Art. 148

¹No translation of the patent specifications under Article 113 paragraph 1¹is required for European patents which are not published in one of the official Swiss languages if the mention of the grant of the European patent, or in the case of the maintenance of the patent in amended form the publication of the decision regarding an opposition, or in the case of a limitation of the patent the mention of the limitation has been published in the European Patent Bulletin less than three months prior to the Amendment to this Act of 16 December 2005 coming into force.

²Articles 114²and 116³also apply after the Amendment to this Act of 16 December 2005 comes into force to translations which have either been sent to the defendant in accordance with Article 112⁴, or made public by the IPI or which have been submitted to the IPI under Article 113⁵.