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ARTICLE · 05 APRIL 2019

Indonesia Updates The Process For Patent Applications

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Indonesia's Minister of Law and Human Rights ("MOLHR") issued a regulation at the end of 2018.

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Stephen Igor Warokka
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Indonesia's Minister of Law and Human Rights ("MOLHR") issued a regulation at the end of 2018 that sets technical and administrative procedures for obtaining patent protection in Indonesia and accommodates applications for patent protection under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ("PCT").

MOLHR Regulation Number 38 of 2018 regarding Patent Applications ("Regulation 38/2018") was issued on December 19, 2018. It implements provisions under Law No. 13 of 2016 regarding Patents (the "Patent Law"). Regulation 38/2018 is the first regulation in Indonesia to addresses technical procedures for patent applications under the PCT, which Indonesia ratified in 1997.

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