-C)- (51 The Director General shall take into account, for the purposes of subsection (4) Grant of Parent; Changes in Patents (i) the results of any international search report and any International preliminary examination report established under the PACT in relation to the application, and/o: (it) any search and examination report submitted under Section 14(2)(i) relating to, or a final decision submitted under Section 14(2)(iii) on the refusal to grant a patent on, a corresponding foregoing application; arid/or (iii) any search and examination report which was carried out upon his request by an external search and examination authoriiv 16(1) Where the Director General finds that the conditions referred to in Section 15(3) and (4) are fulfilled, he shall grant the patent. Otherwise, he shall refuse the application and notify the applicant of that decision. (2) When he grants a patent, the Director General shall (i) publish a reference to the grant of the patent; (ii) Issue to the applicant a certificate of the grant of the patent and a copy of (he patent; (iii) record the patent; (iv) make available copies of the patent to the public, on payment of the prescribed fee. (3) The Director general shall, whenever possible, reach a final decision on the application not later than two years after the commencement of the examination referred to in Section 15(4). (4) The Director General shall, upon request of the owner of the patent, make changes in the text or drawings of the patent in order to limit the extent ofthe protection conferred thereby provided that the change would not result in the disclosure contained in the patent going beyond the disclosure contained in the initial application on the basis of which the patent was granted Rights Conferred Patent: (ARIPO Patents) 17.(1) The exploitation of the patented invention in Liberia by persons other than the owner of the patent shall require the latter's agreement (2) For the purposes of this Act, "exploitation" of a patented invention means any of the following acts; (a) when the patent has been granted in respect of a product. (i) , making, importing, offering for sale, sellingand using the product;