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40|European |EP 268148 | |20071104|Patent lapsed, |(31)
|Patent Office|Belgium | | |November 2002 |
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41|European |EP 268148 | |20071104|Patent lapsed, |(32)
|Patent Office|Austria | | |August 2003 |
Country Comments:
(1) Singapore patent 94/1141 is a registration of EP 268148 B designating the
UK. Singapore registrations automatically lapse when the registered patent
lapses before full term. EP 268148 B lapsed in the UK in 1993 therefore
Singapore patent 94/1141 lapsed in 1993.
(2) Hong Kong patent 94/1104 lapsed in December 2004.
(3) From 1 June 1993 to 1 March 1994 it was possible to obtain patent
protection in Bulgaria for patents granted abroad or patent applications
filed abroad before 1 June 1993. The patent granted in Bulgaria on such an
application will expire with the corresponding foreign patent. Bulgarian
patent 60937 is a registration of EP 268148 B.
(4) Between 15 May 1996 and 15 May 1997 it was possible to register a foreign
patent or pending patent application in Brazil in order to obtain pipeline
patent protection. The granted pipeline protection term equals the
remaining term of protection in the country where the first application
was filed, counted from the filing date in Brazil, but not exceeding
twenty years.
(5) Under the USA-Latvia Agreement on Trade Relations and Intellectual
Property Rights Protection of 6 July 1994 it was possible to register
European patents in Latvia providing the filing date of the European
patent was between 28 February 1984 and 27 February 1991. Latvian patent
5745 is a pipeline registration of EP 268148 B. The term of a Latvian
patent based on a pipeline European patent is 20 years from the filing of
the corresponding European application. Pipeline patents in Latvia are
independent of the validity of the original patents on which they are
based.
(6) From 1 January 1991 until 1 January 1992 it was possible to file outside
the convention year in Czechoslovakia and still claim convention priority.
The term of any resulting patent is 16 years from the cited priority. From
1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist and has been separated into
two nations, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. All
Czechoslovakian patents and pending applications valid on 1 January 1993
remain in force in both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Slovak Republic
application 91/3948 was originally filed in Czechoslovakia under the
transitional provisions.
(7) From 1 January 1991 until 1 January 1992 it was possible to file outside
the convention year in Czechoslovakia and still claim convention priority.
The term of any resulting patent is 16 years from the cited priority. From
1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist and has been separated into
two nations, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. All
Czechoslovakian patents and pending applications valid on 1 January 1993
remain in force in both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Czech Republic
application 91/3948 was originally filed in Czechoslovakia under the
transitional provisions.
(8) From 1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist and has been separated
into two nations, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. All
Czechoslovakian patents and pending applications valid on 1 January 1993
remain in force in both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Slovak Republic
patent 264350 was originally filed in Czechoslovakia.
(9) From 1 January 1993 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist and has been separated
into two nations, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. All
Czechoslovakian patents and pending applications valid on 1 January 1993
remain in force in both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Czech Republic
patent 264350 was originally filed in Czechoslovakia.
(10) From 26 February 1998 the duration of patents covering pharmaceuticals in
Israel may be extended by up to five years.
(11) Following a Proclamation of the State Intellectual property Office of
China of 10 December 2001 the duration of patents granted on an
application filed before 1 January 1993, and still effective on 11
December 2001, was extended to 20 years from filing from 15 years from
filing.
(12) Portuguese patent 86130 lapsed in January 2004. A supplementary protection
certificate (SPC) was granted for POSICOR in Portugal citing Portuguese
patent 86130. The Portuguese Official Patent Journal quotes the SPC as