1Certificates may also be granted on the basis of patents that have lapsed at the end of their maximum term between 8 February 1997 and the Amendment to this Act of 9 October 19981coming into force.
2The term of protection of the certificate is calculated in accordance with Article 140e ; its effects do not begin until the publication of the application for the grant of a certificate.
3The application must be filed within two months of the Amendment to this Act of 9 October 1998 coming into force. In the event that the time limit is not met, the IPI shall refuse the application.
4Article 48 paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 apply correspondingly for the time period between the lapse of the patent and the publication of the application.
AS 1999 1363 ↩
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