Patents

Revocation or maintenance of the European patent as amended

The decision of the European Patent Office on the partial or complete revocation of a European patent or on the maintenance of a European patent in an amended wording shall have the same effects in the Slovak Republic as the decision on the revocation or partial revocation of a national patent pursuant to Section 46 of Act No. č. 435/2001 Z.z. 

If the European Patent Office has revoked a European patent in part or in full by a final decision, the Office shall announce this fact in the Journal.
If the European patent is maintained as amended or restricted in opposition proceedings pursuant to Article 101 of the European Patent Convention by a decision of the European Patent Office in proceedings pursuant to Article 105b of the European Patent Convention, the proprietor of the European patent shall be obliged to:

• submit to the Office a translation of the amended version of the European patent specification into the Slovak language within three months from the date of notification of the amendment in the European Patent Journal pursuant to Section 65(3) of Act No 435/2001 Coll.
• pay the administrative fee for the publication and making available of the translation of the amended version of the European patent pursuant to item 216a(c) of Act č. 145/1995 Z. z. of the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic

If the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled and the European patent is maintained in the amended version, the Office shall announce this fact in the Journal.
If the proprietor of the European patent does not submit a translation of the amended version of the European patent specification into the Slovak language or does not pay the publication fee in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, the European patent shall be ineffective in the Slovak Republic from the outset.

To file a translation of the amended European patent specification into the Slovak language, it is possible to use the form available at:
https://www.indprop.gov.sk/patenty/patenty/dokumenty-na-stiahnutie
The rates of administrative fees and information on the payment of administrative fees are available at:
https://www.indprop.gov.sk/patenty/patenty/spravne-poplatky
Data relating to European patent applications and European patents with a designation for the Slovak Republic are available to the public at:
https://wbr.indprop.gov.sk/webregistre/?lang=sk
https://www.indprop.gov.sk/produkty-a-sluzby/produkty-uradu/vestnik-upv-sr