Title IV:
Title V:
Annex I:
Title I:
Title II:
Section I:
Section II:
Section III:
Section IV:
Section V:
Director General............................................................
Financial Resources of the Organization
Resources ......................................................................
Income and Fees ...........................................................
Budgetary Surpluses .....................................................
Miscellaneous,
Transitional
and
Final
Provisions
Legal Personality, Privileges and Immunities of the
Organization..................................................................
Headquarters of the Organization..................................
Duration of the Organization.........................................
Signature and Ratification.............................................
Entry into Force and Effects .........................................
Transitional Provisions .................................................
Titles Granted in a State Prior to its Accession .............
Titles in Force within OAPI Prior to the Accession of
a State............................................................................
Revision ........................................................................
Denunciation .................................................................
Patents
General Provisions
Definitions ....................................................................
Patentable Invention......................................................
Novelty..........................................................................
Inventive Step ...............................................................
Industrial Applicability .................................................
Non-Patentable Subject Matter .....................................
Rights Conferred by the Patent .....................................
Limitation of the Rights Conferred by the Patent..........
Term of Protection ........................................................
Right to the Patent.........................................................
Right to the Patent: Employee Inventions ....................
Conversion of a Patent Application into a Utility
Model Application ........................................................
Right of Foreigners to Patents.......................................
Formalities Concerning the Grant of Patents and
Certificates of Addition
Applications for Patents
Filing of the Application ...............................................
Unity of Invention.........................................................
Claim of Priority ...........................................................
Unacceptability Due to Non-Payment...........................
Filing Date ....................................................................
Grant of Patents
Transmittal of the Patent Application to OAPI .............
Examination of Applications.........................................
Amendment of the Claims, the Description, the
Drawings and the Abstract ............................................
Grant .............................................................................
Deferment of Grant .......................................................
Conditions Governing Rejection...................................
Recording of Acts in the Special Register of Patents ....
Certificates of Addition
Right to Certificates of Addition...................................
Duration ........................................................................
Conversion of an Application for a Certificate of
Addition into a Patent Application................................
Communication and Publication in Relation
to Patents and Certificates of Addition
Formalities for Conversion of an Application for a
Certificate of Addition into a Patent Application..........
Independence of the Right to Exploit Patents Relating
to the Same Subject Matter ...........................................
Communication of Descriptions and Drawings of
Patents and Certificates of Addition..............................
Publication of Patents and Certificates of Addition ......
Transfer and Assignment of Patents and
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