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Main text(s) Main text(s) German Patentgesetz 1970 (zuletzt geändert durch das Bundesgesetz BGB1. I. Nr. 186/2023)     

Legislation Implements (4 text(s)) Implements (4 text(s))

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (EU230)
• Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (EU173)
• Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (EU174)
• Directive No. 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (EU036)

Supersedes (5 text(s)) Supersedes (5 text(s))

• Law on Patents 1970 (AT172)
• Law on Patents 1970 (as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 37/2018 (BGBI.I No. 37/2018)) (AT146)
• Law on Patents 1970 (as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 135/2009 (BGBI.I No. 135/2009)) (AT103)
• Law on Patents 1970 (as amended up to Federal Law No. 819/1994 published in the Federal Law Gazette (BGBI. No. 819/1994)) (AT015)
• Law on Patents 1970 (as amended up to Federal Law No. 234/1984 published in the Federal Law Gazette (BGBI. No. 234/1984)) (AT089)

Is amended by (22 text(s)) Is amended by (22 text(s))

• Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 51/2023  (AT183)
• Veterinary Medicinal Products Act (TAMG)  (AT182)
• Data Protection Adaptation Law 2018 published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBI.I No. 37/2018 (AT138)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Trademark Protection 1970, Law on Patents 1970, Law on Utility Models, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Design Protection 1990 and Law on Patent Office Fees (BGBl. I No. 124/2017) (AT159)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Patents 1970, Law on Utility Models, Law on Trademark 1970, Law on Design Protection 1990 and Law on Patent Office Fees (BGBl. I No. 71/2016) (AT158)
• Patent and Trademark Law Amendment 2014 published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBI.I No. 126/2013 (AT157)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Trademark 1970 and Law on Patent Office Fees (BGBl. I No. 126/2009) (AT156)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Patents 1970, Law on Utility Models, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Protection Certificates 1996, Law on Trademark 1970 and Law on Patent Office Fees (BGBl. I No. 81/2007) (AT155)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law Governing the Associations, Law on Media, Law on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Law on Patents, Law on Trademark Protection 1970, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Design Protection 1990 and Law on Utility Model Protection (BGBl. I No. 151/2005) (AT154)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970 and the Law on Utility Models (BGBl. I No. 130/2005) (AT153)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Semiconductor Protection and Law on Plant Variety Protection 2001 (Biotechnology Directive - Implementation Amendment)  (AT152)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Protection Certificates 1996, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Design Protection 1990, Law on Trademark Protection 1970, and Federal Law on Fees and Charges to be paid in the Patent Office (Law on Patent Office Fees - PAG ) (Patent Law and Fees Amendment 2004) (BGBl. I No. 149/2004) (AT151)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Protection Certificates, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Trademark Protection 1970 and Law on Design Protection 1990 (Law on Euro Conversion in the Laws on Patents, Trademarks and Designs) (BGBl. I No. 143/2001) (AT150)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Patents Law, the Law Introducing Patent Treaties and the Utility Models Law (BGBI. I No. 175/1998) (AT092)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Patent Law 1970 and the Law Introducing Patent Treaties (AT048)
• Federal Law amending the Law on Patents 1970 and the Law on Fees 1957 (AT086)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Patents Law 1970 (AT087)
• Promulgation of the Chancellor concerning the Correction of Typographical Errors in the Federal Law Gazette (AT088)
• Federal Law amending the Patents Law (Patent Reform Law 1992) (AT085)
• Federal Law on Amendment to the Law on Patents 1970 (Patent Reform Law 1986) (AT082)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Patent Law 1970 and the Law Introducing Patent Treaties (Patent Amendment Law 1984) (AT045)
• Federal Law of November 8, 1973 on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970 (AT076)

Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))

• Federal Law of June 17, 1977, on the Law on Patents 1970 (Patent Reform Law 1977) (AT077)