Article 99
(1) Third Parties can object, paying the fee, to the subject patent within six months as of the date of the decision of granting the patent is published on the
Bulletin with the allegations specified below:
a) the subject of patent does not comply with patent conformity conditions of patentability according to Articles 82 and 83;
b) the invention is not explained sufficiently according to the paragraphs 1 to 3 of
Article 92;
c) the subject of patent exceeded the extent of the first version of the application; or it exceeded the extent of the previous version of the application, in case it is based on a divisional application that is filed according to Article 91 or based on an application that is filed according to subparagraph (b) of paragraph 3 of Article 110.
(2) The objection shall be considered as not made, in case the fee regarding the objection within the time period that is specified in paragraph 1; or the objection is not made in compliance with the conditions specified by the regulation.
(3) In case, no objections are made; or an objection is considered as not made, the decision regarding granting the patent shall be finalized and the final decision shall be published on the Bulletin.
(4) The Office shall notify the objection to the patentee. The patentee shall present his comment within three months as of the date of this notification or make changes on the patent.
The objection is evaluated by the Board considering the patentee’s comment and the requests for changes in the patent.
(5) The Board, if has the opinion that the patent or the changed version complies with this Code, shall decide for the patent or the changed version, if any, to maintain the position; if has the opinion that it does not comply, the Board shall make a decision of nullity for the patent; and in this case, consequences of nullity which are specified in Article 139 will appear. The decision of nullity shall be published on the Bulletin.
(6) The Board, if has the opinion that the patent or the changed version complies partially with this Code, shall decide for the patent or the changed version, to maintain the position by this part and shall invite the patentee to make required changes within two months as of the date of notification. In case the subject changes are failed to be made or the changes made are refused, the Board shall make a decision of nullity for the patent; and in this case, consequences of nullity which are specified in Article 139 shall appear. The decision of nullity shall be published on the Bulletin.
(7) The final decision made in consequence of the objection shall be published on the Bulletin. In case it is decided for the patent to continue with the amended version, the amended version of the patent shall be published on the Bulletin.
(8) Procedure and rules regarding the objection and objection evaluation shall be determined by a regulation.