– Law No. 1733 of May 7, 1987.

Definition: a utility model certificate is granted for any novel and industrially applicable three-dimensional object with a particular design and form, such as a tool, an instrument, a device, an apparatus, or parts thereof, proposed as novel and industrially applicable and capable of providing a solution to a technical problem.

Duration: seven years.

Transformation of a patent application into an application for a utility model: possible. In all other respects, the corresponding provisions regarding patents apply.