Article 1

In this Law

1. Patent means an exclusive right granted by the State to an inventor for his/her invention in the field of technology, for a certain period, to exploit his/her invention or to authorize another person to exploit it
2. Invention means an inventor's idea that embodied in any activity of solving a specific problem in the field of technology, either in the form of a product or process, or an improvement and development of a product or a process
3. Inventor means a person or several persons acting together implementing an idea embodied in an activity resulting in an invention
4. Applicant means who filing a patent application
5. Application means a patent application filed at the Directorate General
6. Patent holder means an inventor as the owner of patent or a recipient of such right from the owner of patent or subsequent recipient of patent from the person mentioned above who is registered in the General Register of Patent
7. Proxy means a consultant of Intellectual Property Rights
8. Examiner means a person who because of his expertise is appointed by the Minister as a functional official as patent examiner and shall have the duty to conduct substantive examination on applications
9. Minister means the Minister whose scope of duties and responsibilities includes the guidance in the field of Intellectual Property Rights, including patents
10. Directorate General means the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights under the department presided by the Minister
11. Filing date means the date of receipt of an application fulfilled the administrative requirements
12. Priority Right means the right of an applicant to file application originating from a member country of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property or the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization in order to get the recognition that the filing date of the country of the origin be the priority date in the country of designation that is also a member country of the two agreements, provided that the filing of the application is made during the period prescribed in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
13. License means a permission granted by the patent holder to another party based on an agreement stipulating the grant of right to enjoy the economic benefit of a patent that is protected for a certain period of time and certain requirements
14. Day means working day