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Article 114 - Obligation of notification for in-service invention

Turkish Industrial Property Code (Law No. 6769)
Article 114

Obligation of notification for in-service invention


Article 114

(1) Workers, when made an in-service invention, are obliged to report the invention in written to the employer without delay. If the invention is made by more than one worker, the notification can be made jointly. The employer notifies the date of receiving to the reporting individual or individuals in written and without delay.
(2) The worker shall be obliged to explain the technical problem, the solution and how they made the in-service invention on the report. In terms of explaining the invention in a better way, the worker also provides the employer with pictures, if any.
(3) The worker also explains the experiences and works that they relied on; other workers’ contributions, if any, and the form of such contributions; the instructions they received regarding their jobs and their contribution besides mentioned contributions.
(4) The employer informs the worker in what aspects the report needs to be reorganized within two months as of the date of receiving the report. In case no requests are made, the notification specified in paragraph 2 will be considered valid.
(5) The employer shall be obliged to provide the worker with the needed help in order to make the notification as specified in this Code.
(6) The worker shall be obliged to keep the in- service invention private unless it acquires the qualification of independent invention.


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