Complementary Certificate for the Protection of Medicines and Phyto-pharmaceutical Products

Service Overview

Scope of Service

The complementary certificate for the protection of medicine and phyto-pharmaceutical product is a certificate issued according the application of patent-right holder of medicine and phyto-pharmaceutical product, which possesses the authorization to place the product on the local market, for the complementary protection of the medicine and phyto-pharmaceutical product in MSAR. It is a prolonged protection system, which aims to compensate the patent-right holder of the medicine and phyto-pharmaceutical product for the loss of protection period in seeking the administrative authorization for placing the product on the market.

Service Target and Eligibility

1. Applicant who is holding a Macao SAR Resident Identity Card.
2. Applicant who is a body corporate registered in the Macao SAR and constituted according to the law of the Macao SAR.
3. Other applicants must appoint one of the following entities as an agent by submitting an effective Power of Attorney:
   1. A lawyer registered with the Macao Lawyers Association;
   2. An individual holding a Macao SAR Resident Identity Card;
   3. A body corporate registered in the Macao SAR.

Service Results　

For application fulfilling the legal requirements, the complementary certificate for the protection of medicine and phyto-pharmaceutical product will be issued.

Enquiries

Executive Department and Unit: Economic and Technological Development Bureau – Patent and Copyright Division

Address: Rua Dr. Pedro José Lobo, 1-3, 8/F, Macao

Tel.no:

Reception Center -（853） 8597 2220 / （853）8597 2266

Enquiries on Application -（853）8597 2229

Fax no:（853）2871 5291

E-mail: dpda@dsedt.gov.mo

Website: http://www.dsedt.gov.mo