1. Minimum Documentation

– 02 Industrial design registration declarations, typed according to form No. 03-KDCN, Appendix A of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN;

– 01 Description of the industrial design; [The industrial design description must satisfy the provisions of Point 33.5 of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN, the industrial design copy must include the following contents:

+ Name of the industrial design;

+ The field of industrial design use;

+ The nearest similar industrial design;

+ List photos or drawings;

+ A detailed description of the industrial design;

+ Claims for protection of industrial designs].

– 04 sets of photos/drawings of industrial designs.

– Proof of payment of fees and charges.

2. Other documents (if any)

– Power of attorney (if the industrial design registration application is filed through an industrial property representation service organization);

– The transfer of the right to file an application (if any);

– Documents confirming the right to registration (if beneficiary is from someone else);

– Documents proving the right of priority (if the industrial design registration application has a claim for priority right).

3. General requirements for application

– Each application may only request for one protection title and the type of protection title requested for grant must be consistent with the industrial design stated in the application;

– All documents of the application must be made in Vietnamese. For documents made in other languages ​​as prescribed at Points 7.3 and 7.4 of Circular 01/2007/TT-BKHCN, they must be translated into Vietnamese;

– All documents must be presented vertically (only drawings, diagrams and tables can be presented horizontally) on one side of A4 size paper (210mm x 297mm), including four margins. side, each margin is 20mm wide, in Times New Roman font, font size not smaller than 13, except for supporting documents whose origin is not intended to be included in the application;

– For documents that need to be made according to the form, it is mandatory to use those forms and fill in the required information in the appropriate places;

– If each type of document includes many pages, each page must have the page number in Arabic numerals;

– Documents must be typed or printed with indelible ink, in a clear, clean, unblemished, unmodified manner; In case of detecting insignificant spelling errors in documents submitted to the NOIP, the applicant may correct such errors, but the corrected signature must be signed at the place of correction. (and stamp, if any) of the applicant;

– Terminology used in the application must be consistent and common (do not use dialects, rare words, self-created words). Symbols, units of measurement, electronic fonts, spelling rules used in the application must comply with Vietnamese standards);

– The application may be accompanied by supporting documents supporting the electronic data carrier of part or all of the content of the application document.