1. The EMPLOYEE, if the inventive is not a The procedure for the grant of patent may be
part of his regular duties even if the summarized as follows:
employees uses the time, facilities and
materials of the employer. 1. Filing of the application
2. Accordance of the filing date
2. The EMPLOYER, if the invention is the 3. Formality examination
result of the performance of his regular- 4. Classification and Search
assigned duties, unless there is an 5. Publication of application
agreement, express or implied, to the 6. Substantive examination
contrary. 7. Grant of Patent
8. Publication upon grant
D. Right of Priority: 9. Issuance of certificate (Salao, Essentials of
(Discussed under Novelty) Intellectual Property Law: a Guidebook on
If in case here is an application filed in the Republic Act No. 8293 and Related Laws.,
Philippines and another filed in another country, 2008)
and the Philippine application was filed earlier
than the application, it is still possible that the The patent application shall be in Filipino or English and
foreign application will be granted by virtue of shall contain the following:
this Right of Priority as long as all the requisites
are complied with. 1. A request for the grant of a patent;
5. An abstract
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