Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 “Patent Cooperation Treaty” means the Patent Cooperation Treaty signed on June, 1970 the Regulations made made under the administrative instructions under that Treaty as revised, amended and modified; “priority date” means the date of the first application that serves as the basis for claiming the right of priority provided for in the Paris Convention; “priority user” has the meaning given to it in section 41; “receiving office” means an office designated under section 34; “register” means the register of industrial property rights under section 5; “registrar” means the officer designated as registrar of industrial property under the Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act and includes the deputies and assistants of that officer; “self-replicable matter” means any matter possessing the genetic material necessary to direct its own replication by way of a host organism or in any other indirect way; “surcharge” means a fee prescribed under this Act in respect of delayed payment; “utility model” means any form, configuration or disposition of element of some appliance, utensil, tool, electrical and electronic circuitry, instrument, handicraft mechanism or other object or any part of it allowing a better or different functioning, use, or manufacture of the subject matter or that gives some utility, advantage, environmental benefit, saving or technical effect not previously available in Uganda; and includes microorganisms or other self-replicable material, products of genetic resources and herbal as well as nutritional formulations which give new effects; “World Trade Organisation” means the World Trade organisation, established in 1995 by the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, based on a 1947 agreement). 10