Federal Act
on Patents for Inventions
(Patents Act, PatA)¹

¹ The cer­ti­fic­ate lapses where:

a.

the own­er sur­renders it by a writ­ten de­clar­a­tion to the IPI;

b.

the an­nu­al fees have not been paid in due time;

c.²⁶⁹ all au­thor­isa­tions of medi­cin­al products con­tain­ing the product are re­called (Art. 16a TPA²⁷⁰).

² If all au­thor­isa­tions are sus­pen­ded, the cer­ti­fic­ate is also sus­pen­ded. Sus­pen­sion does not in­ter­rupt the term of the cer­ti­fic­ate.²⁷¹

³ The Swiss Agency for Thera­peut­ic Products shall no­ti­fy the IPI of any with­draw­al or sus­pen­sion of the au­thor­isa­tions.²⁷²