Rio Gets Invention Patent

Having complied with the provisions of Republic Act No. 8293 and its regulations, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines Bureau of Patents granted the Letters Patent for an Invention to Dr. Leo Rio, Head, URS Intellectual Property Unit and the URS Production Unit for his device called Switching Logic Trainer Board.

This Letters Patent grants unto its owner/s the exclusive right throughout the Philippines to make, use, sell or import the invention and where the invention is or includes a process, including the product obtained directly or indirectly from such process.

The Letters Patent shall be valid for twenty (20) years from the date of filing. In the case of Dr. Rio, it shall be until April 04, 2034, subject to the payment of an annual fee to be paid upon the expiration of four (4) years from the date the application. //