1. Intellectual property
  2. Register industrial property
  3. Register a patent
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Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 2 expand_more expand_less

Bank of Kigali (x 3)
1 4 6
Rwanda Development Board (x 4)
2 3 5 7

Results 1 expand_more expand_less

Patent registration certificate
7

Required Documents
Natural persons Legal persons Representatives
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Payment slip (BK) (x 2)
1 6
Payment receipt
7
Journal receipt notice
7
Proof of identity
7
Payment receipt
2
Application letter - Patent
2
Patent application form
2
Description of the invention
2
Abstract
2
Drawings, models, or samples
2
Proof of identity
2
Payment receipt
2
Application letter - Patent
2
Patent application form
2
Description of the invention
2
Abstract
2
Drawings, models, or samples
2
Certificate of domestic company registration
2
Representatives
Proof of identity (x 2)
2 7
Power of attorney
2
Power of attorney
7

Estimated cost RWF  30,000

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RWF expand_more expand_less
  • RWF Add Name Here
RWF 10,000
fee for filing an application for patent with provisional specification formal examination
RWF 20,000

Total Duration 361d - 3781d  expand_more expand_less

  Min. Max.
Total time (sum): 361d 3781d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum): 0mn 30mn
Attention at counter: 15mn 1h.
Waiting time until next step (sum): 360d 3780d

Laws 2 expand_more expand_less

Law on intellectual property Law on the protection of intellectual property N° 31/2009 of 26/10/2009
  articles 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 188
Ministerial order n°24 of 17/03/2016 determining fees payable for registration services of intellectual property Ministerial order n°24 of 17/03/2016 determining fees payable for registration services of intellectual property determining the fees for registration services of an Intellectual Property
  Article annex (page 74)
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