802 No. 40 of 2016] 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;