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PATENT LAW NO. 32 FOR THE YEAR 1999

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.