what is Patent ?

A patent is a certificate issued to protect a patent.

  • Technology is the concept of an inventor that can be applied to any specific problem in the field of technology. Or production process.

I- Conditions for obtaining a patent, unless the patent ៖

  •  new
  • New and applicable steps in the industry
*New

An invention that can be considered new only if it has not been discovered before. Previous discoveries were inventions that the public anywhere in the world knew about before the application deadline or the priority date of the application through the use of physical or oral media. The use of that technology or through other media.

The following cases shall not be considered public knowledge ៖

  • Awareness to the public of the invention that occurred during the twelve (12) months prior to the application deadline or the priority date of the application.
  • Disclosure of patent information through an applicant, through an ancestral successor, or through third-party infringement on the applicant or ancestral successor that causes the information to be leaked.
New discovery steps

Inventory is considered to be a new discovery step if the invention does not allow a person with a normal level of skill to understand.

  • Applicable in industry

An invention is considered applicable in industry if the invention can be manufactured or used in any type of industry.

II- The following patents are not protected by patentsម៖

  • Discovering scientific theories and mathematical methods
  • Plan business rules or methods for purely intellectual training activities or for gambling
  • Methods for treating people or animals by surgery or therapy, as well as diagnostic methods applied to the human or animal body. This provision does not apply to products used in the above methods.
  • Pharmaceutical products as stated in article 136 of the law
  • Non-microbial plants and animals and biological processes essential for plant or animal production
  • Various types of any plant variety.

Any technology that does business in the Kingdom of Cambodia៖

Contrary to public order or morality, does not protect the life or health of people, animals or plants, seriously damage the environment or is prohibited by law from issuing patents.