Marginal note:Definitions
2 In this Act, except as otherwise provided,
- applicant
applicant includes an inventor and the legal representatives of an applicant or inventor; (demandeur)
- claim date
claim date means the date of a claim in an application for a patent in Canada, as determined in accordance with section 28.1;
- Commissioner
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Patents; (commissaire)
- country
country includes a Member of the World Trade Organization, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act; (pays)
- filing date
filing date means, in relation to an application for a patent in Canada, the date on which the application is filed, as determined in accordance with section 28; (date de dépôt)
- invention
invention means any new and useful art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement in any art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter; (invention)
- legal representatives
legal representatives includes heirs, executors, administrators, guardians, curators, tutors, assigns and all other persons claiming through or under applicants for patents and patentees of inventions; (représentants légaux)
- Minister
Minister means the Minister of Industry or such other member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; (ministre)
- patent
patent means letters patent for an invention; (brevet)
- patentee
patentee means the person for the time being entitled to the benefit of a patent; (breveté ou titulaire d’un brevet)
- predecessor in title
predecessor in title includes any person through whom an applicant for a patent in Canada claims the right to the patent; (prédécesseur en droit)
- prescribed
prescribed means prescribed by rules or regulations of the Governor in Council and, in the case of a fee, includes a fee determined in the manner prescribed; (réglementaire)
- prescribed fee
prescribed fee[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 33 (3rd Supp.), s. 1]
- priority date
priority date[Repealed, 1993, c. 15, s. 26]
- regulation
regulation and rule include rule, regulation and form; (règlement et règle)
- request for priority
request for priority means a request under section 28.4. (demande de priorité)
- work on a commercial scale
work on a commercial scale[Repealed, 1993, c. 44, s. 189]
- R.S., 1985, c. P-4, s. 2
- R.S., 1985, c. 33 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
- 1992, c. 1, s. 145(F)
- 1993, c. 2, s. 2, c. 15, s. 26, c. 44, s. 189
- 1994, c. 47, s. 141
- 1995, c. 1, s. 62
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