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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of December 30, 2008 No. 316-FZ

About patent agents

(as amended on 31-07-2023)

Accepted by the State Duma on December 24, 2008

Approved by the Federation Council on December 29, 2008

Article 1. Regulation subject

This Federal Law according to the Civil code of the Russian Federation governs the relations connected with activities in the territory of the Russian Federation of patent agents, determines requirements to patent agents, establishes procedure for acquisition of the status of the patent agent, including procedure for certification and registration of patent agents, and also determines the rights, obligations and responsibility of patent agents.

Article 1.1. Status of the patent agent

1. The status of the patent agent is given to persons who confirmed availability of necessary qualification and work experience in field of activity of the patent agent according to specialization in relation to which the citizen expresses desire to be certified and registered as the patent agent, and to relevant requirements of this Federal Law. Activities of the patent agent are aimed at providing necessary level of protection of the rights and legitimate interests of the principal. Principals of the patent agent are applicants, owners and other interested citizens and legal entities with whom the patent agent (the employer of the patent agent) signed the agreement including conditions about performance of works (about rendering services), belonging to activities of the patent agent.

2. The status of the patent agent is acquired from registration date of the patent agent in the Register of patent agents of the Russian Federation (further - the Register) and stops from the date of exception of the patent agent of the Register based on Items 1 - 5 parts 1 of article 8 of this Federal Law or from the date of the introduction in legal force of the judgment specified in Item 6 of part 1 of article 8 of this Federal Law.

3. In the cases and procedure provided by part 2 of Article 8 and Item 2 of part 2 of article 10 of this Federal Law, the status of the patent agent excluded from the Register is recovered.

Article 2. Requirements imposed to the patent agent

1. Patent agents citizens who acquired the status of the patent agent in the procedure established by this Federal Law are recognized.

2. As the patent agent can be certified and registered the citizen of the Russian Federation who:

1) reached age of 18 years;

2) constantly lives in the territory of the Russian Federation;

3) has the higher education;

The work experience in field of activity of the patent agent according to specialization on which the citizen expresses desire to be certified and registered as the patent agent, at least four years from the moment of receipt of the higher education or experience of the specified work at least two years from the moment of receipt of the higher education on condition of passing of training as the candidate for patent agents within at least six months with issue of the recommendation of the patent agent under the leadership of whom there took place the training has 4). Requirements to holding training of candidates for patent agents, including to issue by its results of the recommendation, are established by federal executive body on intellectual property.

3. Cannot be certified as patent agents:

1) the citizens recognized in the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation as incapacitated or it is limited by capable;

2) citizens whose activities as patent agents are suspended or who are excluded from the Register by the judgment for certain term according to the procedure, provided by part 2 of article 10 of this Federal Law, before the expiration of this term.

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