Patents are granted – regardless of the field of technology – for any inventions which are new, which involve an inventive step and which are susceptible of industrial application. An invention is considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art. The state of the art is held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, displaying or disclosure in any other way, before the date according to which priority to obtain a patent is determined.

A utility model is a new and useful solution of a technical nature affecting shape, construction or durable assembly of an object. A utility model is considered to be a useful solution if by means of that solution a practical effect is attainable, expedient in the process of manufacturing or exploitation of the product.

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