Argentina is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as of February 10, 1967.

In the absence of prior disclosure of an invention in Argentina or abroad, an independent patent may be obtained, for a term of 20 years counted as from the date of filing. The law also provides patents of addition for ’improvements’ of known inventions.

The application may be made in the name of an individual or a company.

Disclosure by the inventor within one year, either prior to filing in Argentina or to the claimed priority, is not a bar to obtaining a valid patent. However, foreign patents or publications of patent applications are not considered to be disclosures by the inventor.
In applications involving the use of micro-organisms not available to the public, it is necessary to effect a deposit of the micro-organism culture in an authorized depository institution no later than the filing date of the Argentine application.