RA 7459: Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of the Philippines

Section 3. Definition of Terms. —

  1. Invention refers to, for purpose of this Act, any patented machine, product, process including implements or tools and other related gadgets of invention, utility model and industrial design patents.

  2. Inventor refers to the patentee/s, heir/s, assignment/s, of an Invention letters patent, Utility Model letters or Industrial Design letters patent.

  3. Technology means the application of knowledge or science which shall include all others such as inventions, innovations and results of researches.

  4. Department refers to the Department of Science and Technology.

  5. Institute refers to the Technology Application and Promotion Institute.

  6. Patent Office refers to the Bureau of Patent, Trademark and Technology Transfer.

  7. RDI's refer to the Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology.