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Patents for inventions
A patentable invention shall be a new (in a global sense)
technical solution which does not obviously result from
prior art and which can be used for practical purposes.
Inventions shall be deemed to be new, if before the date
determining the priority for obtaining the patent it had
not been available to the public (by publication, public
implementation, display at a public exhibition etc.) in
a manner providing knowledgeable persons with data sufficient
for their implementation.
A patent confers upon the owner the exclusive rights to
exploit the invention in the entire territory of the Republic
of Poland. Such exclusive rights shall be valid for up to
20 years, beginning on the date of the filing a patent application
with the Patent Office. A patent may be granted after a
proper application has been duly filed, examined by the
Patent Office (novelty, applicability, obviousness etc.)
and after the payment of a protection fee. Once the patent
has expired, the patented technical solution shall be freely
available.
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