CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
1. Patent means an exclusive right granted by the State to an inventor for his invention in the field of technology, for a certain time, to use his invention or to authorise another person to use it.
2. Invention means any activity of solving a certain problem in a field of technology, either in the form of a production process or product or an improvement or enhancement of a production process or product.
3. Inventor means a person or several persons acting together conducting activities resulting in an invention.
4. Patent holder means the inventor as the owner of patent or a recipient of such right from the owner of a patent or a subsequent recipient of the patent from the person mentioned above who is registered in the General Register of Patents.
5. Patent examiner means an official who because of his expertise is appointed by the Minister, or by the International Patents Office to search and examine patent applications.
6. Minister means the Minister whose scope of duties and responsibilities includes the guidance of patents.
7. Patent Office means the organisational unit within the governmental department which undertakes duties and authorities in field of patents.