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What kind of invention can be granted a utility model?
An applicant gets utility model rights to a technical solution if it can be used industrially. Chemical compounds, foodstuffs, medicines, and microbiological inventions can also be protected. Utility model rights cannot, however, be granted to inventions concerning processes.
Utility model rights can only be given to a novel invention that distinctly differs from what has become known before the date of filing of the utility model application. In order to maintain the novelty of the invention, do not present the invention in public before you file the application.
An invention essentially differs from what has become known before, when the invention is not obvious to an average person skilled in the art.