Commentaries: Art. 8

The Federal Council may entrust organisations and persons of public or private law with:
1. conducting the Swiss Federal Patent Attorney Examination;
2. deciding on the recognition of foreign patent attorney examinations;
3. issuing rulings concerning the passing of the Swiss Federal Patent Examination or the recognition of a foreign patent attorney examination.
The organisations and persons mentioned in paragraph 1 may levy fees for the rulings and services rendered by them. Their fee regulations are subject to approval by the Federal Council.
An objection may be filed with the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation¹to rulings issued by the organisations and persons mentioned in paragraph 1.

Term in accordance with No I 31 of the Ordinance of 15 June 2012 (Reorganisation of the Departments), in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 2012 3655). ↩

Art. 8