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PANAMA. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is promoting a project to strengthen competitiveness and productivity in Panama.
PANAMA. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is promoting a project to strengthen competitiveness and productivity in Panama.
This project will use a patents database from the Industrial Property agency (DIGERPI) and international patent offices and will offer users a reference base of patents, models and industrial designs published in Panama and abroad.
This is intended to be a useful tool to preview and plan process of technological design, evaluate new products and learn about current economical and scientific research.
Between 2004 and 2008 there were a total of 1,271 patent concessions registered in Panama; 1,103 were invention patents, 105 were utility models, 55 industrial models an 8 industrial drawings.
A patent has a cost of $1,070.90 and its valid for 20 years. It is an official document that credits the owner with exclusives rights. There are already 221 patent registered at DIGERPI in 2009.
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.
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