On August 16, 2020, the Law of Ukraine No. 816-IX “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Reform of Patent Law” entered into force establishing of the National Intellectual Property Authority of Ukraine (NIPA) and introducing amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models”

The said Law improves the protection of intellectual property rights and harmonizes national legislation with the provisions of European Union Law in this field in accordance with the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. According to the Law, a two-tier system of intellectual property legal protection in Ukraine has been introduced, which provides for the establishment of the National Intellectual Property Authority of Ukraine (NIPA) – a state organization exercising the powers in the field of intellectual property and having the right to represent Ukraine in international and regional organizations. The National Intellectual Property Authority performs certain public functions (authoritative powers) to implement state policy (for instance, the issuance of protective documents to intellectual property objects). An important innovation is the establishment of the possibility of filing documents in electronic form and introduction of electronic document workflow. 

Source: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/816-20#Text

The main amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Rights to Inventions and Utility Models” are as follows:

• extending the list of objects of technologies, which are not subject to legal protection; 
• giving any person the right to file a motivated objection against the application to the Patent Office of Ukraine not later than six months after the date of publication of information on the patent application; 
• clarifying the procedure for granting additional protection of rights to inventions directed to medicinal products; 
• extending the list of rights and obligations of the subjects of rights to inventions; 
• providing the possibility for invalidation of patents in an administrative procedure (“post-grant opposition”).

Source: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3687-12#Text