Dr. Leonardo C. Medina, Jr.

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
COMMISSION

Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC)
Executive
Administer, implements, and enforces the regulatory policies of the national
government, including the maintenance of professional and occupational standards
and ethics and the enforcement of the rules and regulations relative thereto.
Quasi-Legislative
Formulates rules and policies on professional regulation. When published in the
official gazette, these rules have the force and effect of law.
Quasi-Judicial
Investigates cases against erring examinees and professionals. Its decisions have the
force and effect of the decisions of a court of law, with the same level of authority as
a Regional Trial Court. After the lapse of the period within which to file an appeal,
Commission decisions become final and executory.

Duties of the PRC:

- Prepare the contents of licensure examinations. Determine,
prescribe, and revise the course requirements
- Recommend measures necessary for advancement in their fields
- Visit / inspect schools and establishments for feedback
- Adopt and enforce a Code of ethics for the practice of their
respective professions
- Administer oaths and issue Certificate of Registration
- Investigate violations of set professional standards and adjudicate
administrative and other cases against erring registrants
- Suspend, revoke, or reissue Certificate of Registration for causes
provided by law

COMMISSION PROPER

HON. TEOFILO S. PILANDO, JR.

Chairman

COMMISSION PROPER

HON. ANGELINE T. CHUA CHIACO

Commissioner

HON. YOLANDA D. REYES

Commissioner

ATTY. ARISTOGERSON T. GESMUNDO

Assistant Commissioner

HISTORY
1973
The PRC is created with the signing of Presidential Decree No. 223 on June
22 by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
1974
Arch. Eric C. Nubla assumes office as the first PRC Commissioner on
January 2. The PRC Coat-of-Arms designed by the Heraldry Commission is
officially adopted on February 1. The burned CSC building at P. Paredes St. is
solicited by PRC for its use on February 12. The structure later became the
PRC Main Building.
PRC starts issuing certificates of registration in Filipino with English
translation. Proclamation No. 1276 is issued declaring June 22 to 29 of the
year as "Professional Consciousness Week."
Computerization of the database of registered professionals starts with the
assistance of the National Computer Center. The Implementing Rules and
Regulations of P.D. 223 are promulgated on December 9.

HISTORY
1975

PRC starts issuance of computer-printed registration cards with one-year

validity. PRC starts accrediting professional organizations.

1976

PRC enters into an agreement with the Civil Service Commission in

August to register all board examination passers as civil service eligibles
pursuant to R.A. 1080, as amended.

1977

PRC starts issuing registration cards valid for 3 years pursuant to Letter
of Instruction No. 567. PRC confers the first "Outstanding Professional of
the Year" awards to professionals.

Proclamation No. 1646 is issued declaring June 22-29 of every year as

"Professional Consciousness Week."

BOARD OF CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Dr. Ofelia V. Bulaong

Chairperson

Engr. Jeffrey G. Mijares

Member

Engr. Cyd P. Aguilera

Member

HISTORY

On February 23, 1921, under Public Act No. 2985, the Board of
Examiners for Chemical Engineers was placed under the
Secretary of Commerce and Communications. When the
executive department was reorganized in 1932 under Republic
Act No. 4007, the Board was transferred to the Department of
Public Works and Communications. The Department Secretary
appointed the Chairman and Members of the Board, while the
Director of the Bureau of Civil Service administered licensure
examinations and kept all Board records including examination
papers and minutes of Board meetings.

HISTORY

The first Board was composed of Engr. Ramon T. Feliciano as

Chairman with Engrs. Vivencio S. Araos and Moises L. Miranda
as Members.
On June 19, 1948, the passage of Republic Act No. 318 led to
the creation of a new Board of Examiners for Chemical
Engineers. The law empowered the Department of Public Works
and Communications Secretary to appoint a three-man body that
would administer the Boards functions and operations. It also
defined the regulatory powers of the Board on the conduct of
licensure examinations and issuance of Certificate of
Registration .

HISTORY

In its campaign to give its professionals the highest degree of

moral standards, the Board laid down a Code of Ethics to guide
chemical engineers in the practice of their profession. It formally
adopted and approved the Code on January 14, 1985. To ensure
that the applicant for the chemical engineering profession meets
the required learning and proficiency, the Board drafted the set
of Guidelines and General Instructions on the Conduct of
Chemical Engineering Licensure Examinations. The guidelines
provide for formulating test questions and a general description
of subjects for examinees.
The same was disseminated and circularized to all schools and
colleges on August 9, 1993

 The Chemical Engineering

Law of 2004

Article I
Title, Statement of Policy, Definition of Terms and Scope of Practice
Article II
Creation of the Professional Regulatory Board for Chemical Engineers
Article III
Licensure Examination and Registration
Article IV
Practice of Chemical Engineering
Article V
General Provisions

Article I
Title, Statement of Policy,
Definition of Terms and
Scope of Practice

Statement of Policy:
It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
supervise and regulate the practice of chemical
engineering vital to national development, upgrade
the chemical engineering education in order to
ensure that our chemical engineers are at par with
the best in the world and to reserve the practice of
such profession to Filipino citizens.

Definition of Terms:
Chemical engineering rendering or offering of professional
chemical engineering service for a fee, salary, reward or
compensation, paid to him or through another person, or even
without such reward or compensation.
Industrial Plant any plant in which a unit process and/or
operations are involved, including the related pollution control and
abatement processes or operations.
Unit Process the chemical change which is involved in the
manufacture of industrial or consumer products or the treatment of
industrial or chemical wastes
Unit Operation the physical operation by which a desired step in
an industrial process is conducted or controlled. This includes, but
are not limited to the ff:

- storage of gases, solids, and liquids

- heat transfer
- evaporation
- distillation
- absorption
- drying
- humidification

- extraction
- dispersion
- mixing
- separation
- filtration
- screening
- leaching

Professional chemical engineering subjects:

- ChE Thermodynamics
- ChE Calculations
- Momentum Transfer
- Heat Transfer
- Mass Transfer
- Industrial Processes
- Industrial Waste Management and Control
- Process Equipment and Plant Design
- Biochemical Engineering

Scope of Practice:
- Consultation requiring chemical engineering knowledge
- Investigation
- Estimation
- Planning
- Preparation of feasibility studies
- Designing
- Preparation of specifications
- Supervision of installation
- Operation including quality management
- Research and development

Article II
Creation of the Professional
Regulatory Board for
Chemical Engineers

Composition of the Board:

There shall be created a Board of Chemical Engineering,
hereinafter referred to as the Board, under the administrative
control and supervision of the Professional Regulation
Commission, hereinafter called Commission, composed of a
Chairman and two (2) members to be appointed by the President
of the Philippines from among those recommended by the
Commission from the nominees of the duly integrated and
accredited national organization of chemical engineers.

Qualifications of the Board

Chairman and Members
1. A natural-born Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines;
2. At least a holder of a bachelors degree in chemical engineering or
its equivalent, as conferred by an engineering school of good
standing, recognized and accredited by the
Government;
3. A registered chemical engineer who has been in active practice for
at least ten (10) years;
4. A member of good standing of the integrated and duly accredited
national chemical engineering profession; and
5. A person who does not have any pecuniary interest, directly or
indirectly in any university, college, school or institution conferring
an academic degree necessary for admission to the practice of
chemical engineering or where review classes in preparation for the

Power and Duties of Board

- Supervise and regulate the practice of the chemical engineering
profession;
- Determine and evaluate the qualifications of the applicants for
registration;
- Prescribe the subjects in the licensure examination; determine the
syllabi of the subjects their relative weights; construct the test questions
in the examination; score and rate the examination papers; and submit
the examination results to the Commission;
- Adopt rules and regulations for the practiceof chemical engineering;
- Prosecute or institute criminal action against any violator of this Act
and/or rules and regulations of the Board; and
- Perform such other functions as may be necessary in order to
implement the provisions of this Act.

Article III
Licensure Examination and
Registration

Qualifications for Examination

a. A citizen of the Philippines
b. Is of good moral character
c. A graduate of a school recognized by the Government
d. Has not been convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude by
a court of competent jurisdiction
A Filipino citizen who graduated from a foreign educational institution
shall be required to submit an endorsement from the CHED before his
application is accepted.

Application
1. Certificate of Live Birth in NSO security paper
2. Marriage Contract in NSO security paper (if married)
3. Baccalaureate Transcript of Records
4. College Diploma
5. Certification of Good Moral Character
6. NBI Clearance
7. Other documents that may be required

The Chemical Engineering Licensure Exam

Day 1
Physical and Chemical Principles - 30%
Day 2
Chemical Engineering Principles - 40%
Day 3
General Engineering, Ethics and Contracts - 30%

Scope of Examination
I.

Physical and Chemical Principles (30%)

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

GENERAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

II. Chemical Engineering Principles (40%)

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.

ChE CALCULATIONS
ChE THERMODYNAMICS
REACTION KINETICS
UNIT OPERATIONS
CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES
PLANT DESIGN
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESS CONTROL

III. General Engineering, Ethics and Contracts (30%)

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
LAWS, CONTRACTS AND ETHICS

Rating
A general average of no less than seventy per centum
(70%)
A rating of no less than fifty per centum (50%) in any
examination subject

Venues and Date of Examination

Venue: Manuel L. Quezon
University
Examination Dates:
(Twice each year)
November and May

Article IV
Practice of Chemical
Engineering

Who may Practice Chemical Engineering?

Only persons properly licensed and registered may
practice chemical engineering. No firm, partnership,
corporation or association may be licensed or registered as
such for the practice of chemical engineering, but duly
licensed and registered engineers and architects and use the
title Chemical Engineers, Engineers, or Engineers and
Architects in their partnership name.

Prohibitions:
a. Practice chemical engineering or render chemical engineering
services, or pass himself off or advertise himself as a chemical
engineer without a valid certificate or registration or when such
has been suspended or revoked;
b. Attempt to use as his own certificate or seal of another person or
impersonate any registered chemical engineer; or
c. Furnish the Board or Commission any false information or
document in order to secure a Certificate of Registration.

Article V
General Provisions

Penal Clause. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
Act shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to a fine of not less than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) nor
more than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) or imprisonment for a
period of not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years or both
at the discretion of the court.
Enforcement Assistance to the Board. The Board shall be assisted by the
Commission in carrying out the provisions of this Act and its
implementing rules and regulations and other policies. The lawyers of the
Commission shall act as prosecutors against illegal practitioners and
other violators of this Act and its rules. The duly constituted authorities
of the government shall likewise assist the Board and the Commission in
enforcing the provisions of this Act and its rules.

Republic Act No. 8293

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
- Law that provides protection for intellectual property
- Approved by President Fidel V. Ramos on June 6, 1997 and took
effect on January 1, 1998

Republic Act No. 8293

Intellectual Properties includes the following:
-

Patent

Industrial Design

Trademark and Service Mark

Copyright and Related Rights

Geographical Indications

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Undisclosed Information

Utility Models

Plant Varieties

Patent
Refers to the title granted to protect an
invention, defined as any technical solution of a problem
in any field of human activity which is new, involves
inventive step and is industrially applicable
It also refers to a product or process or an
improvement of any of the foregoing
First-to-File Rule
If two or more persons have made an invention
separately, the patent belongs to the applicant who has
the earliest filing date or the earliest priority date

Industrial Design
Refers to any composition of lines or colors or
any three-dimensional form, whether or not associated
with lines and colors; provided that such composition or
form gives a special appearance and can serve as a
pattern for an industrial product or handicraft

Trademarks and Service Marks

Refers to a system providing protection for
mark, collective mark and tradename
-

Mark refers to any visible sign capable of

distinguishing the goods (trademark) or services (service

mark) of an enterprise and shall include a stamped or
marked container goods. Collective Mark refers to any
visible sign designated as such in application for
registration capable of distinguishing the origin or any
other common characteristics, including the quality of
goods or services of different enterprises
Tradename means the name or designation
identifying or distinguishing an enterprises

Copyright and Related Rights

Refers to the protection extended to
expressions and not to ideas, procedures, methods or
operation of mathematical concepts
These expression may be in the form of literary,
scholarly, scientific and artistic works
Related rights refer to the protection extended
to derivative works such as dramatizations, translation,
adaptations, abridgements and other alterations or
literary or artistic works

Geographical Indications
Indications that identify a good as originating in
the territory of a country or a region or locality in the
territory where a given quality, reputation, or other
characteristic of the good essentially attributable to its
geographical origin

Geographical Indications
Indications that identify a good as originating in
the territory of a country or a region or locality in the
territory where a given quality, reputation, or other
characteristic of the good essentially attributable to its
geographical origin
Layout Design of Integrated Circuits
Means three dimensional disposition of the
element, at least one of which is an active element, and
of some or all of the interconnections of an integrated
circuit

Undisclosed Information
Natural and legal persons may prevent
information lawfully within their control from being
disclosed to, acquired by, or used by others without their
consent in a manner contrary to honest commercial
practices so long as such information:
o

Is secret

Has commercial value

Plant Varieties
Plant varieties that are new, distinct and stable
are qualified for protection
Included among the intellectual property under
Republic Act 9168 which took effect on July 20, 2002
The Intellectual Property Office
Formerly the IPO is under the Department of
Trade and Industry as provided in RA 8293; now it is
under the Office of the President as per Executive
Order No. 39 issued on October 2001

Other Agencies involved in the registration of certain

Intellectual Property Rights
National Library and Supreme Court Library
National Plant Variety Protection Board

TERMS ON PROTECTION
Patent The term of protection is 20 years from the filing date of
the application
Utility Model The term of protection is 7 years from the filing
date of the application.
Industrial Design The term of protection is 5 years from the
filing date of the application and may be renewed for not more
than two consecutive periods of five years each from the filing of
the application.

TERMS ON PROTECTION

Trademark The term of protection is 10 years from the filing

date of the application, provided that a declaration of actual use
is filed within three years from the filing date and within one year
after the 5th anniversary.

Layout Designs The term of protection is 10 years from the

filing date of the application
Copyrights The term of protection is generally the lifetime of
the author and 50 years thereafter.

MARK

any visible sign capable of

distinguishing the goods
(trademark) or services (service
mark) of an enterprise and shall
include a stamped or marked
container of goods (Sec. 21.1)

COLLECTIVE MARK
any visible sign capable of
distinguishing the origin, common
characteristic, quality of goods or
services of different enterprises
under the control of the registered
owner (Sec. 121.2)

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
identify a good as originating in territory,
region or locality, where given quality,
reputation or other characteristic of the
good is essentially attributable to its
geographical origin.

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
DAVAO POMELO

YAKAN TEXTILE
KALINGA COFFEE
DAGUPAN BANGUS

Marks of Ownership
TRADEMARK

TRADE NAME

Jollibee Foods Corp.

SERVICE MARK

COLLECTIVE MARK

Other Examples
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PAMPANGA

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBALES

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BATAAN

Functions of Trademarks
Indicators of origin

Functions of Trademarks
Indicators of quality

Functions of Trademarks
Advertising function

Sarap to the bones

Langhap sarap

Importance of Trademark
Registration
3 Gs to Owner/Registrant
Grants exclusivity
Gains recognition and reputation
Generates goodwill

The Value of Trademark

TM as VALUABLE BUSINESS ASSET
- TM as marketing tool
- Goodwill has monetary value
- TM licensing
- TM as collateral
- TM assignment for value

Registrability of Marks
(Sec. 123)
immoral, deceptive,
scandalous,
disparage

WHITE HOUSE
for alcoholic beverages

BUDDHA
for guns & ammunitions

flags, coat of arms and

other emblems

Registrability of Mrks (Sec.

123)
names, portraits or signatures

Registrability of Marks
(Sec. 123)
misleading marks

BOLPEN
for Pencils

Alcoholic beverages not

originating in Mindoro

Registrability of Marks
(Sec. 123)
generic indications

customary or usual
in trade

VCO
for virgin
coconut oil

Registrability of Marks
(Sec. 123)
Descriptive
indications

Descriptive
as to origin

LATUNDAN

GENSAN

for bananas

for tuna

Registrability of Marks
(Sec. 123)
color marks

marks against public

order or morality

MARY JANE

for cigarettes

PRO-TERRORISM

for clothing

Registrability of Marks
Three-Dimensional Marks

Perfume

Brandy

Registrability of Marks
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MARK
(CALLED OYSTER
PROFESSIONAL)

Registrability of Marks
(Sec. 123)
identical/confusingly
similar marks
BIG MAC vs. BIG MAK
437 SCRA 10

MASTER ROAST, MASTER

BLEND vs. FLAVOR MASTER
356 SCRA 207

Registrability of Marks

TM Application Filing
Requirements
Application Form
Name & Address of Applicant
List of Goods/Services

Reproduction of the Mark

Filing Fees

Filing Fee

Per Class Basis

Adopts the Nice Classification
P1090.80 per class (Small entity)
P252.50 per class (color claim)

The TM Application Form

The TM Application Form

The TM Application Form

The TM Application Form

Wordmark (Jollibee)
Figurative mark (Bee device)

Composite mark (Jollibee

and Bee device)

The TM Application Form

Mark
Jollibee & Bee Device
Description
The mark consists of the word
Jollibee and a representation of
a smiling bee wearing a chefs
hat all inside a red square.

The TM Application Form

The TM Application Form

Mark
Translation
The first Chinese character means
First; the second means power and the
third means no or none.
They are transliterated as E-LI-FEI

Disclaimer
Applicant disclaimed the exclusive right
to use the word coffee

The TM Application Form

Goods
- must be specific
e.g. Beverages, particularly,
fruit and vegetable juices, coffee
and chocolate beverages
Classes
- Nice Classification

The TM Application Form

The Registration Process

Filing of an application
requirements
according of filing or priority date

Search and Examination

Actions and responses
A

Allowance for publication

The Registration Process

Publication

Issuance of Certificate
of Registration

No

Is there an
opposition?

Yes

Opposition
Decision

Publication
Issuance of Certificate
of Registration

Yes
Publication

Favorable to
Applicant?

No

Motion for
Reconsideration
or Appeal to DG

Duration of Trademarks

Ten (10) years from

registration renewable
Every ten (10) years

Declaration of Actual Use

The applicant or the registrant shall

file a DAU of the mark with
evidence to that effect within three
(3) years from the filing date of the
application.
Otherwise, refused or removed from
the register

5th Anniversary Use

The registrant shall file a DAU of the

mark with evidence to that effect
within one (1) year from the fifth
anniversary of the registration.
Otherwise, removed from the
register

IPPhil Vision
IP PHILIPPINES:
Fostering a creative and
competitive Philippines
that values, nurtures and
uses intellectual property
for national development.