MADAGASCAR

Decree No. 92-993 Implementing Ordinance No. 89-019 of July 31, 1989,
Establishing Arrangements for the Protection of
Industrial Property in Madagascar
(of December 2, 1992, as last amended by Decree No. 95-057 of January 17, 1995)*
TABLE OF CONTENTS**
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Section VII:
Section VIII:
Section IX:
Chapter II:
Section I:
Section II:
Section III:
Section IV:
Section V:
Chapter III:
Section I:
Section II:
Section III:
Section IV:
Chapter IV:
Section I:
Section II:
Section III:
Chapter V:
Section I:
Section II:
Section III:
Title III:
Chapter I:
Section I:
Section II:
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General Provisions ........................................................
Patents and Inventors’ Certificates
Filing of Application
General Provisions ........................................................
The Description.............................................................
The Claims....................................................................
The Drawings................................................................
The Abstract..................................................................
Unity of Invention.........................................................
Claim to Priority ...........................................................
Disclosure for the Purposes of the State of the Art .......
Correction and Withdrawal of Application ...................
Examination, Registration and Publication of Patent or
Inventor’s Certificate
Administrative Examination .........................................
State-of-the Art Search..................................................
Patentability Examination .............................................
Issue and Registration of Patent or Inventor’s
Certificate......................................................................
Publication ....................................................................
Rights Deriving from Patent or Inventor’s Certificate
Inventor’s Certificate ....................................................
Term of Patent and Inventor’s Certificate .....................
Patent and Inventor’s Certificate Renewal Fees............
Restoration ....................................................................
Assignment and Transfer of Patent Rights: Patent
Licenses
Assignment and Transfer of Rights...............................
Contractual Patent Licenses ..........................................
Compulsory License and Ex-officio License ................
Special Provisions
Certificates of Addition.................................................
International Applications.............................................
Transitional Provisions on International Applications ..
Trademarks
Filing of Application
General Provisions ........................................................
Priority Claim................................................................
International Exhibitions...............................................

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