Patents Act (PatA)
Patents Act (PatA)
SR 232.14 — Federal Act of 25 June 1954 on Patents for Inventions (Patents Act, PatA).
English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. English consolidation of 1 July 2025, which is also the date of the current binding text.
Preamble
The Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation, on the basis of Article 122 of the Federal Constitution,and having considered the Dispatch of the Federal Council dated 25 April 1950 and a Supplementary Dispatch dated 28 December 1951, decrees:
SR 101 Amended by Annex No 6 of the FA of 21 June 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2015 3631; BBl 2009 8533). BBl 1950 I 977 BBl 1952 I 1
Contents
1. General Provisions — 66 articles 2. Grant of the Patent — 27 articles 3. Legal Protection — 35 articles 4. … — 8 articles 5. European Patent Applications and European Patents — 19 articles 6. International Patent Applications — 10 articles 7. Supplementary Protection Certificates — 25 articles 8. Final TitleFinal and Transitional Provisions — 9 articles