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[ip_utility.html] see also: Filing requirements for Ukraine The utility model is considered to be a product of humanТs intellectual activity in a sphere of technology. The following subject matters of an invention shall be patentable: Х a product (apparatus, substance, strain of microorganism, cell culture of plant and animal) Х a process Х a new application of known process. The following subject matters of an utility model shall not be patentable: Х plant varieties and animal breeds 1 Х inherent natural biological processes of reproducing of plants and animals, which process has no relation to non-biological and microbiological processes 1 Х an integrated microcircuit topography 2 Х styling results. 3 A patent of utility model shall be valid for 10 years from the date of filing an application with the Patent Office. A utility model meets the requirements of patentability if it is novel and has industrial applicability . An application for the granting of a patent shall undergo the formal examination only whereupon a patent may be granted. A patent is granted within 1 month after the registration in the State Register. The rights derived from a patent enter into force from the date of publication of a mention of the patent granting in the Official Bulletin. Filing requirements for Ukraine. The PCT patent application shall be filed with Ukrainian Patent Office in Ukrainian language within 31 months from the priority date. The following documents are necessary: Х An order letter with an information sheet containing: 1. The applicant's name, citizenship and address/domicile 2. Inventor's name, citizenship and address/domicile 3. Convention priority data Х Specification Х Claims Х Drawings and other illustrative materials (if any) Х Abstract Х Certified copy of a prior application filed in a member state of the P aris convention (if any priority claimed) Х In case of a PCT application, the title page of the PCT publication Х Power of attorney Х Payment order for filing. 1 Committee of plant varieties protection has been authorized for relevant procedures. 2 The separate Law for protection of rights on IMC topography. 3 Copyright Protection Law.