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Representation of owners of European patent applications and European patents intended for the Slovak Republic
The provisions of Section 79 of Act č. 435/2001 Z.z. shall apply mutatis mutandis to the representation of the parties in proceedings relating to translations of claims of European patent applications and translations of European patent files into the Slovak language before the Office. on patents, supplementary protection certificates and on amendment and supplementation of certain acts.
Compulsory representation
Persons who do not have their permanent residence or registered office in the territory of the Slovak Republic shall be obligatorily represented by a lawyer or a patent attorney in proceedings before the Office, including the submission of translations.Compulsory representation shall not apply to parties to proceedings who are citizens of a Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who have their registered office or establishment in the territory of a Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area; the parties to proceedings shall be obliged to notify the Office of their address for service in the territory of the Slovak Republic.
Notification of the address for service in the territory of the Slovak Republic
The proprietor of a European patent not subject to compulsory representation who submits to the Office a translation of the European patent file into the Slovak language shall be obliged to notify the Office of the address for service in the territory of the Slovak Republic.If the proprietor of the European patent fails to notify the Office of the address for service in the territory of the Slovak Republic, the official communications relating to his patent shall be deposited in the Office and shall be deemed to have been received 30 days after the expiry of 30 days from the date of their deposit. The consequence of failure to notify the address shall be notified to the proprietor of the European patent by the Office.
Representation in respect of acts relating to the payment of fees
The compulsory representation shall not apply to acts relating to the payment of fees. If the party to the proceedings who carries out the acts connected with the payment of the fees (i.e. also the payer of the maintenance fee for the European patent) does not have his permanent residence or registered office in the territory of the Slovak Republic, he is obliged to notify the Office of his address for service in the territory of the Slovak Republic.If the party to the proceedings fails to notify the Office of an address for service in the Slovak Republic, the Office's documents relating to the proceedings shall be deposited in the Office and shall be deemed to have been served 30 days after the expiry of 30 days from the date of their deposit. The consequence of failure to notify the address must be notified to the party to the proceedings by the Office.