Art. 147

¹Certificates may also be granted on the basis of patents that have lapsed at the end of their maximum term between 8 February 1997 and the Amendment to this Act of 9 October 1998¹coming into force.

²The term of protection of the certificate is calculated in accordance with Article 140e ; its effects do not begin until the publication of the application for the grant of a certificate.

³The application must be filed within two months of the Amendment to this Act of 9 October 1998 coming into force. In the event that the time limit is not met, the IPI shall refuse the application.

⁴Article 48 paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 apply correspondingly for the time period between the lapse of the patent and the publication of the application.