REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot102710.21518/1561-5936-2020-11-12-61-63Original ArticleUkrainian patent reform: render harmless a utility modelKirichenkoIrinanoemail@neicon.ru1112202011-12616318032022Copyright © 2020,2020The patent is an amazing thing, it’s like a narcotic: nothing but a chemical formula known for more than one century, registered as a utility model, but can subjugate all other licenses and permits in a way that no other “gun” can. According to Article 1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models”, a utility model ( just as an invention) is the result of human intellectual activity in any sphere of technology i.e. the object of the utility model (UM) may be any product (device, substance etc.) or a process (unlike us, unfortunately our Russian colleagues severely limited innovation activity. For example, Article 1351, Paragraph 1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation allows you to protect as a utility model only a technical solution relating to an apparatus).patent lawutility modelintellectual propertyopioid analgesicsmorphineпатентное правополезная модельинтеллектуальная собственностьопиоидные анальгетикиморфин