#TECH UTILITIES SERIAL NUMBER SERIES#
However, in such cases, the requirement set out in subsection 1, that the invention must differ distinctly from the prior art known before the filing date of the application for a utility model right, shall not apply.Īpplications refered to in Chapter 8 a shall, for the purposes of the second paragraph, have the same legal effect as applications for utility model right filed in this country, pursuant to provisions laid down in sections 45b and 45f.Ī utility model may be nevertheless be registered for inventions made available to the public within the six months preceding the filing date of the application if disclosure was the result of:ġ) an evident abuse in relation to the applicant or his predecessor in title orĢ) the fact that the applicant or his predecessor in title had displayed the invention at an official or officially recognized international exhibition falling within the terms of the Convention on International Exhibitions (Finnish Treaty Series 36/37).įor the purposes of subsection 2, publication according to Article 93 of the Convention of the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) of 5 October 1973 (Finnish Treaty Series 8/1996), hereinafter European Patent Convention, shall be equated with the making available to the public of application documents, in accordance with section 22 of the Patents Act. Additionally, the content of utility model right, patent and design applications as filed in this country prior to the above-mentioned filing date, shall be regarded as included in the prior art if such applications are made available to the public under section 18 of this Act, section 22 of the Patents Act (550/1967) or section 19 of the Registered Designs Act (221/1971). The prior art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use or in any other way. Section 2 An invention must be new in relation to what was known before the filing date of the utility model right application and must differ essentially therefrom. (1) inventions the exploitation of which would be contrary to morality or public policy Utility model rights shall not be granted for: (3) schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business, and programs for computers and
(1) discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods The following, as such, shall not be regarded as inventions: Section 1 Anyone who has made an invention, or his successor in title, shall be entitled, on application, to a utility model right to his invention, and thereby to the exclusive right to exploit the invention commercially, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.įor the purposes of this Act, "invention" shall mean a technical solution that is commercially exploitable. 800 of May 10, 1991, as amended by Acts No.
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