Section 11. The Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau. -
The Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau shall have the following functions:
11.1.
Support the search and examination activities of the Office through the following activities:
Maintain and upkeep classification systems whether they be national or international such as the International Patent Classification (IPC) system;
Provide advisory services for the determination of search patterns;
Maintain search files and search rooms and reference libraries; and
Adapt and package industrial property information.
11.2.
Establish networks or intermediaries or regional representatives;
11.3.
Educate the public and build awareness on intellectual property through the conduct of seminars and lectures, and other similar activities;
11.4.
Establish working relations with research and development institutions as well as with local and international intellectual property professional groups and the like;
11.5.
Perform state-of-the-art searches;
11.6.
Promote the use of patent information as an effective tool to facilitate the development of technology in the country;
11.7.
Provide technical, advisory, and other services relating to the licensing and promotion of technology, and carry out an efficient and effective program for technology transfer; and
11.8.
Register technology transfer arrangements, and settle disputes involving technology transfer payments.