Article No.24:
The applicant of the invention or its owner has the right to submit an
application, anytime, in order to amend the invention's specifications
or drawing showing its quiddity and causes provided that the
amendment will not affect the core of the invention .Procedures
pertaining patent application shall be followed in this regard.
Article No.25:
Each person has the right of getting a copy of the patent application,
related documents, and offprints of the patents registry, and shall also
have the right to review the applications, documents and the registry as
per description set out in the Implementing Regulations provided that
the invention is not related to defense affairs and does not have any
actual military value.
Chapter 3
Transfer, Mortgage and Seizure of Patent Proprietorship
Article No.26:
The rights of a patent and all entailed rights are transferred through
succession, and invention proprietorship is also transferred in whole or
partially in return for compensation or not, and it can be mortgaged as
well.
Article No.27:
Creditors may seize patents pertinent to their debtors as decided in the
procedural law with respect to seizing chattel or garnishment. The
Office of Industrial &Commercial Protection is exempted from
provisions related to garnishee's declaration regarding his dues against
the debtor. The creditor has to notify the Office of Industrial
&Commercial Protection about seizure and the minutes of auction so
as to be denoted in the registry , and they can not be used as an
evidence against a third party but as of the date of denoting.
Article No.28:
If the invention has not been utilized in Libya or in the country of
origin within three years as of granting date of the patent, it becomes
cancelled.