Patent Attorney Ordinance
(PatAO)

¹The IPI shall modi­fy or de­lete par­tic­u­lars in the Re­gister on ap­plic­a­tion by the re­gistered per­son or ex of­fi­cio.

²It shall modi­fy or de­lete par­tic­u­lars ex of­fi­cio when the in­form­a­tion re­quired for re­gis­tra­tion has changed, in par­tic­u­lar, when the re­gistered per­son no longer has an ad­dress for ser­vice in Switzer­land or the re­gistered per­son’s ad­dress for ser­vice in Switzer­land has changed.

³Where the IPI mod­i­fies or de­letes par­tic­u­lars ex of­fi­cio, it shall no­ti­fy the re­gistered per­son of the in­ten­ded amend­ment or de­le­tion and set a time lim­it to re­spond. If the re­gistered per­son does not com­ply with the time lim­it to re­spond, the IPI shall modi­fy or de­lete the cor­res­pond­ing par­tic­u­lars.

⁴The IPI may de­lete par­tic­u­lars ex of­fi­cio without in­vit­a­tion to re­spond where:

a.

the Swiss Fed­er­al De­part­ment of Justice and Po­lice or­ders the de­le­tion;

b.

the Ex­am­in­a­tion Com­mit­tee sub­sequently de­clares an ex­am­in­a­tion to be in­val­id;

c.

the re­gistered per­son is de­ceased.