Section 3
SEC. 3. The Commission shall have the following functions, powers and duties: (a)To give technical assistance to inventors by examining their submitted inventions to determine their patent ability and by helping them prepare their patent applications under certain term and conditions; (b)To grant financial aid to inventors to enable them to develop, perfect and produce their patented inventions or those which are pending patent, under certain terms and conditions; (c)To render legal assistance to inventors by representing them in filing their patent applications here and/or abroad and in protecting their secured patents from infringement in patent cases, under certain terms and conditions; (d)To recommend to government lending institutions inventions that are beneficial to our country for long term loans not exceeding seventeen years to enable inventors to manufacture their inventions, with only their letters patent as collateral, the amount of loan to be granted depending upon the importance and market of their inventions as determined by the Commission; (e)To help inventors find markets for their inventions here and abroad; (f)To encourage Philippine inventors to make known their inventions by giving annually sizeable cash awards and medals, to be known as the "President Awards for Inventions," to patented inventions in the Philippines in the field of agriculture, chemistry, commerce, communications, education, engineering, fishery, forestry, medicine, national defense, pharmacy, physics, public safety and welfare, public works, transportation and other fields of science chosen by three distinguished persons in these respective fields of endeavor appointed annually by the President of the Philippines to serve as judges of the contest which shall be open to all inventors in the Philippines without distinction as to nationality or position who may submit entries in one or more fields. (g)To establish and maintain a public research laboratory and experimental station where authorized inventors and researchers may avail themselves of its facilities and services for carrying out or perfecting their approved inventions and researches: Provided, That the inventor or researcher shall, before making use of its facilities and services, agree to give to the Commission at least one tenth of all royalties arising from his invention or research, depending upon the extent of facility or service to be given to him, to help maintain the public research laboratory and experimental station: Provided, further, that the laboratory facilities and services of the national Institute of Science and Technology and other government agencies, offices and instrumentalities shall be made available to inventors or researchers who may need the same, as recommended by the head of the Commission, against whom the expenses incurred in such laboratories shall be chargeable ; (h)To promote and encourage inventiveness and creativeness among our people by inducing them to submit new and useful ideas, researches or gadgets in the fields mentioned in paragraph (f) that may solve the problems of our country through an annual "Creative Research Contest" with cash prizes and medals to the winners chosen by the respective judges of the "Presidential Awards for Inventions;" (i)To publish and disseminate information about inventions, researches and science in general; (j)To hold regular monthly sessions for the exchange of ideas among inventors; (k)To help Philippine inventors join international competitions on inventions or researches, or recommend them to such competitions; and (l)To organize creative societies in schools, colleges and universities to promote and encourage creativeness among our youth.