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Patents
may be used by the inventor to obtain specific practical
outputs in any field of human activity or derivative;
“Harare Protocol” means the Protocol for the Protection of
Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs administered
by ARIPO;
“industrial application” means an application capable of being
made or used in an industry;
“international application” means an application for a grant
of a patent, filed in accordance with section sixty-two,
which designates Zambia for the national grant of a patent
in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty and
Regulations, including any other international treaty to
which Zambia is a State Party;
“International Bureau” means the International Bureau of the
World Intellectual Property Organisation;
“international preliminary examination” means a preliminary
and non-binding examination carried out by the International
Examination Authority, appointed in accordance with the
Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“International Searching Authority” means a patent office
appointed by the International Bureau in accordance with
Articles 16(3) and 32(3) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“invention” means a solution to a specific problem in a
particular field of technology and includes a product or a
process;
“inventive step” means a feature of an invention that involves
a technical advancement to existing knowledge which
makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the
art;
“inventor” means a person who actually devised the invention,
and includes the legal representative of an inventor, but
does not include a person to whom an invention has been
communicated to from within or outside Zambia;
“legal representative” means a—
(a) liquidator or receiver of a company;
(b) person appointed under a power of attorney;
(c) person, recognised by law, representing a person
who has died, becomes bankrupt or assigns that
person’s estate; or
(d) person, recognised by law, representing a child, person
of unsound mind or person with a legal disability;