The Utility Model provides an explicit right of its owner upon a given invention and is a result of finding of a new creative decision of a given technical problem. Compared to the classic patent for invention for utility model there exist lowered requirements for the inventive step, facilitated registration procedure, lower registration taxes and renewals and shorter terms of protection. The utility model is known as the so called “small invention”. Legal protection on a utility model is provided by registration in the Patent Office.
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