Patents

Making available the translation of the claims of a European patent application into the Slovak language and the effects of the European patent application

Making available the translation of patent claims into Slovak language is regulated by Section 60 of Act No č. 435/2001 Z. z. on Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts (hereinafter referred to as Act No č. 145/1995 Z. z.).

On the date of making the translation of the patent claims available to the public, the applicant for a European patent application has the same rights as the applicant for a national patent application, provided that a European patent with effects in the Slovak Republic is granted.
After publication of the European patent application by the European Patent Office, the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Office) shall make the translation of the patent claims available to the public pursuant to Section 60(2) of Act No 435/2001 Coll. and shall announce this fact in the Journal of the Office, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:

• the European patent application is directed to the territory of the Slovak Republic (the Slovak Republic is the designation country),
• the European patent application has been published by the European Patent Office in the European Patent Journal,
• a translation of the patent claims into the Slovak language has been submitted to the Office by an authorised person; and
• the administrative fee for the publication and making available of the translation of the patent claims or the corrected translation of the patent claims has been paid pursuant to item 216a(b) of the Act of the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic No. 145/1995 Coll. on Administrative Fees, as amended.

The applicant for a European patent application may at any time file a corrected translation of the patent claims into the Slovak language pursuant to Section 60(2) of Act No 435/2001 Coll. After receipt of the corrected translation and payment of the administrative fee, the Office shall make the corrected translation available to the public and announce this fact in the Journal.
The corrected translation shall be valid instead of the original translation as from the date of the notification of making the corrected translation available in the Journal.
The form available at https://www.indprop.gov.sk/patenty/patenty/dokumenty-na-stiahnutie may be used to file a translation of patent claims into Slovak.
The rates of administrative fees and information on the payment of administrative fees are available at:
https://www.indprop.gov.sk/patenty/patenty/spravne-poplatky
Data concerning European patent applications and European patents with a designation for the Slovak Republic are available to the public at:
https://wbr.indprop.gov.sk/webregistre/?lang=sk
https://www.indprop.gov.sk/produkty-a-sluzby/produkty-uradu/vestnik-upv-sr