Office shall revoke such patents on receipt of a final decision.
Article 29
A utility model patent shall be granted, under this Law for any new
technical addition in the structure or composition of devices, tools,
equipment or their components, or products, processes or means of
manufacturing the above, and the like that is in current use.
The applicant may convert his application into a patent application,
and the patent applicant may also convert his application to a utility
model application.
In both cases the date of the original application shall prevail.
The Patent Office may, spontaneously, convert the application for a
utility model to an application for a patent, when the relevant
requirements are met.
Article 30
The protection period of a utility model shall be for a non-renewable
period of seven years starting from the filing date of the application
for the utility model with the Patent Office in Egypt.
Article 31
A fees shall be payable on filing a utility model application, and a
progressive annual fee shall be paid starting from the second year until
the expiry of the protection period.
The Regulations of this Law shall fix the amount of such fees, which
shall not exceed 1,000 pounds for each application, as well as the
conditions for the reduction and waiver of such fees.
Article 32
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 10, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than 20,000 pounds and not more than 100,000 pounds
any party who undertakes:
(1) the imitation, for commercialization purposes, of the subject
matter of an invention or a utility model for which a patent has been
granted in accordance with the provisions of this Law;
(2) the sale, offer for sale or circulation, importation or possession
with the intention to trade, of products known to that party as
imitations, where the patent for the invention or the utility model
for such products is granted and valid in Egypt;
(3) the unlawful use, on products, advertisements, trademarks,
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