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From July 1, 2002 the fifth part of Act No. 435/2001 came into force that allowed granting SPC’s. At the same time the fourth part of this Act - execution of Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) came into force.
In the period from July 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002, 18 applications of SPC’s were filed. All of them are from foreign applicants, the most number is from United Kingdom - 6 applications. This stated data is not included in the table below.
In comparison with the year 2001, statistical data concerning patent and utility model activities are available in the tables below.
Tab_patents.doc - Tables of statistical data
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