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Law/Patents - Patents / Biology | | German term or phrase: Gebrauchsmuster | At this late date, I am not sure whether I have a utility patent or a utility model. The text is about a dispute regarding the following:
"The patent application was disclosed on December 1998. The disclosure of the German translation followed on May 4, 2000.
2. The subject matter of the European patent touched on the same invention as the disputed utility patent. Claim 1 of the patent protects a procedure for the treatment of silage.
1. Extensive addition of a microorganism to the silage
2. that has the characteristic property of Lactobacillus buchneri, NCIMB 40 788
a) in addition to the normally produced fatty acids during fermentation
b) to produce a secondary metabolite and this metabolite has the ability to inhibit the growth of spoilage organisms selected from yeasts, moulds and spore- forming bacteria.
3. The silage is maintained closed for a period of at least 30 days, whereby this metabolite is produced." (UNREVISED)
So the disputet was based on European patent EP 0 880 323. Does that necessarily make this a utliity patent, and not a utility model?. I have looked up a number of articles on Google discussing the difference between a utility patent and a utility patent, but they largely discuss the time that a utility mode is protected - 10 years vs. 20 for patents. Can someone help? |
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