Article 1
This Law shall be known as “The Patent Law for the Year 1999,” and shall come into force thirty days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 2
The following words and phrases, wherever mentioned in this Law, shall have the meanings designated hereunder, unless otherwise indicated by context:
Ministry: Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Minister: Minister of Industry and Trade.
Invention: Any inventive idea reached by an inventor, in any of the fields of technology, which is related to a product, or a process, or to both, which provides a practical solution to a particular problem in any of the said fields.
Patent: The certificate granted for the protection of the invention.
Patentee: The natural or juridical person who is granted a Patent.
Register: The Patents Register.
Registrar: The Patents Registrar in the Ministry.
