Section 108
• Section 109
• Section 110
• Section 111
• Section 112
• Section 113
• Section 114
• Section 115
• Section 116
• Section 117
• Section 118
• Section 119
• Section 120
• Section 121
• Section 122
• Section 122a

Division 7 Common provisions

• Section 123
• Section 123a
• Section 124
• Section 125
• Section 125a
• Section 126
• Section 127
• Section 128
• Section 128a
• Section 128b

Division 8 Legal aid

• Section 129
• Section 130
• Section 131
• Section 132
• Section 133
• Section 134
• Section 135
• Section 136
• Section 137
• Section 138

Division 9 Legal infringements

• Section 139
• Section 140
• Section 140a
• Section 140b
• Section 140c
• Section 140d
• Section 140e
• Section 141
• Section 141a
• Section 142
• Section 142a
• Section 142b

Division 10 Patent litigation

• Section 143
• Section 144
• Section 145
• Section 145a

Division 11 Arrogation of patent

• Section 146

Division 12 Transitional provisions

• Section 147