Allocation of filing date & number
| Once completed forms and prescribed fee paid, Registry allocates filing date and number. |
Formalities
Examination
| Registry
examines
the application to ensure that the formalities have been met. Registry
issues official action on any non-compliance to which the applicant
will have to respond within a stipulated time.
|
Novelty Search
| Registry
will conduct searches to ensure that the design is new. |
Registration &
Publication | Once application approved, Certificate of Registration will be issued and application published in the government gazette. |