Requirements for Filing Design Applications

A) For a normal national application:

1. Form of authorization; no legalization is required.

2. Application form (this can be signed by an agent).

3. Four identical representations (drawings or photographs) mounted on strong paper (8*13) with the left hand margin of one and half inch. Paper of international A4 is acceptable.

4. A statement of the features of a design for which novelty is claimed.

5. Priority document in convention cases.

6. Name of applicant.

7. Drawings or photograph of the article showing the novel feature for which protection is claimed.

8. Country, number and date of the basic application in a convention case.

B) For an ARIPO application:

1. A Power of Attorney, signed by the applicant.

2. Application form.

3. Reproduction of the industrial design.

4. A designation of the contracting states in respect of which the design is to be registered.