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

of 25 June 1954 (Status as of 1 July 2023)

1Amended by No I of the FA of 3 Feb. 1995, in force since 1 Sept. 1995 (AS 1995 2879; BBl 1993 III 706).


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Art. 35a80

1 Farm­ers who have ac­quired plant re­pro­duc­tion ma­ter­i­al placed on the mar­ket by the pro­pri­et­or of the pat­ent or with his con­sent may re­pro­duce, on their own farm, the product from this ma­ter­i­al cul­tiv­ated on their own farm.

2 Farm­ers who have ac­quired an­im­al re­pro­duct­ive ma­ter­i­al or an­im­als placed on the mar­ket by the pro­pri­et­or of the pat­ent or with his con­sent may re­pro­duce, on their own farm, the an­im­als ob­tained through re­pro­duc­tion of this ma­ter­i­al or these an­im­als on their own farm.

3 Farm­ers are re­quired to ob­tain the con­sent of the pro­pri­et­or of the pat­ent when they wish to give the product of their har­vest or the an­im­al or an­im­al re­pro­duct­ive ma­ter­i­al ob­tained to third parties for re­pro­duc­tion pur­poses.

4 Con­trac­tu­al agree­ments which lim­it or re­voke the farm­ers’ priv­ilege in the area of food and feed pro­duc­tion are null and void.

80 In­ser­ted by Art. 2 No 2 of the FD of 5 Oct. 2007, in force since 1 Sept. 2008 (AS 2008 3897; BBl 2004 4155).

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