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TABLE I COUNTRY DATE OF FIRST LAW DURATION OF PROTECTION NAME SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS 1999 ANDEAN PACT 1992 10 years Utility Model yes ARGENTINA 1996 10 years Utility Model Yes - deferred 426 AUSTRALIA 1979/2001 8 years Innovation Patent no AUSTRIA 1994 10 years Utility Model no 964 BELGIUM 1987 6 years Short Term Patent no BELARUS 1997 8 years Utility Model no 141 BRAZIL 1945* 10 years Utility Model yes 2586 BULGARIA 1993 10 years Utility Model yes 108 COLOMBIA 1992 10 years Utility Model 107 CHILE 1991 10 years Utility Model yes 98 CHINA 1985 10 years Utility Model no 44,369 CZECH REPUBLIC 1992 10 years Utility Model no 1384 DENMARK 1991 10 years Utility Model no 442 FINLAND 1993 8 years Utility Model 776 FRANCE 1968 6 years Utility Certificate no GEORGIA 115 GERMANY 1891 10 years Gebrauchsmuster no 23584 GREECE 1988 7 years Utility Model no 370 GUATEMALA 1986 10 years Utility Model yes 24 HUNGARY 1992 10 years Utility Model 334 INDONESIA 1991 5 years Simple Patent yes IRELAND 1992 10 years Short Term Patent no ITALY 1934 10 years Utility Model no 2962 JAPAN 1905 not > 15 years Utility Model no 10283 KOREA 1961 not > 15 years Utility Model yes - but deferred 30650 MALAYSIA 1986 15 years Utility Innovation yes MEXICO 1991 10 years Utility Model yes 370 NETHERLANDS 1995 6 years Short Term Patent no OAPI 1977 10 years Utility Model Limited PANAMA 1996 10 years Utility Model Published for opposition PERU 1992 10 years Utility Model No 88 PHILIPPINES 1947 15 years Utility Model yes 1367 POLAND 1924 10 years Utility Model yes 70 PORTUGAL 1940 Utility Model yes 12 RUSSIA 1992 8 years Utility Model no 3444 SLOVAKIA 1992 10 years Utility Model no 351 SPAIN 1929 10 years Utility Model no 3264 TAIWAN 1944 12 years Utility Model yes 17,954 TURKEY 1995 10 years Utility Model no 318 UKRAINE 1993 8 years Utility Model no 204 URUGUAY 1976 10 years Utility Model no 71 VIET NAM 1995 10 years Utility Solution yes 33

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