ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
16 de abril de 1996 
DEL COMERCIO 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio (96-1368) 
Original: ingles 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL pARRAFO 2 DEL 
ARTicULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
Polonia 
En el presente documento se reproducenl las leyes y reglamentos siguientes, notificados por 
Polonia en virtud de 10 dispuesto en el parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento 
IP/N/l/POL/1): 
Reglamento del Consejo de Ministros, de 28 de abril de 1993, 
sobre los procedimientos de sustanciaci6n de litigios y apelaciones 
y sobre el cobro de derechos por concepto de protecci6n de las 
invenciones y modelos de utilidad 
Orden del Presidente de la Oflcina de Patentes de la Republica de 
Polonia, de 23 de marzo de 1993, sobre la protecci6n de las 
invenciones . y los modelos de utilidad 
lEn ingles solamente. 2 
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REGULATION 
of the Council of Ministers of April 28,1993 
on the litigation and appeal procedures and on fees relating to 
the protection of inventions and utility models 
By virtue of Artcles 115/2/ and 120%/ of the Law of October 19,1972 
on Inventive Activity /O.J. 1993 No 26, item 117/, Article 4/8/ 
of the Law of October 30,1992 on the amendment of the Law on 
Inventive Activity and the Law on the Patent Office of the Republic 
of Poland /O.J. 1993 No 4, item 14/ and Article 104/3/ of the 
Labour Code, the following rules shall be observed: 
Chapter 1 
General provisiona 
1. Any reference in this Regulation to: 
1/ the Law -shall mean the Law of October 19,1972 on Inventive 
Activity /O.J. 1993 No 26, item 117/ 
2/ the Patent Office -shall mean the Patent Office of the 
Republic of Poland 
3/ average salary -shall mean the salary as published by the 
President of the Central Statistics Office in accordance with 
the provisions on old-age pension 
Chapter 2 
Litigation procedure before the Patent Office 
2/1/. A action for the institution of the proceedings shall be 
filed in writing and contain the designation of the parties 
concerned, their addresses, brief presentation of the oase and 
explicitly formulated claim, presentation of evidence as well as 
the signature and the date. 
/2/. The action referred to in subsection /1/ shall be accompanied 
by: 
i/ where the action is filed by a representative - a power of 
attorney, IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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ii/ copies of the action and of the documents enclosed, in a 
number of copies equivalent to the number of parties involved, 
iii/ receipt for the payment of a due fee. 
/3/ The Patent Office shall check the action referred to in 
subsection /1/ as to the compliance with formal requirements. 
In case, where the fai1ure to comply with these requirements 
or to furnish the documents referred to in subsection /2/ 
has been ascertained, the Patent Office shall invite the party 
to make up, within the fixed time limit, the deficiencies and 
faults found, under the pain of the discontinuance of the 
proceedings. 
3 /1/. Where the action complies with formal requirements, the Patent 
Office shall serve copies of the action and of the documents 
enclosed thereto upon another party and set at least 3D-day 
time limit for giving a written reply, if necessary. 
/2/. The party invited to give reply to the action shall enclose 
its copies in a number equivalent to the number of parties 
to the proceedings. 
/3/. After the receipt of the reply to the action or after the 
expiry of the time limit set for forwarding thereof, the Patent 
Office shall appoint a hearing and notify the parties concerned 
and their representatives about it, when at the same time 
serving a copy of the reply to the action upon them. 
/4/. Notice of hearing should be served upon the parties at least 
7 days before the hearing. 
4 /1/. When applying the litigation procedure, the Patent Office 
shall hear cases in of three-person adjudicative boards, the 
composition of which shall be determined by the President 
of the Patent Office. 
12/. An adjudicative board shall be composed of a judge from a 
district court as presiding judge, a~ appointed member of 
the Patent Office's staff and a representative of one_of the 
organisations referred to in Article 9 of the Law, appointed JP IN I1/POL/P/2 
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from a list of representatives, communicated to the President 
of the Patent Office by these organisations. 
/3/ The provisions of subsections /1/ and /2/ shall not apply to 
preparatory proceedings to the extent as specified in 
sections 2 and 3. 
5./1/ Members of adjudicative boards shall be under an obligation 
to keep secret any information taken when performing their 
duties outside the open hearing. 
/2/ Hembers of adjudicative boards shall, when deciding in cases, 
be independent and disciplined only by the law. 
6./1/. Hearings before the Patent Office shall be open. In the event, 
where a case falling within the scope of the State defence or 
security is to be heard, the hearing in camera shall be 
ordered by the presiding judge of the adjudicative board. 
The presiding judge of the board may also order the hearing 
in camera for other important reasons. 
/2/ The Patent Office may summon and hear witnesses and seek 
experts' opinion. The Patent Office may also request a 
territorially competent cout to hear witnesses and get an 
expert's opinion. 
/3/ The Patent Office shall award fees to the experts referred to 
in subsection /2/, according to the provisions regulating the 
matter of costs of producing expert evidence in course of 
legal proceedings. 
/4/ Evidence shall be taken at the hearing, the Patent Office may, 
however, order to have evidence taken, in whole or partially, 
by one or more members of the adjudicative board. The date of 
taking evidence shall be communicated to the parties or their 
representatives. 
/5/ A recording clerk shall, being instructed by the presiding 
judge of the board, record the minutes of the session, which 
shall be signed by the presiding judge and recording clerk. /6/ The minutes should contain: IP IN I I/POL/P 12 
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i/ indication of the adjudicative body, place and date of the 
session, names of the members of the adjudioative board, 
of the recording clerk, of the parties and their representa­
tives, as ~ell as designation of the case and a mention 
as to the hearing in camera, 
ii/ record of the session, in particular motions and statements 
of the parties, results of the hearing of evidence, 
indication of the orders and decieions made during the 
session and ascertainment as to the pronouncement thereof; 
instead of mentioning the orders and statements made by the 
parties, the minutes may refer to ~ritings preparatory to 
pleading, 
iii/ act~ of the parties, having the influence on the decision 
of the Patent Office /agreement, abandonment of the claim, 
admission, withdrawal, change, extension or limitation of 
the action/. 
/7/ The parties may demand the minutes to be corrected or supple­
mented, not later, however, than during the next session, and 
where the decision has been taken -until the day on which 
a time limit for lodging an appeal expires. The decision 
concerning the refusal to make corrections or supplements to 
the minutes may be subject to a complaint. 
7./1/ Where the Patent Office finds itself not to ~€ competent for 
the investigation of the action, it shall transfer a case to 
a competent authority. This decision may be subject to a 
complaint. 
/2/ In case, where the appelant withdraws the action before the 
hearing, the Patent Office shall decide on the discontinuance 
of legal proceedings. 
/3/ The cases referred to in subsections /1/ and /2/, in section 2 
/3/, section 6/2/-/4/ and /7/, section 10 as well as questions 
of the stay of proceedings may also be decided, by the Patent 
Office, at sittings in camera. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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8./1/. The Patent Office shall decide the case by rendering a decision 
after the hearing, unless otherwise is stipulated by special 
provisions. 
/2/. The decision referred to in subsection /1/ is taken by simple 
majority of votes. 
/3/. The member of the board who is in disagreement with the 
opinion of the majority, shall be allowed to give his dissent-. 
ing opinion together with its reasoning. 
/4/. The decision shall contain: indication of the adjudicative 
body, date of the session and of rendering the decision, 
names of the members of the adjudicative board and the 
recording clerk, naming of the parties, designation of the" 
case and its settlement, as well as the decision as to the 
costs of the proceedings, reference to the legal ground and 
signatures of the members of the board. 
/5/. The presiding judge of the adjudicative board shall, immedia­
tely after the hearing, pronounce the decision in public 
together with its reasoning in brief and give direction to 
the parties as to the right of appeal to the Board of Appeals 
with the Patent Office, vested in them, when indicating, at 
the same time, a time limit and the procedure prescribed for 
lodging an appeal. 
/6/. Where the pronouncement of the decision is not possible 
immediately after the hearing, the adjudicative board shall 
be allowed to adjourn the pronouncement of the decision for 
a period up to two weeks, which shall be subject to a notice 
given by the presiding judge of the board, together with the 
communication as to the day of the pronouncement of the 
decision. 
/7/. The decision referred to in subsection /1/ shall, within four 
weeks, be reasoned, ex officio, in writing; the reasoning 
shall be signed by the presiding judge of the board and the 
member of the board who has prepared the reasoning. A copy 
of the decision together with the reasoning shall be served 
upon the parties. IP 1Nl I/POL/P 12 
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9. The organisation, an employee of which is a member of an 
adjudioative board, shall be obliged to provide full-pay leave 
for him for a period of his servicing as member of the adjudicati~ 
board. 
10./1/. The party whose claim has been admitted, shall be entitled 
to have all necessary costs of the proceedings refunded, provided 
that not later than before the closing of the hearing it submits 
a request to this effect, excluding the costs arising from his 
careless and apparently improper action or delayed submission 
of evidences. The Patent Office shall render a decision as to 
the refund of the costs of the proceedings to one party by the 
adverse party. 
/2/. The provision of subsection /1/ shall not apply, where the 
adverse party has not provoked the action for the institution 
of the proceedings or its reaction to this action has been the 
admission of the claim raised therein. 
/3/. In the event, where the proceedings is discontinued by reason 
of the withdrawal by a party of the action before the hearing, 
the Patent Office shall decide on the refunding of the party 
with a half of the fee; in such case, other costs of the 
proceedings shall be borne by the party. 
/4/. The Patent Office shall be allowed to require the appelant 
or the party requesting the action which give rise to costs, 
to make an advance payment, in prescribed amount, on account of 
the costs of proceedings, under the pain of leaving the action 
without cognizance or non-performance of the act as requested. 
/5/. Where the appelant is a person having his domicile or its 
seat abroad and lacking real estate in the. country, the Patent 
Office may, at the adverse party's request, to impose an obliga­
tion on the appelant to give a deposit on securing the costs of 
the proceedings, under the pain Qf leaving the action without 
cognizance. JP 1Nl 1 IPOL/P 12 
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/6/. In any matters relating to the costs of proceedings which are 
not regulated by the provisions of subsections /1/-/5/, the 
provisions of the Code of civil procedure shall apply 
accordingly. 
/7/. In any matters which are not regulated by the provisions of 
sections 1 -8, the provisions of the Code of administrative 
procedure shall apply aocordingly. 
Chapter :3 
Appeal proceedings 
12./1/. The Board of Appeals with the Patent Office, hereinafter 
referred to as "Board of Appeals" is hereby established. 
The seat of the Board of Appeals is the capital city Warsaw. 
/2/. The Board of Appeals is composed of the presiding judge and 
his deputies designated from among the judges of the Supreme 
Court by the First President of this Court, and of members 
appointed, on a proposal of the President of the Patent Office, 
by the presiding judge of the Board of Appeals. 
/3/. Members of the Board of Appeals, referred-to in subsection /2/ 
shall be appointed from among the employees of the Patent 
Office and from among representatives of the organisations 
referred to in Article 9 of the Law, entered in the list of 
representatives submitted by these organisations to the 
Presid ent of the Pa tent Office. 
/4/. Members of adjudicative boards of the Board of Appeals shall, 
when deciding in cases, be independent and exclusively 
disciplined by the ~aw. 
/5/. The Board of Appeals shall be supervised by the Prime Minister 
of the Council of Jt.linisters. The supervision may not encroach 
on the domain in which members of the Board of Appeals are 
recognized to be independent. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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13./1/. The Board of Appeals shall decide cases at hearings and 
shall be composed of a judge of the Supreme Court acting 
as presiding judge, a representative of the Patent Office 
and a representative of one of the organisations referred 
to in Article 9 of the Law, appointed to be members of 
the adjudicative board by the presiding judge of the Board 
of Appeals from among its members. 
/2/. In the event of the complexity of a case, the presiding 
judge of the Board of Appeals may order the appeal to be 
decided by the board enlarged up to five members. 
/3/. The provisions of subsections /1/ and /2/ shall not apply 
to the preparatory proceedings to the extent as determined 
in'sections 2 and 3, accordingly. 
14./1/. Time limit for lodging an appeal against a decision shall 
be two months of the day on which the contested decision 
is served upon a party and for lodging a complaint against 
an order shall be one month of that day. 
/2/. The Board of Appeals shall, at a sitting in camera, decide 
on the rejection of the appeal or complaint on the gron:ng 
of the overrunning of the time limi t and where no justif:tCl.'i 
tion exists for its reinstatement. 
15./1/. Subject to the provisions of Article 15 /1/ and Article 79/'1) 
of the Law, the Board of Appeals shall render a deci.sion 
in which it maintains tHe contested decision, reverses'it 
ih who~e or partially and renders a ne~ decision to this 
extent, or reverses the decision and remands the case to 
the Patent Office. 
/2/. When reexemining the case, the Patent Office shall be bound 
by the legal appraisal and recommendations as to the 
continuation of the proceedings, contained in the decision 
of the Board of Appeals. 
/3/. The provisions of subsections /1/ and /2/ shall apply, 
mutatis mutandis, when complaints against orders are 
decided. IP/N/1/POL/P/2 
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16./1/. The presiding judge of the Board of Appeals shall receive, 
for presiding at the sessions of' the Board of Appeals and 
the participation in the 'Work of adjudicative boards, lump-
sum remuneration amounted to 50% of the average salary. 
/2/. The presiding judge shall be entitled to receive remuneration 
for the participation in the work of and adjudicative board 
of the Board of Appeals, in the amount of: 
i/ for each case concluded after the hearing 
ii/ for each suspended session and each case 
decided at the sitting in camera 
of the average salary. 
//1/" A member of an adjudicative board, who remains unemployed, 
shall receive remuneration for the participation in the 
work of the adjudicative board of the Board of Appeals, 
:tu the amount equal to 50% of the remuneration determined 
in subsection /2/. 
A member of an adjudicative board of the Board of' Appeals 
shall, for the preparation in 'Writing of the reasoning of 
the decision rendered by the Board of Appeals, receive 
remuneration amounted to 2% of the average salary. 
/5/0 For the assessment of the remuneration referred to in 
subsections /1/-/4/, the average salary, calculated as from 
the fi~st day of the month following the day of its 
announcement, shall be taken into account. 
/6/. The remuneration referred to in subsections /1/-/4/ shall 
be rounded upwards to 1000 PLZ. 
17. Any incomes and expenditures connected 'With the activity of the 
Board of Appeals shall constitute incomes and expenditures of 
the State budget in the part relating to the Patent Office. 
18. The provisions of sections 2 and 3, 5/1/ and from 6 to 11 shall 
apply to appeal procedure, accordingly. Chapter 4 IP IN 11 IPOL/P 12 
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Fees relating to the protection of inventions and utility models 
19./1/. The protection of inventions and utility models shall be 
subject to single fees and periodic fees. The fees shall 
constitute the income of the state budget. 
/2/. state organisational units, incomes from the protection of 
inventions and utility models of which constitute, according 
to the principles of their financial activity, incomes of the 
State budget, shall be exempted from periodic fees relating 
to the protection of inventions and utility models. 
/3/. Schedule of fees relating to the protection of inventions and 
utility models is annexed to this Regulation. 
20./1/. Single fees for applications, requests, appeals, complaints 
and other actions, shall be paid in advance. 
/2/. A single fee for filing a patent or utility model application 
may also be paid within one month as of the day on which an 
invitation from the Patent Office for the payment of this fee 
is served upon the applicant. In case of the failure to pay 
the fee in due time, the application shall be deemed withdrawn 
and the proceedings discontinued. 
/3/. In case, where a decision or an order of the Patent Office 
has been reversed as a result of the appeal or complaint lodged, 
the fee paid for the appeal or complaint shall be subject to 
refund. 
/4/. The provision of subsection /3/ above shall not apply to a fee 
for the appeal or complaint against a decision of the Patent 
Office taken ~hen applying the litigation procedure. IP/N/1/POL/P/2 
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21./1/. A periodic fee for the first period of patent protection or 
5-year-period of utility model protection shall be paid 
within three months as of the date at which a decision of 
the Patent Office on the grant of a patent or right of 
protection for a utility model, issued against the payment 
of the fee, has been served upon the applioant. The applicant 
may, at the same time, pay a fee for subsequent commenced 
periods of patent protection or a fee required for the 
renewal of a utility model protection for the periods 
commenced before that date. 
/2/. Subject to the provisions of subsection /1/ above, fees for 
subsequent periods of patent protection or utility model 
protection shall be paid in advance, not later than on the 
day upon which the preceding proteotion period expires. 
/3/. The fees referred to in subsection /2/ may also be paid 
within six months after the expiration of the term of payment, 
provided that the fees shall be subject to increase by 30%. 
This provision shall not apply to the payment of the fee for 
the second utility model protection period. 
/4/. Periodic fees referred to in subsection /2/ may also be paid 
within one year before the term of payment. The fees shall 
be subject to refUnd in the event of the revocation or 
termination of tlJe patent or. utility model protection before 
the term of their payment. The fees for the past periods and 
for a running period shall not be subject to refund. 
/5/. »bere a patent of addition or a right of protection of 
addition are granted, lump-sum fee shall be paid for the 
protection of the invention or utility model being the subject 
~tter of that patent or right of protection. 
/6/. Whers a patent of addition or a right of protection of 
addition becomes an independent patent or independent right 
of protection, periodic fees shall be paid for the protection 
o~ this invention or utility model, starting from the period 
follo~ing the termination of the main patent or main right /7/. IP/N/1/POL/P/2 
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of protection, in the amount which would be due for this 
and subsequent periods of protection of the invention being 
the subject matter of the main patent or of the utility 
model being the subject matter of the main right of protection. 
Subject to subsection /10/ below, the time limit for the 
payment of a fee referred to in subsection /1/ and section 
20/2/ , may be reinstated at the apPlicant's request, if 
within two months as of the day on Which the reason of the 
failure to meet the time limit has ceased to exist, notlaterl 
however, than within one year as of the day on which this 
time limit has expired, the applicant is able to prove that, 
in all probabili ty, the failure to meet '.the time limit was 
wit~out fault on his part. At the same time as filing his 
request, the applicant should pay the overdue fee. 
/8/. The time limit for the payment of a fee referred to in 
subsection /3/ may, at the patentee's or hOlder's of the 
right of protection request, be reinstated, if within t~ro 
months as of the day on which the reason of the failure to 
meet the time limit has ceased to exist, not later, however, 
than within six months of the day, on which this time J_imit 
has expired, the applicant is able to prove that, in all 
probability, the failure to meet the time limit was without 
fault on his part. At the same time as filing his request, 
the patentee or the holder of the right of protection should 
pay the overdue fee, referred to in subsection /3/. 
The time limit may not be reinstated before the expiration 
of two months of the publication, at the off.icial ga.zette 
"Wiadomo~ci Urz~du Patentowego", o~ the decision on the 
termination of the patent or the right of protection for 
a utility model. 
/9/. The reinstatement of a time limit for the submission of the 
request referred to in subsections /7/ and /8/ shall not 
be admitted. JP INll IPOL/P 12 
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/10/. Where a decision, which declares the decision on the 
grant oC a patent or a right of protection lapsed on 
the ground oC the failure to pay the Cee referred to 
in subsection /1/, or a decision, which deems the 
application withdrawn and makm the proceedings discon­
tinued~on the ground of the failure to pay the fee 
referred to in section 20/2/, has been taken, the 
applicant shall be entitled to appeal against this 
decision, provided that he is able to prove that, in 
all probability, the failure to pay was without fault 
on his part and, at the same time, he pays the overdue 
fee. 
22./1/. The applicant who proves that he is not able to pay 
a fee for filing a patent or utility model application 
in total amount, shall be exempted from this ~ee in part. 
The rema~~g part oC the fee may not, however, be less 
than 30% of the due Cee. 
/2/. The applicant requesting the exemption shall be exempted, 
in whole or partially, when complying with the condition 
referred to in subsection /1/, Crom a fee for a request 
for renderi~g a decision in litigation proceedings, fee 
for lodging an appeal or complaint, fee for the 
publication of a patent specifioation or utility model 
specification, as well as from periodic fees for patent 
protection or utility model protection. 
/3/. Where the applicant's request is motivated by financial 
reasons, time limits for the payment of the fees referred 
to in section 21/1/ and /5/ shall be deferred up to 
six months. 
/4/. In the matters specified in subsections /1/-/3/, the 
Patent Office shall issue orders. The orders shall be 
subject to complaint. 
/5/. Complaints against the orders referred to in subsection 
/4/ shall be exempted from single fees. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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23./1/. The fees provided for in this Regulation shall be paid, on 
the Patent OCfice's account, in cash, by bank transfer or 
post remittance. 
/2/. Fees due for different acts shall be paid separately. 
Chapter 5 
Transitional and final provisiona 
,24. The provisions of this Regulation shall apply to: 
i/ single fees for applications, requests, appeals, complaints 
and other actions performed after the date of its entry into 
force, unless a fee has been paid before that date, 
ii/ single fees for requests for granting the transitional 
protection for foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and chemical 
compounds, submitted before the entry of this Regulation into 
force, 
iii/ periodic fees, the term of payment of which falls after the 
date of the entry of this Regulation into force, unless a fee 
has been paid earlier or its amount has been assessed in the 
decision on the grant of the exclusive right for working the 
invention or utility model, rendered before the date of the 
entry of this Regulation into force. 
25. A fee for the first patent protection period and a lump-sum fee 
for patent protection, prescribed in this Regulation, shall be 
reduced by a fee for substantive examination paid earlier, 
provided that the patent application has not been processed' 
before the entry into force of the Law on Inventive Activity of 
October 30,1992 and the Law on the Patent Office of the Republic 
of Poland /O.J. No 4 of 1993, item 14/. 
26. The former provisions shall apply to legal relations in matters 
not governed by this Regulation, raised before the entry of this 
Regulation into force in respect of inventive projects. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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27. The ReguJ.ation of the Council of Ministers of June 29,19S~ on 
inventive projects jO.J. No 33 of 1988, item 178; No 9 item 51, 
No 10 item 73 and No 43 item 338 of 1990; No 83 item 374 of 1991/ 
is declared to be repealed. 
28. The Regulation shall come into force at the date of its 
promulgation. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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FEES SCHEDULE FOR THE PROTECTION OF INVE~"'TIONS 
AND UTILITY HODELS 
SINGLE FEES 
1. Filing fee for invention or utility nodel 
2. Each of priority claim 
3. Transmittal fee /PCT application/ 
4. Late pa:yment fee for designation, 
delayed pa~~ent of transmittal, search or 
basic fees /PCT application/ 
5. National fee /for PCT application/ 
-where preli~inary examination has not been 
carried out 
-where p~eliminary examination ~as carried 
out 
6. Petition for the issue by te Fatent Office 
of a decision in litigation proceedings 
7. Lodging an appeal against a decision taken 
by the Patent Office 
8. Lodging a CODplaint against a procedural 
decision taken by the Patent Office 
9. Publication of a patent specifioation 
10. Vublication of the eleventh ~nd of each 
suosequent sheet of E; p2teTit specifioc.tion -
:or one .sbeet 
11. Publicc~tion of et utility r:iodel specification 2 000 000 
200 000 
1 500 000 
1 500 000 
2 000 000 
1 000 000 
500 000 
200 000 
100 000 
500 000 
30 000 
1 00 000 
... ') 1_. Copy or excerpt from the register or e certificate 
confirning that specific da~a appear in th~ 
• .J... reglslIer .so 000 
13. Drawing up of the priority 6ocu~ent 200 000 PZL 
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PERIODIC. FEES 
I. Inventions 
1. First protection period /1st to 5th' year/ 
2. Second protection period /6th to 8th year/ 
3. Third protection period /9th to 11th year/ 
4. Fourth protection period /12th to 13th year/ 
5. Fifth protection period /14th and 15th yee.r/ 
6. Sixth protection period/16th and 17th ~rear / 
7. Seventh protection period/18th and 19th year/ 
8. Eigbth protection period /20th year/ 
9. For the protection of an invention being 
the subject of a patent of addition 
11. utility models 
1 • First protection period /1st to 5th year/ 
2. Second protection period /6th to 8th year/ 
3. Third protection period /9th and 10th year/ 
4. For the protection of a utility model being 
the subject of a right of protection of 
addition 
For each conmenced five years of tra~sitional 
product protection in Pol~nc 2 000 000 rZL 
3 000 000 " 
4 000 000 " 
5 000 000 II 
6 000 000 Ir 
7 000 000 If 
8 000 000 I! 
9 000 000 I! 
5 000 000 11 
1 500 000 I! 
2 500 000 I! 
3 000 000 " 
3 000 000 11 
15 000 000 II ORDINANCE IP/N/1/POL/P/2 
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OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PATENT OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND 
of March 23, 1993 
on the protection of inventions and utility models 
By virtue of Article 27/2/, Article 38/5/ and Article 119/3/ of 
the Law of October 19,1972 on Inventive Activity /O.J.1993 No 26 
item 117/, the following provisions shall be observed: 
CHAPTER 1 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
1. Any reference in this Ordinance to: 
i/ the Law -means the Law of October 19,1972 on Invenrive 
Activity /O.J.1993 No 26, item 117/ and any Article 
referred to in this Ordinance without a detailed reference -
means Articles of this Law, 
ii/ the Patent Office -means the Patent Office of the Republic 
of Poland, 
iii/ applicant -means any person, who has filed, in his or her 
own name, a patent application or utility model application 
with the Patent Office, 
iV/ additional application -means a patent application or 
utility model application with a request for granting 
a patent of addition or a right of protection of addition, 
v/ priority -means the the priority to obtain a patent or 
a right of protection, 
vi/ earlier priority -means the priority to obtain a patent 
or a right of protection of an application filed abroad or 
of the display of an invention or a utility model at an 
exhibition, JP IN 11 IPOL/P 12 
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viii state of the art -means everything made available before 
the date according to which the priority to obtain a 
patent or a right of protection is determined, 
viiil Paris Convention -means the Paris Convention for the 
protection of Industrial Property of March 20,1883 in its 
text binding on the Republic of Poland, 
ixl Treaty -means the Patent Cooperation Treaty of June 19, 
1970 in its text binding on the Republic of Poland, 
xl Regulations -means the Regulations under the Treaty, 
xii international application -means a patent application or 
a utility model application filed under the Treaty, 
xiii receiving Office -means the patent office with which 
the international application has been filed, 
xiiil designated Office -means the patent office designated by 
the applicant under Chapter I of the Treaty, 
xivl elected Office -means the patent office elected by the 
applicant under Chapter II of the Treaty, 
xvi International Bureau -means the International Bureau of 
the 1iorld Intellectual Property Organisation, 
xvii national fee -means the fee collected for the international 
application by the Patent Office acting as the designated 
or elected Office. 
2. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply accordingly to 
international applications in matters which do not fall under 
the provisions of the Treaty and the Regulations and of paragraphs 
38 -43 of this Ordinance. CHAPTER 2 
PATENT APPLICATION IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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3.1/ For the purpose of the establishment of the filing date, 
a patent application shall contain at least: 
i/ a request, 
ii/ a description of the invention, 
iii/ one or more patent claims, 
iV/ drawings, if they are necessary for the understanding of 
the invention. 
~/ The patent application shall also contain: 
i/ an abstract, 
ii/ if the applicant seeks for having the earlier priority 
admitted in his favour, a priority document consisting of 
the documents specified in section 1 of the Annex to this 
Ordinance, 
iii/ if the applicant takes advantage of the earlier priority, 
a declaration of the applicant with the indication which 
priority dates are claimed for separate patent claims 
included in the application /the declaration on the priority 
dates/ and drawn up in accordance with the requirement 
prescribed in section 2 of the Annex to this Ordinance, 
iv/ if the priority document does not denote the applicant, 
a declaration of the ~pplicant on the grounds for enjoying 
the earlier priority, with the indications specified in 
section 3 of the Annex to this Ordinance, 
v/ if the applicant refers to the deposited microorganism for 
the purpose of the due disclosure of the invention, 
a certificate confirming that the deposit of the micro­
organism has been filed with a recognized international IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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collection of microorganisms or with a Aational collection 
of microorganisms indicated by the President of the Patent 
Office in the communication published in the official 
gazette "Wiadomosci Urz~du Patento'Wego", which shall 
contain at least the indications specified in section 4 
of the Annex to this Ordinance, 
vii if the applicant has appointed a representative, a document 
with the power of attorney, containing the indications 
specified in section 5 of the Annex to this Ordinance. 
3 I The documents specified in section 2/iil -Ivl may be 
furnished subsequently, within four months from the date of 
filing the application with the Patent Office. 
4.11 The request shall contain: 
il the name and address of the applicant, 
iil a petition for the grant of a patent or a patent of 
addtion with the indication of the number of the main 
patent or the number of the patent application filed for 
the obtaining of the main patent, 
iiil the title of the invention, 
ivl the name and address of the inventor, 
vi if the applicant is not the inventor, the indication of 
the ground of the right to the patent 1 
vii a list of the documents attached, 
viii the signature of the applicant or, if the applicant acts 
through a representative -the signature of the represen­
tative with the indication of his name. 2/ The request shall also contain: IP IN 11 IPO LIP 12 
Page 23 
i/ if the applicant seeks for the recognition of the earlier 
priority, the declaration of the applicant that he or she 
wishes to enjoy the earlier priority, with the indication, 
at least, of the date at, and the country in, which the 
application has been filed abroad or the name, location 
and country of an exhibition and the date of the display 
of the invention at the exhibition, 
ii/ if there are several applicants and they have not appointed 
a common representative, the designation of a person whQ 
is entitled to receive the correspondence. 
3/ When providing the indications referred to in sect ion 1 /i/, shall 
be advisable to: 
i/ mention the name of the applicant in the case where it is 
a legal person, 
ii/ if the applicant is an economic entity lacking legal 
personaliry -mention the full name of the person running 
business activity, 
iii/ if a State organizational unit lacking legal personality 
files the application in the name of the State Treasury -
mention the name of that State organizational unit. 
5.1/ The description of the invention, hereinafter referred to as 
Itdescription", shall present the invention in a manner sufficiently 
clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled 
in the art. 
2/ The description may not contain the elements contrary to the 
public order or morality or indicate the features and merits which 
the invention evidently lacks of, as well as fancy or pr0t=mr names. IP IN 11 IPOL/P 12 
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31 Subject to the provisions or section 4 below, the description 
shall: 
il first state the title of the invention, 
ii/ specify the technical field to which the invention 
relates, 
iii/ indicate the background art which, as far as known to 
the applicant and regarded as useful for the understan­
ding of the invention, especially of its novelty and 
non-obviousness, for searching in the state of the art 
relating to the invention as filed; it is advisable 
to cite, in this part of the description, bibliographic 
data of the documents reflecting the state of the art, 
iV/ disclose the invention, as claimed, in such a manner 
both its nature and solution can be understood to the 
extent necessary for the invention to be carried out; 
if the biotechnological invention can not be sufficiently 
disclosed in the description, an additional reference 
to the deposited microorganis~ should be made, indicating 
at least the name of institution with which the deposit 
has been made and the file number accorded by this 
institution or the free availability of the microorganism 
should be mentioned, 
vi state advantageous effects, if any, of the invention 
with reference to the background art, 
vii briefly describe the figures in the drawings, if the 
patent application contains drawings, 
viii seth forth, in details, at least one example of carrying 
out the invention, referring to the drawings, if the 
patent application contains drawings, 
viii/ indicate explicitly, if it is not obvious from other 
parts of the description or from the nature of the 
invention, the "Way in which the invention is ca"pable of 
exploitation. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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4/ The manner and order of the description, speci~ied in 
section 3 above, may be changed i~, because of the nature of the 
invention, it would afford a better understanding and presentation 
thereo~. 
5/ The title of the invention shall, if possible, describe 
explicitly the subject-matter o~ the invention in relation to 
the technical ~eatures of the solution specified in the description 
and patent olaims; it may not contain fancy and proper names or 
exp~essions relating directly to the merits or new features of 
the invention. 
6/ The provisions of sections 2 -5 shall apply accordingly to 
the description in the additional application; however, the part 
of the description described in section 3/iii/ shall present 
the invention being the subject-matter of the main patent, even 
if that invention does not form a part of the state of the art, 
and indicate the number of the main patent. 
6.1/ Patent claims, hereinafter referred to as "claims", shall 
define the invention, as claimed, by the indication, in a manner 
complete and relevant for the matter for which protection is 
sought, of all necessary technical ~eatures of the solution. 
the claims should not indicate the features which the~invention 
lacks of. They also should not contain expressions being of such 
nature that they would evaluate the invention or its individual 
features. 
2/ ~ch claim shall be expressed in one single sentence drafted 
in clear and concise manner. 
3/ The claims shall be fully supported by the description. 
4/ The number of the claims shall be reasonable in consideration 
of the subject-matter of the invention. If there are more than 
one claim, they shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic 
numerals. IP 1Nl 1 IPOL/P 12 
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7.1/ An independent claim shall contain: 
i/ a non-charaoterizing portion, indicating a group of the 
technical features of the invention as claimed, which 
are necessary for the definition of the claimced subject­
matter and which, in combination, are part of the prior 
art; a non-o~raoterizing portion shall commence with the 
title of the invention or with the part of the title of 
the inventio, which relates to the invention claimed with 
the claim in question, and it may, when appropriate, be 
limited solely to the title of the invention or its relevant 
part, 
ii/ a characterizing portion preceded by the words ttcharacteri­
zed in that", stating concisely the technical features 
/c~aracterizing features/ of the invention as claimed, 
which are expected to distinguish it from among other 
technical solutions having the group of features specified 
in a non-characterizing portion. 
2/ The provisions of section 1 shall apply accordingly to the 
independent claim in an additional application; however, a non­
characterizing portion of the independent claim shall indicate 
a group of technical features necessary for the definition of 
the claimed subject-matter and being, at the same time, the 
group of the technical features of the invention protected by 
the main patent, even if the invention does not form a part of 
the state of the art, and shall indicate the number of the main 
patent preceded by the 'Words naccording to the patent No. 11. 
3/ A dependent claim shall contain: 
i/ brief determination of the subject-matter claimed, forming 
the shortened title of the invention or shortened relevant 
part of the title of the invention, placed at the beginning 
of the claim, IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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ii/ a reference to a claim or claims on which it depends; 
the reference shall indicate the number of the claim or 
claims to which it refers, 
iii/ a characterizing portion preceded by the 'Words "characte­
rizing in that It, stating characterizing features 
additionally claimed with the dependent claim in question. 
4/ The claim referred to in section 3, may refer to two or more 
other claims /multiple dependent claim/ in the alternative only. 
In that case, a part of the dependent claim, referred to in 
section 3/ii/ shall contain a 'Word "or" placed between the 
numbers of the claims. A multiplesdependent claim may not be 
referred, to in other multiple dependent claim, as 'Well as be 
dependent on more than one independent claim. 
5/ The dependency of a claim on one claim shall be construed as 
including, by the dependent claim, along with its own characte­
rizing features, all features of the subject-matter claimed, 
specified in the claim to 'Which it refere~ 
6/ The dependency of a claim on more than one claim shall be 
construed as including by the dependent claim, along with its 
own characterizing features, all features of the subject-matter 
claimed, specified in the claim to which it refers and in 
relation to which it is considered. A multiple dependent claim 
shall be considered separately in relation to each particular 
claim to which it relates. 
7/ Claims shall not, except where absolutely necessary, rely on 
references to the description or drawings. In particular, they 
shall not rely on such re ferences as: "as described in part ••• 
of the description" or lIas illustrated in figure ••• of the 
drawings 11. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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8/ Where the application contains drawings, the separate 
characterizing features in the claims shall be followed by the 
reference signs relating to the separate parts of the drawings 
corresponding with those features. The reference signs shall be 
placed between parentheses and underlined. If the inclusion of 
the reference signs does not particularly facilitate better 
understanding of the claims, it should not be made. 
9/ WHere the applicant seeks for the recognition of the priorities 
determined according to more than one date /para 14/4/-/6//, the 
content of the claims and, if the applica~ion contains dependent 
claims, also the system of their dependency, should be such that 
only one priority date corresponds to each of the claims. 
8. In the application relating to new chemical compounds or micro­
organisms in which, because of the nature of the invention, the 
drawing up the claims in the manner prescribed in para 7/1/-/6/ 
is not appropriate, the definition in the claims of the structure 
of a chemical compound or, in the case of a microorganism -the 
reference to the deposited microorganism, with the indication of 
the institution with which the deposit has been made, as well as 
the file number accorded by this institution, shall be sufficient. 
9. 1/ The drawings shall illustrate the subject-matter of the 
invention in the form of a schematic pattern. The provision of 
para 5/2/ shall apply accordingly. 
2/ If the nature of the invention is such that it can be illustrates 
with drawings but they are not necessary for the understanding of 
the invention 
i/ the applicant may include the drawings in the application, 
ii/ the Patent Office may require from the applicant to 
furnish the drawings within the prescribed time limit. 
3/ Subject to para 10 section 2/iii/, sections 3/ and 5/, 
structural chemical compounds shall be considered as drawings; 
any reference, in subsequent provisions, to figures shall mean IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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also separate chemical structural formulae. 
10.1/ The abstract of the description, hereinafter referred to as 
abstract, shall merely serve for use as technical information 
and as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particu­
lar technical field, especially by assisting the interested 
persons in formulating an opinion whether there is a need for 
consulting the description, claims and drawings in the application 
and, When patent has been granted -the patent specification. 
2/ The absrract shall consist of the following: 
i/ a summary of the subject-matter and characterizing 
technical features of the invention, where it is not 
evident from the definition of the subject-matter, the 
indication of the intended application of the invention, 
ii/ where the applicant refers to the deposited microorganism -
the indication of the depository institution with which 
the deposit has been made for the purpose of the due­
disclosure of the invention, and the file number accorded 
by that institution, 
iii/ where appropriate when considering the nature of the 
invention -the chemical formula which, from among all 
those contained in the application, best characterizes 
the invention; in the ease of a structural formula, that 
formula should be drawn up on a separate sheet and 
attached to the abstract. When reasonable, the inclusion 
of more than one structural formula shall be admissible. 
3/ The abstract shall indicate the number of the figure of the 
drawings which, among those contained in the application, best 
illustrates the invention. When reasonable, the indication of 
more than one figure shall be admissible. 
4/ The abstract shall be concise and preferably shall not exeed 
one-third of a sheet of a typewritten copy. The abstract shall 
not contain statements on the merits or value of the invention IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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or information and speculative application of the invention 
at the definite place, time or by definite persons. It shall 
not also contain expressions contrary to public order or morality 
or fancy names. 
5/ Each main teohnical feature of the invention mentioned in 
the abstract and illustrated by the indicated figure of the 
drawings shall be follo~ed by reference signs relating to that 
figure, placed between parentheses and underlined. 
6/The Patent Office may correct the abstract in order to bring 
it into line ~ith the requirements specified in sections 2/-5/ 
or to eliminate obvious mistakes and gramatical errors, in so far 
as it is not necessary to make substantive changes in the content 
of the abstract. For the purpose of the publication of the 
patent application, the title of the invention may lao be correc­
ted to the extent specified in para 5/5/. 
11. Terminology and signs shall be consistent throughout the 
application and in conformity with generally accepted rules and 
practice. 
12. 1/ The description, the claims and the drawings shall be furnished 
in three copies, tlie abstract in two copies and other documents 
of the application -in one copy. 
2/ The description, the claims, the abstract and the drawings 
shall be signed by the applicant or his representative. 
3/ All the documents making up the application shall meet 
phisical requirements specified in para 7 of the Annex to this 
Ordinance. 
CEAPI'ER 3 
U:N'TTY OF THE INVENTION 
13. 1/ The application shall relate to one invention only. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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2/ However, it shall be permitted that the application relate to 
more than one invention, provided that such inventions are so 
linked in the application as to rorm a single and clear inventive 
concept. In particular, one of the following possibilities are 
permitted in the application: 
i/ the inclusion, in the application, or an independent claim 
for a product, or one independent claim for a process 
specially adapted for the manufacture of the said product, 
and or one independent claim for an apparatu8~or other 
technical means specifically designed for carrying out the 
said process, or 
ii/ the inclusion, in the application, of one independent claim 
for a process and of one independent claim for an apparatus 
or other technical means specifically designed for carrying 
out the said process. 
3/ With observance or the provisions of sections 1/ and 2/, it 
shall be permittee to include in the same application two or more 
independent claims of the same category, i.e. product, process 
or apparatus, which can not readily be covered by one common 
claim. 
4/ With observance of the provisions of sections 1/ and 2/, it 
shall be permitted to include in the same application a reasonable 
number of dependent claims claiming specific forms of the invention 
claimed in an independent claim, even where the reatures of any 
dependent claim could be considered as constituting in themselves 
an invention. 
5/ It shall not be permitted to include in the same application 
an invention relating to a product and an invention relating to 
a process for the manufacture of an active substance being 
a component of the said product. IP IN 11 IPOL/P/2 
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CHAPTER 4 
PRIORITY RIGHT 
14.1/ The ~irst regular application duly filed in a member country 
of the Paris Convention shall be recognized as giving rise to 
a right of priority. The priority shall also cover any ~eatures 
explicitly disclosed in the said patent or utility model application 
which are not included in its claims. 
2/ The regular application, referred to in section 1/ shall be 
deemed to be duly filed if it was filed in a manner which makes 
possible to establish at least the date at which it was filed. 
Subsequent facts relating to the said application in a given country 
shall not influence on the right of priority of that application. 
3/ If in the country referred to in section 1/ a subsequent 
application for the same subject matter has been filed following 
the first application /previous first application/, the said 
subsequent application shall be considered as the first application 
in the meaning of section 1/, provided that at the date of filing 
the subsequent application the previous first application was 
withdrawn, abandoned or refused, without being open for public 
inspection and without leaving any rights outstanding and did not 
serve as a basis for claiming the right of priority. In such case1 
the previous first application may not thereafter serve as a basis 
for claiming the right of priority. 
4/ In the patent applioation filed with the Patent Office, the 
right of priority of two or more first applications filed abroad 
may be claimed /multiple priorities/. 
5/ In the patent applioation filed with the Patent Office, the 
right of priority may be olaimed o~ the first application filed 
abroad and relating only to some parts of the subject-ma~ter of the 
application filed with the Patent Office /selected priority/. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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In such case, the priority for the remaining parts of the subject­
matter of the invention shall be determined according to the 
date of filing the application with the Patent Office. 
6/ In the patent application filed with the Patent Office, 
multiple priorities and the selected priority may be claimed 
at the same time. 
15. In the application filed with the Patent Office, the right 
of priority of the display of the invention at a" national public 
exhibition, indicated in an ordinance of the President of the 
Patent Office /Art.24/2// or at an official or officially 
recognized international exhibition organized on the territory 
of a member country of the Paris Convention, may be claimed. 
CHAPTER 5 
UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 
16.1/ The provisions of paragraphs 3-12, 14 and 15, taken together 
with sections 2/ and 3/ below, shall apply accordingly to the 
utility model application. 
2/ The utility model application shall contain the drawing 
or drawings of the utility model. 
3/ The utility model application may relate to one utility 
model only. 
CHAPTER 6 
EXAMINATION OF THE PATENT AND UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION 
17.1/ Upon receipt of a patent application, the Patent Office 
shall accord it a serial number, ascertain the filing date and 
notify the applicant of these facts. 
2/ The papers received shall not be considered the patent 
application if they do not contain a request and at lea"st one 
of the documents specified in para 3 section 1/ii/ -liv/. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
Page 34 
3/ If an application has been mailed at a Polish post office 
but the date of mailing can not be ascertained at the moment 
of the receipt of the application by the Patent Office, the 
filing date of the patent applioation shall be the date at which 
it was received by the Patent Office. This determination shall 
be subject to a complaint. 
18.1/ Upon receipt and registration of the patent application 
/para 17.1//, the Patent Offioe shall check whether the applicatim 
contains: 
i/ a request which implies that the applicant seeks for the 
grant of a patent or a patent of addition, 
ii/ a part which on the face of it appears to be a description, 
iii/ a part which on the face of it appears to be a claim or 
claims. 
2/ Where the Patent Office finds that the patent application 
does not meet the requirements prescribed in section 1, shall 
invite the applicant to correct the deficiencies as indicated, 
within the prescribed time limit. In that case, the filing date 
shall be the date at ehich the missing documents have been 
received, which fact shall be ascertained by a determination 
issued by the Patent Office. The provision of para 17.3/ shall 
apply accordingly. 
3/ If the indicated deficiencies in the patent application 
are not corrected within the prescribed time limit, the applica­
tion shall be deemed to be withdrawn and the proceedings shall 
be discontinued. 
19.1/ If, when checking the patent application according to 
the provision of para 18.1/, the Patent O(fice finds, that the 
application refers to drawings which have not been attached 
thereto, it shall notify the applicant of that finding and fix 
a time limit for him to correct that deficiency. In that case, 
the date of filing shall be the date at which the missing 
drawings have been received, which fact shall be ascertained 
by a determination issued by the Patent Office. The provision 
of para 17.3/ shall apply accordingly. IP IN I I/POL/P 12 
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2/ Ir within the rixed time limit the applicant fails to 
rurnish the drawings, rererred to in section 1/, the 
rererence to the drawings in the application shall be deemed 
not to be made. 
20. Ir, when checking the patent application according to para 
18.1/, the Patent Orrice rinds that the applicant is not entitled 
to file the application under Article 4, it shall refuse to 
grant a patent. 
21.1/ The Patent Office shall, at the request of the applicant, 
issue for the purpose of claiming priority in other countries 
a document certifying that the patent application was filed with 
the Patent Orfice /the priority document/. 
2/ Only the patent application which complies with the 
requirements provided ror in para 3.1/ may serve as a basis for 
drawing up the priority document. 
3/ The priority document shall consist of a certiricate issued 
by the Patent Office with the indication of the name of the 
applicant, the title or the invention /if derined in the applica­
tion/, the filing date and the file number, and or copies or the 
documents, from among those specified in para 3.1/ii/ -/iv/, 
which have been attached by the applicant to the request in the 
application on the basis or ehich the filing date of that 
application is established. The Patent Orrice shall authenticate 
the said copies as true copies. 
22.1/ Ir the patent application has been riled by a representative 
and the Patent Office finds that the power or attorney is missing, 
it shall invite the person purporting to be the applicant's 
agent, to furnish the said document within--the fixed time limit 
and shall notify the applicant or that fact. In case, where the 
power of attorney is not furnished within the fixed time limit, 
the application shall be deemed to be withdrawne and the 
proceedings shall be discontinued, unless the applicant _confirms, 
within the said time limit that the application has been filed. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
Page 36 
2/ If the Patent Office finds that the grounds for claiming 
the right to a patent have not been indicated, it shall inform 
the applicant of that fact and fix a time limit for him to correct 
that deficiency. If the applicant does not comply with the 
determination of the Patent Office within the fixed time limit, 
the application shall be considered withdrawn and the proceedings 
shall be discontinued. 
3/ If the Patent Office finds that the filing fee has not been 
paid, it shall invite the applicant to correct that deficiency 
within one month. Within the same time limit the applicant may 
file a request for being exempted from paying a part of the fee. 
In case, where the fee is not paid and the request for the 
exemption is not filed, the application shall be considered 
withdrawn and the proceedings shall be discontinued. 
23. If the Patent Office finds that the abstract is missing, 
it shall invite the applicant to correct this deficiency within 
the prescribed time limit. In case, where the abstract is not 
furnished within the said time limit, the application shall be 
conSIdered withdrawn and the proceedings shall be discontinued. 
This provision shall apply accordingly, where the abstract 
grossly defies the requirements specified in para 10. 
The determination inviting to correct the deficiencies in the 
abstract shall be subject to a complaint. 
24. In case, where the Patent Office finds, in the application, 
ommissions and major defects other than those specified in 
para 19 and 20, it shall issue a determination inviting the 
applicant to correct them /Article 29/1//. 
25.1/ If the Patent Office finds that the documents specified 
in para 3.2/ii/ -/iv/ have not been filed ~ithin four months 
from the filing date of the application with the Patent Office, 
it shall deem the declaration claiming priority to be withdrawn 
and a determination shall be issued to this end. The determination 
shall be subject to a complaint. JP IN I I/POL/P 12 
Page 37 
2/ If the Patent Office finds that the certificate of the 
deposit of microorganism, referred to in para 3.2/v/, has not 
been furnished within four months from the filing date, the 
reference, by the applicant, to the deposited microorganism 
does not have effect for the purpose of the evaluation of the 
disclosure of the invention in the application. The determination 
issued by the Patent Office to this end shall be subject to 
a complaint. 
26. When reasonable, the Patent Office may invite the applicant 
to furnish, within the prescribed time limit, proofs and 
explanations relating to the application in support of his right 
to a patent or a patent od addition or of the priority right. 
27.1/ The following time limits, which should be ob~erved by the 
applicant during the proceedings, shall be fixed by the Patent 
Office: 
i/ if the applicant has his place of residence or place of 
business in Poland -of one month, 
ii/ if the applicant has his place of residence or place of 
business in other country -of two months. 
2/ lihen reasonable, the Patent Of£ice may extend the time 
limit, referred to in section 1/i/, however no more than by two 
months. 
3/ If by the expiration of the prescribed time limit the 
applicant notifies the Patent Office of the reasons which justify 
the delay, the Patent Office shall excuse non-observance of the 
time limit, provided that the delay is no longer than two months. 
28.1/ Any documents or letters the Patent Office shall send to 
the address indicated by the applicant. 
2/ If the applicant has appointed an agent, the Patent Office 
shall send letters to the agent's address. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
Page 38 
3/ If there are several applicants and they have not appointed 
a common agent, the Patent Office shall send letters to the 
address of a person designated to receive correspondence. If the 
applicants have not designated such person, the applicant first 
named in the request shall be considered as such. The delivery 
of correspondenoe to that person shall have the same legal effects 
as its delivery to each applicant separately. 
4/ The persons indicated in sections 1/ -3/ shall notify 
the Patent Office of each change in their names or addresses. 
In the case of failing to do 50, the delivery of a letter at the 
forme~ address shall have the legal effect, unless a new address 
is known to the Patent Office. 
29.1/ The Patent Office shall publish a patent application 
/Article 34/ in the official gazette "Biuletyn Urz~du Batentowegoll 
with the following indications: 
i/ an international classification code, 
ii/ the file number, 
iii/ the date of filing, 
iv/ the priority date and country of the application filed 
abroad or the indication of the exhibition, 
v/ the name of the applicant, 
vi/ the place of residence or place of business and the 
country of the applicant, 
viii the name of the inventor, 
viii/ the title of the invention, 
iX/ the abstract and a figure of the drawings, if necessary, 
x/ the number of claims. 
2/ The date of publication of the patent application shall be 
the day on which on which the indications specified in 
section 1/ have been published in the "Biuletyn Urz~du Patento-
wego". IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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3/ The abstract, referred to in section 1/ix/ may be replaced, 
in the publication of the application, ~ith a patent claim, if 
the Patent Office considers that it serves better illustration of 
the invention. 
4/ The patent application shall not be published if before the 
termination of the technical preparations for publication~, it has 
been withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn or the Patent Office has 
refused to grant a patent and the decision to this end has become 
final. 
30.1/ The Patent Office shall refuse to admit the right of priority 
in whole or partially, if it finds that: 
i/ ~he applicant is not entitled to enjoy the right of 
priority, 
ii/ the application filed abroad, the priority of which the 
applicant claims, is not the first application in the 
meaning of the provisions of para 14.1/ -3/, or 
iii/ the exhibition, the display at which is a basis for 
claiming priority by the applicant, does not comply with 
the requirements prescribed in para 15, or 
iV/ the subject matter of the application filed with the 
Patent Office or the relevant part of that subject matter 
differs from the subject matter in respect of ~hich the 
applicant is vested ~ith the right of priority, or 
vi the applicant has not kept the time limit for furnishing 
the declaration of taking advantage of the earlier 
priority or the time limits for filing the application 
pursuant to Articles 24 and 25, or the applicant is not 
entitled to the earlier priority pursuant to Article 25. 
2/ The determination referred to in section 1/ shall be subject 
to a complaint. IP IN I I/POL/P 12 
Page 40 
31.1/ If the Patent Office finds that the patent application 
does not comply ~ith the re~uirements of unity of invention, 
it shall fix a time limit for the applicant for filing separate­
patent applications and paying fees for those filings. 
The determination in this respect shall be subject to a complaint. 
The fee already paid for the first filing shall be considered 
as the fee for filing the invention mentioned in the first claim 
from among those upheld by the applicant. 
2/ If the applicant does not file, within the fixed time limit, 
separate applications or pay fees for those filings, the applicat±on 
shall be considered as relating to the invention first mentioned 
in the claims, In that case, the application in the part relating 
to the remaining inventions shall be considered ~ithdrawn and 
the proceedings shall be discontinued. 
3/ The applicant may, not having been invited by the Patent 
Office, file separate applications relating to the inventions 
covered by the first application and pay the filing fees for those 
applications at the same time. 
4/ In the case referred to in section 3/, the subsequent 
applications shall be considered filed at the filing date of the 
first application, if they have been filed before the publication 
of the first application. However, the Patent Office shall accord, 
for the subsequent applications, the filing date of the first 
application in spite of the fact that they have been filed after 
the publication, if the first application does not comply with 
the requirements of unity of invention. The determination on the 
refusal to accord the filing date of the first application shall 
be subject to a complaint. 
32.1/ The Patent Office may invite the appl~cant to submit 
explanations in relation to the contents of the description, 
the claims or the dFa~ings as well as to make corrections or 
complements in the description, the claims or the drawings if it 
seems to be necessary fot the proper illustration of the.invention; IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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otherwise, the proceedings shall be discontinued. The determina­
tion on making corrections or complements shall be subject to 
a complaint. 
2/ The Patent O~fice may require from the applicant to furnish, 
within the ~ixed time limit, models or samples, if it considers 
that it enables substantially the understanding of the invention 
and makes not much difficulty for the applicant. 
3/ If the applicant fails to furnish, within the fixed time 
limit, models and samples, the Patent Office shall decide on 
the grant of a patent on the basis of the documents as received. 
4/ The size of models and samples shall not exeed 50cm x 50cmx 
x 50 cm. Hodels and samples shall'be in ,a stabile form. 
5/ After having been examined, the models and samples shall 
be destroyed, unless the applicant, when furnishing them, demands 
them to be returned to him. 
33. I~ the applicant makes, during the processing of the 
application, corrections and complements which change the gist 
of the invention or justify the change in the priority to obtain 
a patent, the Patent Office shall declare non-admissibility 
thereof and shall issue a determination in this respect. 
The determination shall be subject to a complaint. 
34. After having carried out the examination, the Patent 
Office shall: 
i/ not consider the subject matter of the invention as 
a technical solution, especially where it finds that 
it does not relate to any material product described 
by means of technical features of its structure or 
composition, or to a definite technical method of 
influence the substance. 
ii/ not consider the subject matter of the invention as 
a neW solution, if it may produce evidences, in light 
of which all substanti~l features of that solution, 
taken together, cover entirely the solution already 
knO\\'n , IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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iii/ consider the invention claimed and complying with 
the requirement of novelty as an obvious solutinn, 
if it may evidence the state of the art to the extent 
which justify the ascetrainment that the implementation 
or application of the invention results, when 
considering the average knowledge of a person skilled 
in the art, directly from that state of the art, 
iV/ not consider the subject matter of the application 
as susceptible of applioation, especially where it 
finds that it is impossible to use it when considering 
generally adopted and recognized scientific principles 
or if it is only susceptible of a single application. 
35.1/ The Patent Office shall decide on the refusal to grant 
a patent in cases referred to in para 34, as well as in the 
event where it finds that: 
i/ the invention claimed is excluded from the patent 
protection /Article 12/, 
ii/ the solution has not been presented in a manner which 
sufficiently discloses all substantive features 
necessary for it to be carried out or the applicant 
has not determined in the claimes~the scope of 
protection sought through the indication of at least 
one technical feature relating to the subject matter 
of the application /Article 26/, 
iii/ a person seeking for a patent is not entitled to a 
patent, 
iV/ the applicant is not entitled t obtain a patent 
pursuant to Article 4, or 
v/ a patent has been granted to a patentee enjoying the 
right of priority IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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2/ The Patent Office shall , before taking the decision 
referree to in section 1/, fix for the applicant a time limit 
for reacting on proofs and documents which may evidence the lack 
of statutory requirements for granting a patent. 
3/ In the case, where the lack of statutory requirements for 
granting a patent relates only to a part of the application and 
the applicant has not restricted the scope of protection sought, 
the provisions of sections 1/ and 2/ shall apply accordingly. 
36.1/ If the Patent Office does not find the lack of statutory 
requirements for graniting a patent and the time limit for 
submitting observations in this respect by third parties expired, 
it shall decide on the grant of a patent. 
2/ The Patent Office may, before taking the decision referred 
to in section 1/, require from the applicant to remove, from the 
description, the claims and the drawings, the parts contrary to 
public order or morality or defining features or merits, which 
the invention evidently lacks of, as well as fancy and proper 
names; it shall issue a determiantion to this respect. The Patent 
Office itself may only correct the description, the claims or 
the drawings in order to remove obvious mistakes and linguistic 
errors. 
37. 1/ The provisions of paragraphs: 17, 18, 20-33, 34/i/,/iil ~ 
and /iv/, 35 and 36, subject to the provisions of sections 2/ and 
3/, shall apply accordingly to the examination of the utility 
model application. 
2/ The checking of the utility model application shall, apart 
from the subject matter referred to in para.18, relate also to 
the determination that the application includes the drawing or 
drawings. 
3/ If, when examining the application, the Patent Office finds 
that the drawing attached does not illustrate the solution, the 
provision of para 35.1/ii/ shall apply accordingly. IP IN 11 IPOL/P 12 
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CHAPTER 7 
EXAHINATION OF INI'ERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS 
38.1/ The international application ~iled with the Patent O~~ice 
acting as a receiving o~~ice shall be ~urnished in the English, 
French or German language. 
2/ Any documents making up the international application shall 
be furnished in three copies. 
3/ The request in the international application shall be drawn 
up on a ~orm prepared by the International Bureau. 
39.1/ The Patent O~fice shall notify, in the official gazette 
flBiuletyn UrzLdu Patento'Wegofl, o~ the publication, by the 
International Bureau, o~ the international application with which 
the applicant seeks for prote6tion in Poland. 
2/ The Patent Office shall publish, in the "Biuletyn Urz~du 
Patentowegofl, international patent applications which are processed 
by the Patent Office acting as a designated or elected Office. 
40.1/ The Patent Office shall initiate the processing of the 
international application, as a designated or elected office, 
a~ter having received, within the time limits prescribed in the 
Treaty, the translation of the international application into the 
Polish language and after having collected the national fee. 
2/ The translation of the international application, referred 
to in section-'1/, shall contain: 
i/ the description of the invention or utility model, 
ii/ a patent or utility model claim, 
iii/ the text on the drawings, 
iv/ the abstract of the description of the invention or 
utility model. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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3/ The translation of the claims, referred to in section 2/ii/ 
shall contain the translation of their original version and of the 
version as amended under Article 19 of the Treaty as well as the 
translation of any statement filed pursuant to that provision of 
the Treaty. 
4/ Where the parts of the international application specified 
in section 2/, have~been amended under Article 34/2/ of the Treaty, 
the provision of section 3/ shall apply accordingly. 
5/ The translation of the international application shall be 
furnished in three copies. 
6/ The translation of the international application shall be 
accompanied by the documents referred to in para 3.2/ii/ -/v/ 
and the st~tement evidencing the right to a patent or a right of 
protection. 
7/ The documents referred to in section 6/ shall be furnished 
in one copy. 
8/ If the documents specified in section 6/ have been prepared 
in a language other than the Polish, they shall be accompanied by 
their translation into the Polish language, signed by a translator 
and certified by the applicant or his agent. 
9/ The~provision of section 8 shall not apply to the document 
referred to in para 3.2/ii/, if the document has been drawn up in 
the English, German, French or Russian language or it is accompanied 
by the translation into one of those languages. 
10/ Where the Patent Office finds, when processing the application 
referred to in section 1/, that the documents specified in section 6/ 
have not been furnished, it shall invite the applicant to furnish 
them within the fixed time limit. 
41. The Patent Office shall, during the proceedings referred to 
in para 40.1/, accept the communication of the correspondence 
relating to the international application by means of teleprinter, 
provided that within 14 days after being so communicated, the IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
Page 46 
original copy of the letter so communicated is furnished to the 
Patent Office together with the accompanying letter which states 
the fact of its earlier communication by the means as mentioned 
above. 
42. The international application, the processing of which 
the Patent Office has initiated as a designated or elected office, 
shall be accorded the number of a serial national application. 
43. If the Patent Office does not reoeive, from the Internatio­
nal Bureau, a copy of the priority document, it shall invite the 
applicant to furnish that document within the fixed time limit. 
CHAPTER 8 
GRANT OF PROTECITION 
44. The Patent Office shall, after having checked that the 
due renewal fee has been paid in due time, enter in the Register 
the mention of the grant of a patent and shall publish the 
patent specification. 
45. The Patent Office shall invite the applicant or patentee 
to pay, within the prescribed time limit, a fee for the 
publication of the patent specification. After the fee is paid, 
the Patent Office shall issue a letters patent the the patentee. 
46. The provisions of paragraphs 44 and 45 shall apply 
accordingly to rights of protection for utility models. 
CHAPTER 9 
REGISTERS 
47.1/ The Patent Register kept by the Patent Office shall 
consist of the accessible part and the non-accessible part. 
In the accessible part, entries concerning patents for non-secret 
inventions shall be made and in the non-accessible part -
entries concerning patents for secret inventions. JP IN I I/POL/P 12 
Page 47 
2/ The accessible part and non-accessible part of the Patent 
Register shall be kept in two separate register books. 
3/ The manner of keeping the register books is described in 
paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Annex to this Ordinance. 
48. The patent, of which the mention of grant is entered in the 
Patent Register, shall be accorded a serial registration number. 
49.1/ The entry in the Patent Register shall, at the requets of 
the interested person, be made on the basis of a decision on entry. 
2/ The Patent Office shall check whether the documents which 
are to be the basis for taking a decision on entry in the Patent 
Register, comply with the provisions in force. 
50. Correction of an obvious mistake in the Register sball be 
made on a basis of a determination. The determination on the 
correction shall be subject to a complaint. 
51.1/ When making an entry in the Register, the basis for the 
entry shall be indicated. 
2/ Individual entries made in a given column shall be accorded 
serial numbers and shall be separated with level lines. 
3/ Changes and deletions in the entries shall be marked with 
new subsequent numbers in the same columns, in which the changed 
or deleted entries have been made. 
4/ Original entries to which changes or deletions relate, shall 
be underlined with a red line. 
5/ Misprints and other obvious mistakes in entries shall be 
crossed out with a line in a manner which should . enable the clear 
reading of the original text, and a new correct entry shall be 
made in the same column. 
6/ A person making an entry shall mark a date of the entry and 
shall set his or her signature. IP/N 11 IPOL/P 12 
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52. In the event, where the Hinister for National Defence or 
the Minister for the Interior finds that a secret invention 
lacks the nature of the secret invention, the Patent Office shall 
make an entry relating to the patent for that invention in the 
accessib~e part of the Patent Register under a serial registration 
number and shall mention that fact in the non-accessible part 
of the Register on a page on which the indications concerning 
that patent appear. 
53. The Patent Office shall communicate of the entries made 
in the accessible part of the Register in the official gazette 
"Wiadomosci Urz~du Patentowego", unless the contents of the entry 
has been otherwise communioated. 
54.1/ Any entry in the accessible part of the Patent Register 
may be inspected by any person; the non-accessible part of the 
Patent Register may only be inspected by a person authorized by 
the Minister for National Defence or the Minister for the Interior, 
within the limits of the authorization. 
2/ The Patent Register shall be accessible for public inspection 
in the Registers Section at the Patent Office. 
55.1/ The Patent Office shall, at the written request of any 
person and after paying a due fee by that person, issue from the 
accessible part of the Register: 
i/ a copy of the particulars from the Register, 
ii/ an extract from the Register, 
iii/ a certificate of the entry. 
2/ A copy of the particulars from the Register shall include 
any updated indications entered in the Register, which relate to 
a given patent. On demand, any entries changed or deleted shall 
also be included in the copy of the particulars from the Register. 
3/ An extract from the Register shall include the indications, 
the ascertainment of which a requesting person demands. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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4/ A certificate of the entry shall include the ascertainment 
of the existance of a given entry and of the basis on which it 
has been made, the indication of the Register, of the part of the 
Register, the registration number and the number of a page of the 
register book. 
5/ Vacant columns and their parts in copies or extracts from 
the Register shall be crossed out. 
6/ The documents specified in sections 2/ -4/ shall be sealed 
with the round seal of the Patent Ot£ice~ 
7/ The issuance of the documents specified in sections 2/ -4/ 
shall be mentioned on the request, with the indication of the 
date of issuance. 
56. The provisions of paragraphs 47 -55 shall apply accordingly 
to the Utility Nodels Register. 
CHAPI'ER 10 
INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION AND AVAILABILITY 
OF THE FILES FOR INSPECTION 
57.1/ The Patent Office shall give information on the patent or 
utility model application to, and make the files of the patent 
or utility model application available for inspection in 
each phase of the proceedings, by: 
i/ the applicant and his agent, 
ii/ prosecution agencies, authorities of the administration 
of justice and their representatives, 
iii/ third parties, with the consent of the applicant given 
in writing. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
Page 50 
2/ Giving information on the patent or utility model application 
prior to its publication, except in the case referred to in 
section 1/i/, and making the files of the patent application 
available, shall be annotated in the files of the patent application. 
3/ In the cases referred to in Article 33, the Patent Office 
may, during the proceedings preceding the publication of the patent 
or utility model application, make the information on filing the 
patent or utility model application available to third parties and 
disclose the file number, the filing date, the title of the 
application and the applicant's name. 
58.1/ The third parties may, as from the day of publication of 
the patent or utility model application, inspect the specification 
of the patent or utility model application, including the descrip­
tion, the claims and the drawings as well as make copies of these 
documents and reaeive facsimiles of the specification of the 
application, against payment. 
2/ The Patent Office may, at the request of the persons who 
can evidence their legal interest, make available for inspection 
documents contained in the files, other than those specified in 
section 1/. The provision of para 57.2/ shall apply accordingly. 
59. The provisions of paragraphs 57 and 58 shall not apply to 
secret inventions and secret utility models. 
CHAPTER 11 
TRANSITIONAL'A~~ FINAL PROVISIONS 
60. Upon the date of entry of this Ordinance into force, the 
former provisions shall apply to the proceedings concerning: 
i/ the issuance of a certificate of authorship, unless the 
decision on the grant of a patent or a right of protection 
has been taken before the date at which the Law becomes 
effective, IP IN I1/POL/P 12 
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ii/ carrying out the substantive examination of the invention 
or utility model for ~hich a provisional patent or 
a provisional patent of addition or a right of protection 
ha~ been granted, before the date at ~hich the La~ 
becomes effective. 
61. The Ordinance of the President of the Patent Office of 
the People's Republic of Poland of November 12,1984 on the 
protection of inventions and utility models /Honitor Polski No 26 
item 179/ is repealed. 
62. The Ordinance becomes effective on April 16,1993. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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Annex to the Ordinance of 
the President of the Patent Office 
of the Republic of Poland 
of March 23,1993 litem 179/ 
REQUffiEMENTS CONCERNING THE PATENI' APPLICATIONt UTILITY MODEL 
APPLICATION AND REGISTERS 
I. Requirements concerning the documents attached to the patent 
and utility model application 
1.11 The document of priority of the application filed abroad 
shall consist of: 
i/ a copy or facsimile of the application filed abroad, 
authenticated by the competent foreign authority with 
which the application was filed, 
ii/ a certificate issued by the competent foreign authority 
referred to in point/if, indicating the filing date 
of the application. 
21 The document of priority of the display of the invention 
or utility model at the exhibition shall consist of: 
i/ a certificate issued by the director of the exhibition, 
which confirms the display of the invention or utility 
model at the exhibition; the certificate shall indicate 
the name of the exhibitor, the name of the exhibition, 
the date and place of the exhibition and shall confirm 
the identity of the displayed product with the attached 
description and drawings of that product, 
ii/ the description and the drawings of the displayed 
product, which disclose its main technical features 
and are certified by the director of the exhibition 
in a manner which leaves no room for any doubts as to 
the authenticity of the contents of those documents, IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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iii/ if the exhibition takes place abroad - a document 
certifying that the exhibition is of the kind as 
indicated in para 15 of the Ordinance. 
2. The declaration on priority dates shall include: 
i/ the name o~ the applicant, 
ii/ the. title of the invention or of the utility model, 
iii/ the number o~ the application ~iled with the Patent 
Office, i~ it is known to the applicant, 
iV/ the declaration on claimi~g priority by the applicant, 
v/ specification of numbers of claims together with the 
priority dates corresponding to the separate claims; 
by each individual date, the name of the country in 
which respective application was filed, as well as 
the application number or the name, location and 
country of the exhibition shall be placed; it is to 
understood that to the claims which have not been 
mentioned, the priority date of the app1ication filed 
with the Patent Office shall correspond, 
vii the signature of the applicant or his agent and the 
date. 
3. The declaration of the applicant on enjoying the right 
of priority, shall include: 
i/ the name of a person, on behalf of which the priority 
docunent has been issued, 
ii/ the name of the applicant, 
iii/ the title of the invention or of the utility model, 
as 'Well as the country, the date and the number of 
filing or the identification of the exhibition, 
iv/ the statements of the grounds for enjoying the right 
of priority, IPINI I/POL/P 12 
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v/ the signature of the applicant or his agent and the 
date. 
4. The certificate of the deposit of microorganism shall 
include: 
i/ the name of a depository institution, with which the 
deposit was made, 
ii/ the name of the depositor, 
iii/ the date of deposit of microorganism, 
iv/ the date of receipt, accorded to the deposit by the 
depository institution. 
5. The power of attorney shall contain: 
i/ the name and address of the applicant, 
ii/ the name and address of the agent, 
iii/ the declaration of the applicant, authorizing the agent 
to act in his name, 
iV/ the identification of the case to which the power of 
attorney relates, 
v/ the scope of the power of attorney, 
vi/ the signature of the applicant and the date. 
6.1/ If the documents specified in p~ra 1.2/ and paragraphs 2-5 
of the Annex to the Ordinance, and the evidences referred to 
in para 26 of the Ordinance, have been drawn up in a language 
other than the Polish, they shall be accompanied by the 
translations into the Polish language, signed by a.translator 
and certified by the applicant or his agent. The documents 
and their translations shall be so connected as to guarantee 
that both are identical as to the content. IP IN I I/POL/P 12 
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2/ If the document, referred to in para 1.1/ of the Annex 
to the Ordinance, has been drawn up in a language other than 
the Polish, English, French, German or Russian, it shall be 
accompanied by the translation into one of those languages. 
The provision of section 1/ shall apply accordingly. 
II. Physical requirements concerning the patent or utility model 
application 
7.1/ All elements of the application /the description, the olaims, 
the drawings and the abstract/ shall be so presented as to 
admit of direct reproduction. 
2/ No sheet shall be folded. Each sheet shall be free from 
creases, cracks and erasures, and shall be free from alterations, 
overwritings and interlineations. Non compliance with this rule 
may be authorized if the authenticity of the content is not 
in question and the requirements for good reproduction are not 
in jeopardy. 
3/ Only one side of each sheet shall be used. 
4/ Each sheet shall be used in an upright position, i.e. the 
short sides at the top and bottom. 
5/ All elements of the application shall be on paper which 
shall be flexible, strong, white, smooth, matt, non-transparent 
and durable. However, one carbon copy of the description and 
one carbon copy of the claims, as well as the drawings prepared 
on non-crackable drafting paper, shall be acceptable. 
6/ Each element of the application shall commence on a new 
sheet. 
7/ If an element of the application consists of two or more 
sheets, the sheets shall be so connected that they can be 
easily turned when consulted. IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
Page 56 
8/ The size of the sheets shall be A4 /297 mm x 210 mm/. 
9/ The minimum margins of the sheets containing the request, 
the description, the claims and the abstract shall be as follows: 
the top margin on the first sheet, except for the request -80 mm, 
the top margin of other sheets -20 mm, the left -35 mm, 
the right -20 mm, the bottom -20 mm. 
10/ The minimum margins of the sheets containing the drawings 
shall be as fo1lows~ top -25 mm, left -35 mm, right -15 mm, 
bottom -10 mm. 
11/ The sheets shall not contain frames or single lines 
separating any of the margins from the usable surface of the sheet. 
12/ The margins of the sheets shall be blank. 
13/ If an element of the application consists of two or more 
sheets, the sheets shall be numerated in consecutive Arabic 
numerals. Each element of the application shall have a separate 
numeration; the numbers ~hall be placed at the top of the sheet, 
in the middle, below the top margin. 
14/ It is recommended to number every fifth line of each sheet 
of the description; the numbers of the lines /5, 10, 15, etc./ 
shall appear on the left side of the sheet, to the right of the 
margin. 
15/ The request, the description, the claims and the abstract 
shall be typed or printed. 
16/ The typing shall be ca 6 mm -spaced. 
17/ Only mathematical and chemical formulae and rare characters, 
symbols and letters in the Greek language may, when necessary, 
be written by hand. 
18/ All text matter shall be executed in a dark, indelible color 
and shall be in characters, the capital letters of which are not 
less than 2,1 mm high. IP/N/I/POL/P/2 
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19/ The request, the description, the claims and the abstract 
shall not contain drawings. 
20/ The description, the claims and the abstract may contain 
mathematical or chemical formulae, excluding structural chemical 
formulae. 
21/ The description and the abstract may contain tables; any 
claim may contain tables only if the subject matter of the claim 
makes the use of tables indispensable. 
22/ The drawings shall not contain text matter, except a single 
word or words, when absolutely indispensable, such as "watertl, 
"steam", "open", "closed", Usection on AB". Also a few short 
catchwords in flow sheet and block schematic diagrams, indispensa­
ble for understanding of the scheme, shall be acceptable. 
23/ Drawings shall be executed in precise, durable, black, 
sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly thick and well defined 
lines and shall be such that a photographic reproduction with 
a linear reduction in size to two-third would enable all details 
to be distinguished without difficulty. Colorings and gradings 
shall not be acceptable. 
24/ Cross-sections shall be indicated by oblique hatching 
which should not impede the clear reading of the reference signs 
and leading lines. 
25/ All numbers, letters and reference lines appearing on the 
draWings, shall be clear and well-marked. Brackets, circles or 
inverted commas shall not be used in assoctation with numbers 
and letters. 
26/ Each element of each figure of the drawings shall be in 
proper proportion to each of the other elements in the figure, 
except where the use of a different proportion is indispensable 
for the clarity of the figure. IP IN 11 IPOL/P 12 
Page 58 
27/ The height of the numbers abd letters in the drawings 
shall not be less than 6 mm. 
28/ The same sheet of drawings may contain several figures 
but clearly separated from one another. It is recommended to arrange 
the figures in an upright position. The different figures shall 
be numbered in consecutive Arabic numenrals. 
29/ Reference signs not mentioned in the description shall not 
appear in the drawings, and vice versa reference signs not 
appearing in the drawings shall not be placed. in the description. 
The same features, when denoted by reference signs, shall, 
throughout the application, be denoted by the same sign. 
30/ Reference signs appearing in the description shall be 
underlined. 
31/ If the drawings contain a large number of reference signs, 
it is recommended to attach a separate sheet listing all reference 
signs and the features denoted by them /list of reference signs/. 
32/ The provisions of sections 24/ -26/ and 29/ -31/ shall 
not apply to structural chemical formulae. 
III. Requirements concerning the Patent Register. 
8. The pages of the Register book shall be numerated in consecu­
tive numerals and shall be laced up. End-pieces of the string 
shall be attached to the inner side of the cover of the register 
book and seales with the round seal of the Patent Office with the 
sealing-wax. The last page of the book shall contain a note 
indicating the number of pages in the register book. The note 
shall be signed by an authorized person and dated. 
9.1/ Each page of the register book shall be for entries relating 
to one patent only. If one page is not enough for the entries 
relating to one patent, subsequent entries shall be made on another 
indicated page~ ~he heading of the page shall contain: IP/NI1 IPOL/P/2 
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i/ the number and a kind of the patent /patent, patent of 
addition/, 
ii/ the filing date of the invention, 
iii/ the number and the filing date of the main patent 
fin respect of a patent of addition/, 
iV/ the file number of the invention, 
v/ the number of the parent application /under ~hich the 
application has been published/, 
vi/ the priority /date, country code, number/, 
viii the date of publication of the patent application, 
viii/ the designation of a class, sub-olass, group and sub-group, 
iX/ the date of grant of the patent /the date of the decision/, 
x/ the number and the year of publication of the "Wiadomosci 
Urz~du Patentowego" in ~hich the mention of the grant of 
a patent is published. 
2/ A page of the register book shall contain six columns 
marked with letters from A to F for the following entries: 
A -the name and the place of residence or place of business 
of the patentee /location,. country/, 
B -the title of the L~vention, 
c -the name of the inventor and his place of residence 
/location, country/, 
D -rights ~hich restrict the patent /licence, right to work 
the invention, declaration on the open licence/, 
E -the entries updating the legal status of the patent 
/patents of addition, conversion of a patent of addition 
into an independent patent/, 
F -the date of revocation of the patent or the date and 
the grounds of the termination of the patent. 