Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(3) Where employees severally request for a technovation
certificate for the same technovation, the employee who is the first to
make the request is entitled to the certificate.
(4) Where a request for a technovation certificate is made jointly
by two or more employees, the certificate shall be issued in their joint
names.
83. Request.
(1) A request for a technovation certificate signed by the
employee shall be filed in writing with the enterprise.
(2) The enterprise shall assist the employee in filing the request
and shall issue a receipt to him or her acknowledging that a request
has been filed and indicating the date on which it is filed.
84. Issue or refusal of technovation certificate.
(1) Where the requirements of this Part are satisfied, the
enterprise shall, within a period of three months from the date of the
proposal, issue a technovation certificate to the employee.
(2) The enterprise may refuse to issue the certificate if it is of the
opinion that the requirements of this Part have not been satisfied and
shall notify the employee of the reasons for the refusal within the
period prescribed in subsection (1).
85. Use of technovation
(1) Where the enterprise issues a technovation certificate, it
shall, at the same time, notify the technovator, in writing whether or
not it intends to use the technovation.
(2) Where the decision to use the technovation depends on
testing the technovation in practice, the enterprise shall inform the
technovator accordingly and may postpone the notification of its
intention to use or not to use the technovation by not more one year
from the date of the proposal.
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