Moldovan inventors will benefit from support from the state in the process of patenting abroad inventions and sorts of plants created in Moldova, IPN reports, quoting regulations approved by the Cabinet.
The regulations stipulate mechanisms for financially supporting legal entities that initiated external patenting procedures. This way the development of the innovation capacities of research institutions, university and business centers will be ensured.
Based on the regulations, the inventors will have a part of the costs incurred when patenting inventions and sorts of plants abroad covered by the state, in particular those associated with the submission and examination of the patent application, documentation and technical examination of the sort of plant.
An applicant will be able to get financial support for at most three times. In the course of one calendar year, financial assistance will be given to an applicant only once and the sum will not exceed the equivalent of €3,000.
The invention or sort of plant for which the applicant will benefit from financial support will be selected by a commission consisting of specialists with experience of at least five years in the area of intellectual property.
