10 CAP. 400] Patents "patentee" means the person for the time being entered on the register as grantee or proprietor of a patent; "published" means made available to the public and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, a document shall be deemed. for the purposes of this Act, to be published if it can be inspected as of right by members of the public. whether upon payment of a fee or otherwise; "register" means the register of patents kept at the Patent Office under section six; "register of patent agents" means the register of patent agents kept under subsection (1) of section sixty-eight; "Registrar" means the Registrar of Patents appointed under sec­ tionfour; "specification" means a provisional or a complete. specification, as the circumstances may require, referred to in section fourteen; (2) A reference in this Act to the date of a patent shall be con­ strued as a reference to the appropriate date specified in subsection (1) of section twenty-seven. (As amended by No. 12 of 1959, G.N. No. 185 of 1964, S.I. No. 175 of 1965 and Act No. 18 of 1980) PARTll ADMINISTRATION Establishment of Patent Office Appointment of officers 3. There shall be established under the direction of the Minister an office to be called the Patent Office. 4. There shall be­ (a) a Registrar of Patents who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties assigned to the Registrar by this Act and shall be responsible for its administration; (b) one or more Deputy Registrars of Patents who shall. sub­ ject to the control of the Registrar, have all the powers con­ ferred by this Act upon the Registrar; (c) such examiners and other officers as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Seal 5. There shall be a seal of the Patent Office, and impressions thereof shall be judicially noticed. Register of patents 6. (1) There shall be kept at the Patent Office a register of patents, in which shall be entered­