Intellectual Property Code
Section 11. The Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau. - The Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau shall have the following functions:
11.1. Support the search and examination activities of the Office through the following activities:
(a) Maintain and upkeep classification systems whether they be national or international such as the International Patent Classification (IPC) system;
(b) Provide advisory services for the determination of search patterns;
(c) Maintain search files and search rooms and reference libraries; and
(d) Adapt and package industrial property information.
11.2. Establish networks or intermediaries or regional representatives;
11.3. Educate the public and build awareness on intellectual property through the conduct of seminars and lectures, and other similar activities;
11.4. Establish working relations with research and development institutions as well as with local and international intellectual property professional groups and the like;
11.5. Perform state-of-the-art searches;
11.6. Promote the use of patent information as an effective tool to facilitate the development of technology in the country;
11.7. Provide technical, advisory, and other services relating to the licensing and promotion of technology, and carry out an efficient and effective program for technology transfer; and
11.8. Register technology transfer arrangements, and settle disputes involving technology transfer payments. (n)