The Rights of a Party in the Proceedings for the Grant of a Patent

Abstract

The goal of the article was to present the legal position of an applicant in the proceedings for the grant of a patent (the so-called application proceedings, which constitutes the main form of patent proceedings). The article contains a comparative law analysis of the party’s active procedural rights in the patent application proceedings and general administrative proceedings. First, the author explained – controversial in the doctrine – the concept of a party to the patent application proceedings, and then discussed their procedural rights at various stages of the procedure, indicating similarities and differences to the solutions adopted in the general administrative procedure. The topic of the considerations remains valid and important in the era of building an innovative economy.

Keywords

• prawa strony
• postępowanie zgłoszeniowe (patentowe)
• ogólne postępowanie administracyjne