Basic information - Patents

PATENT LAW No 64 of 11 October 1991 published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF ROMANIA, PART I, Nr. 613 of 19 August 2014 – in pdf format

* Republished pursuant to Article 18 of Law no. 83/2014 on Employees’ inventions, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 471 of 26 June 2014, the texts being given a new numbering.
Law no. 64/1991 was republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 541 of 8 August 2007, was rectified in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 638 of 18 September 2007 and was subsequently amended by:
– Law no. 76/2012 for the implementation of Law no. 134/2010 on the Code of Civil Procedure published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 365 of 30 May 2012, as subsequently amended;
– Law no. 187/2012 for the implementation of Law no. 286/2009 on the Criminal Code, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 117 of 1 March 2013, with subsequent amendments.


GD No. 547 for the approval of the Implementing Regulations to the Patent Law 64/1991 published in the Official Gazette. no. 456/18 June 2008 – in pdf format


 LAW no. 83/2014 on Employees’ inventions, published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF ROMANIA, PART I, Nr. 471/2014 – in pdf format


Government Ordinance No 41/1998* on the fees in the industrial property protection field and the conditions for using the same, published in the Official Gazette of Romania No 959 of 29 November 2006, as republished – in pdf format

Rectification of Annex 1 of the Government Ordinance No 41/1998* on the fees in the industrial property protection field and the conditions for using the same

Rectification to the Patent Law no. 64/1991 as republished, printed in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 541 of 8 August 2007, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, no. 638 of 18 September 2007  – in pdf format

LAW no. 611 of 13 November 2002 on the accession of Romania to the European Patent Convention, adopted in Munich on 5 October 1973, as well as to the Act revising it, adopted in Munich on 29 November 2000
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, signed on April 28, 1977 and amended on September 26, 1980, to which Romania acceded by Law no. 75/1999 published in the Official Gazette. nr.115 / 16.03.2000

ORDIN nr. 117 din 26 iulie 2017 pentru aprobarea Instrucțiunilor privind sprijinirea brevetării în străinătate a invențiilor românești