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FILING SYSTEM IN LAOS PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
A. GENERAL INFORMATION
- Member: PARIS CONVENTION;
- Filing documents should be in English or French and the Laotian version should be submitted within 3 months from the filing date;
- Time for claiming priority under Paris Convention: 6 months
- Filing of application to grant of registration: about 6 months;
- Validity term of a Design Patent – 5 years and renewable for 2 consecutive periods of 5 years.
B. FILING REQUIREMENTS
- Duly accomplished patent application form – (to be accomplished by our Firm but we need the following information:
- Name, address and nationality of the applicant;
- Name, address and nationality of the designer;
- Title of the design stating the article for which registration is sought;
- Country, application number and filing date of the original foreign application from which priority is claimed (if applicable);
- Simply signed Authorization and Appointment of Resident agent;
- Seven (7) sets of drawings illustrating the design with the size A4 (210mm x 297mm). There must be as many pictures/drawings of the design as they are taken to show all the different sides of the design (comprising front, back, top, bottom, left, right and perspective views); the drawings are prepared at our end to ensure full compliance with formal requirements.
- Description of the design;
- Certified copy of the priority application (if any)
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