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. 65161

1 Fol­low­ing pub­lic­a­tion of the pat­ent ap­plic­a­tion, any per­son may in­spect the dossier. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may re­strict the right of in­spec­tion only if man­u­fac­tur­ing or trade secrets or oth­er over­rid­ing in­terests so re­quire.

2 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the cases in which in­spec­tion of the dossier is per­mit­ted pri­or to the pub­lic­a­tion of the pat­ent ap­plic­a­tion. It shall also reg­u­late, in par­tic­u­lar, the in­spec­tion of pat­ent ap­plic­a­tions that were re­jec­ted or with­drawn be­fore pub­lic­a­tion.

161 Amended by No I of the FA of 22 June 2007, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2008 (AS 2008 2551; BBl 2006 1).

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