Patent Law (No. 867-12 of 1993). Country/Territory Turkmenistan Document type Legislation Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants Keyword Intellectual property rights/patents Genetic resources Geographical area Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The Law regulates property and related private non-property issues arising in connection with the creation, legal protection and use of inventions, industrial patterns, trade marks and service marks, and also issues related to the recognition of authors rights to a rationalization proposal. The objects of invention are: 1) devices; 2) processes; 3) substances; 4) micro-organic strains; 5) cell cultures of plants and animals; 6) the use of a known device, process, substance, strain in a new application. Not recognized to be patentable are inventions of varieties of plants and breeds of animals. The Act consists of 7 Sections composed of 41 articles. Full text Russian/English