RUSSIA

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Patent Term
20 years from date of filing

Pharmaceutical Patent Extension?
Yes.

Article 3(1) of the Patent Law of the Russian Federation allows a patent for a medication, a pesticide or agrochemical to be extended for a period of 5 years.

Bolar Provision
No.

References
Patent Law of the Russian Federation hosted on the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) website

Prepared for IP Organisers by Kirsten Frederiksen, Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick - November 2007