1. Intellectual property
  2. Register industrial property
  3. Register an industrial design
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Submit industrial design registration documents
(last modified: 14/06/2023)

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Timeframe ( ver detalles )

Espera hasta paso siguiente

0 mn  -  15 mn
 -  180 days

Contact details

Entity in charge

Rwanda Development Board

KG 220 St, Kigali P.O Box 6239
Tel: 1415 / +250 727 775 170
Email: info@rdb.rw, callcenter@rdb.rw
Website: https://www.rdb.rw
Directions: Google maps

Unit in charge

Intellectual Property Division

Mon: 09:00 - 17:00
Tue: 09:00 - 17:00
Wed: 09:00 - 17:00
Thu: 09:00 - 17:00
Fri: 09:00 - 15:00
Sat: closed
Sun: closed

Person in charge

Didier R. Mpore

Examination Analyst
Tel: +250 788 612 709
Email: didier.mpore@rdb.rw

Expected results

Journal receipt notice

Requirements
Natural persons Legal persons Representatives

For individuals
1. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Payment receipt (original)
2. Application letter - ID
Application letter - ID (original)
addressed to the registrar general
3. Application form (industrial design)
Application form (industrial design) (original)
duly filled and signed
4. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Abstract (Simple copy)
of the industrial design
5. Description of the design
Description of the design (original)
6. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Specimen (4 simple copies)
7. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Proof of identity (original + Simple copy)
of the applicant (passport or national ID)
For companies
1. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Payment receipt (original)
2. Application letter - ID
Application letter - ID (original)
addressed to the registrar general
3. Application form (industrial design)
Application form (industrial design) (original)
duly filled and signed
4. Description of the design
Description of the design (original)
5. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Abstract (Simple copy)
of the industrial design
6. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Specimen (4 simple copies)
7. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Certificate of domestic company registration (Simple copy)
or certificate of incorporation from the country of origin if the company is foreign in which case the copy must be notarized
in addition, for an authorised representative
1. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Proof of identity (original + Simple copy)
of the authorized representative (passport or national ID)
2. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Power of attorney (an authentic copy)
notarized

Time frame

Waiting time in queue: Max.  10mn
Attention at counter: Max.   5mn
Waiting time until next step: Max.   180 days

Legal justification

1. Law on the protection of intellectual property N° 31/2009 of 26/10/2009
Law on the protection of intellectual property N° 31/2009 of 26/10/2009
Article 96

Additional information

Applicants who do not reside in Rwanda must be represented by an authorized industrial property agent in Rwanda. The registration officer will inform the client by telephone and/or email when the registration certificate is ready. The applicant may come to pick it or send an authorized representative.

Who certified this information ?

Blaise RUHIMA MBARAGA, Division Manager, Intellectual Property, 07/06/2023

Recourse: Rwanda Development Board

Entity in charge

Rwanda Development Board

KG 220 St, Kigali P.O Box 6239
Tel: 1415 / +250 727 775 170
Email: info@rdb.rw, callcenter@rdb.rw
Website: https://www.rdb.rw
Directions: Google maps

Unit in charge

Intellectual Property Division

Mon: 09:00 - 17:00
Tue: 09:00 - 17:00
Wed: 09:00 - 17:00
Thu: 09:00 - 17:00
Fri: 09:00 - 15:00
Sat: closed
Sun: closed

Person in charge

Blaise Ruhima Mbaraga

Division Manager
Tel: + 250 788 632 160
Email: blaise.ruhima@rdb.rw
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