For IP professionals
This is the portal for professionals working in the field of intellectual property. Here you'll find direct access to all necessary resources.
Quick links
- Trade Mark Database
- Register changes for trade marks
- Swissreg
- Madrid Monitor
- TMview
- E-trademark
- International trade mark registration
- Trade Mark Guidelines (German, French, Italian)
- Classification tool for trade marks
- Trade mark examination support tool
- Trade marks: Costs and fees
- Trade marks: WIPO fee calculator
- Cancellation procedure for trade marks on the grounds of non-use
- Protected public signs: Abbreviations
- Protected public signs: Other signs (emblems)
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
- Trade marks: News Service Archive
- Patents: Patent Examination Guidelines (German, French)
- Patents: Fees
Patent protection
| What is protected? | Inventions, i.e. new technical solutions to technical problems |
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| How is it protected? | Granting of the patent |
| Minimum requirements |
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| Not protected |
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| What exceptions are there? | Private use, research and teaching |
| Scope of protection | Defined in the patent claims |
| Period of protection | Max. 20 years |
| Common symbols or references | +pat+; pat. pend. (patent pending) |
| Application fees (CH) | CHF 200 (for the application), |
| Annual fees (CH) | CHF 100 for the 4th year, after which the fees increase annually |
| Unique to Switzerland | There is no official examination for novelty and inventive step in Switzerland. The IPI therefore recommends carrying out a patent search. |