Formal examination of application.
SEC. 16. Formal examination of application.—When an application for patent has been filed the Director shall determine whether it complies with the formal requirements. If the application is defective in this respect the applicant shall be notified of the specific defects and a time fixed, not less than four months, within which such defects may be remedied.
If the applicant fails to request reconsideration or to remedy the defects within the time fixed by the Director, of within such additional time, not exceeding four months, as may be granted, the application shall be denied.
Multiple inventions in one application.
SEC. 17. Multiple inventions in one application.—If several independent inventions which are not so closely related as to be proper in one application are claimed, the Director may require the application to be restricted to a single invention in the same manner as notifications of defects in the application. A later application filed for an invention divided out shall be considered as having been filed on the same day as the first application provided the later application is filed within four months after the requirements to divide becomes final, or within such additional time, not exceeding four months, as may be granted.
Issuance of patent.
SEC. 18. Issuance of patent.—If the original or corrected application is in order, the director shall issue the patent and shall, as soon as practicable, make the publication required by section six, Chapter I hereof.
How issued.
SEC. 19. How issued.—The patent shall be issued in the name of the Republic of the Philippines under the seal of the Office and shall be signed by the Director, and registered together with the specification and drawings, if any, in books and records of the the Office to be kept for the purpose.
Content of patent.
SEC. 20. Content of patent.—The patent shall contain the patent number, the title of the invention, the name and residence of the inventor and of the patentee if the patentee be other than the inventor, the date on which the application was filed, the the on which it is issued, and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, of the exclusive of the invention throughout the Republic of the Philippines for the term thereof. A copy of the specification and drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a part thereof.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
