Intellectual Property Act Flashcards
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293
AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND
ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
IPO
Intellectual Property Office
Bureau
Bureau of Patents
Director
Director of Patents
Regulations
Rules of Practice in Patent Cases formulated by the Director of Patents and promulgated by the Director General
Examiner
patent examiner
Patent application
application for a patent for an invention except in chapters 7 and 8, where “application” means an application for a utility model and an industrial design
Priority date
date of filing of the foreign application for the same invention referred to in Section 31 of this Act
Any technical solution of a problem in any field of human activity which is new, involves an inventive step and is
industrially applicable shall be patentable. It may be, or may relate to, a product, or process, or an improvement of any of the foregoing. (Sec. 7, R.A. No. 165a)
Patentable Inventions
An invention shall not be considered new if it forms part of a prior art
Novelty
Invention involves an inventive step if having regard to prior art, it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art at the time of the filing date or priority date of the application claiming the invention
Inventive Step
An invention that can be produced and used in any industry shall be industrially applicable
Industrial Applicability
The right to a patent belongs to the inventor, his heirs, or assigns. When two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to a patent shall belong to them jointly (Sec. 10, R.A. No. 165a)
Right to a Patent
If two (2) or more persons have made the
invention separately and independently of each other, the right to the patent shall belong to the person who filed an application for such invention, or where two or more applications are filed for the same invention, to the applicant who has the earliest filing date or, the earliest priority date. (3rd sentence, Sec. 10, R.A. No. 165a.)
First to File Rule
An application for patent filed by any
person who has previously applied for the same invention in another country which by treaty, convention, or law affords similar privileges to Filipino
citizens, shall be considered as filed as of the date of filing the foreign application:
Right of Priority
Patent Application
- request for the grant of patent
- description of the invention
- drawings necessary for the understanding off the invention
- one or more claims
- abstract
An applicant who is not a resident of the Philippines must appoint and maintain a resident agent or representative in the Philippines upon whom notice or process for judicial or administrative procedure relating to the application for patent or the patent may be served. (Sec. 11, R.A. No. 165a)
Appointment of Agent or Representative
The __ shall contain a petition for the grant of the patent, the name and other data of the applicant, the inventor and the agent and the title of the invention.
request
The application shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art.
Disclosure
The Regulations shall prescribe the contents of the description and the order of presentation. (Sec. 14, R.A. No. 165a)
Description
The application shall contain one (1) or more __ which shall define the matter for which protection is sought. Each claim shall be clear and concise, and shall be supported by the description.
The Claims
The ___ shall consist of a concise summary of the disclosure of the invention as contained in the description, claims and drawings in preferably not more than one hundred fifty (150)
words.
abstract