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Patent Act
(Patentgesetz – PatG)

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Übersetzung durch Ute Reusch in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Sprachendienst des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts.

Translation provided by Ute Reusch in cooperation with the Language Service of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderung(en) des Gesetzes durch Artikel 1 des Gesetzes vom 30. August 2021 (BGBl. I S. 4074)
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Version information: The translation includes the amendment(s) to the Act by Article 1 of the Act of 30 August 2021 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 4074)
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Division 1
Patents
Section 1
Section 1a
Section 2
Section 2a
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 9a
Section 9b
Section 9c
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 16a
Section 17
Sections 18 and 19(repealed)
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 24
Section 25
Division 2
German Patent and Trade Mark Office
Section 26
Section 26a
Section 27
Section 28
Section 29
Section 29a
Section 30
Section 31
Section 31aData protection
Section 32
Section 33
Division 3
Procedures before German Patent and Trade Mark Office
Section 34
Section 34a
Section 35
Section 35a
Section 36
Section 37
Section 38
Section 39
Section 40
Section 41
Section 42
Section 43
Section 44
Section 45
Section 46
Section 47
Section 48
Section 49
Section 49a
Section 50
Section 51
Section 52
Section 53
Section 54
Section 55
Section 56
Section 57(repealed)
Section 58
Section 59
Section 60(repealed)
Section 61
Section 62
Section 63
Section 64
Division 4
Federal Patent Court
Section 65
Section 66
Section 67
Section 68
Section 69
Section 70
Section 71
Section 72
Division 5
Proceedings before Federal Patent Court
1. Appeal proceedings
Section 73
Section 74
Section 75
Section 76
Section 77
Section 78
Section 79
Section 80
2. Revocation and compulsory licence proceedings
Section 81
Section 82
Section 83
Section 84
Section 85
Section 85a
3. Common procedural provisions
Section 86
Section 87
Section 88
Section 89
Section 90
Section 91
Section 92
Section 93
Section 94
Section 95
Section 96
Section 97
Section 98(repealed)
Section 99
Division 6
Proceedings before Federal Court of Justice
1. Proceedings on appeals on points of law
Section 100
Section 101
Section 102
Section 103
Section 104
Section 105
Section 106
Section 107
Section 108
Section 109
2. Proceedings on appeals on points of fact and law
Section 110
Section 111
Section 112
Section 113
Section 114
Section 115
Section 116
Section 117
Section 118
Section 119
Section 120
Section 121
3. Appeal proceedings
Section 122
4. Common procedural provisions
Section 122a
Division 7
Common provisions
Section 123
Section 123a
Section 124
Section 125
Section 125a
Section 126
Section 127
Section 128
Section 128a
Section 128b
Division 8
Legal aid
Section 129
Section 130
Section 131
Section 132
Section 133
Section 134
Section 135
Section 136
Section 137
Section 138
Division 9
Legal infringements
Section 139
Section 140
Section 140a
Section 140b
Section 140c
Section 140d
Section 140e
Section 141
Section 141a
Section 142
Section 142a
Section 142b
Division 10
Patent litigation
Section 143
Section 144
Section 145
Section 145a
Division 11
Arrogation of patent
Section 146
Division 12
Transitional provisions
Section 147