- Title of the Invention
- Two copies of the summary (not more than approximately 100 word in total) of the invention and additional designs or pictures for which the patent is to be filed
- The class or classes in accordance with the International Classification of patents (Agreement of Strasbourg) (a copy is attached)
- The full name and address of the applicant.
The registration of a patent on behalf of more than one owner is only then permitted, when same owners do have joint rights in said patent.
The Bureau of Intellectual Property demands the submitting of a certified copy of the official deed of ownership, proving said ownership rights.
- An executed Power of Attorney (filled in, signed, sealed (if possible), and notarized
- An assignment document, stating that the inventors did transfer their patent rights to the patent holder
- An indication whether you wish to file for a small 6 years validity (petty) patent or a normal 20 years validity patent.
Please note that the difference between these two kinds of patent is that it is not necessary to obtain a world innovation research for the petty paten. While in order to gain a normal patent a world innovation research must be conducted.
• A non-international innovation research is a research submitted at the Aruba Bureau of Intellectual Property. If after the research a small (petty) patent is obtained, the rightful owner or party entitled must pay a maintenance fee until the sixth year. The rightful owner or party entitled of a normal patent must pay a maintenance fee until the twentieth year.
- If the client has already filed patent application for this invention in the US or somewhere else, we request that you send us:
- a copy of the certificate of registration if the application has been granted.
- a copy of the application plus exhibits, regardless of whether the application has already been granted or is still pending.
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