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IP/N/1/BGR/P/3  
 
11 November 2022  
(22-8455)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
BULGARIA : ACT ON PATENTS AND REGISTRATION OF UTILITY MODELS  
Notifying Member  BULGARIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title ACT ON PATENTS AND REGISTRATION OF UTILITY MODELS  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/BGR/22_5765_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/BGR/P/1/Add.1 ; IP/N/1/BGR/P/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Act governs the relationships arising in the creation, protection and use of the patentable 
inventions and of the utility models.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  27 October 2020;  
Prom. SG. 27/2 Apr 1993  
Amend. and suppl. SG. 92/27 Oct 2020  
 
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  16 August 2022  
Other information   IP/N/1/BGR/6 • IP/N/1/BGR/P/3  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Patent Office  
International Cooperation and Projects Directorate  
52 B, Doctor G.M. Dimitrov Boulevard  
Sofia 1040  
Bulgaria  
 
Telephone:   +359 2 970 14 68  
Telefax:   +359 2 873 52 58  
Email:   services@bpo.bg  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  