Intellectual Property Code
Section 20. Definition of Terms Used in Part II, The Law on Patents. - As used in Part II, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
20.1. "Bureau" means the Bureau of Patents,
20.2. "Director" means the Director of Patents;
20.3. "Regulations" means the Rules of Practice in Patent Cases formulated by the Director of Patents and promulgated by the Director General;
20.4. "Examiner" means the patent examiner;
20.5. "Patent application" or "application" means an application for a patent for an invention except in Chapters XII and XIII, where "application" means an application for a utility model and an industrial design, respectively; and
20.6. "Priority date" means the date of filing of the foreign application for the same invention referred to in Section 31 of this Act. (n)