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Filing Requirements: |
Patents:
ARIPO
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(African
Regional Industrial Property Organization) = ARIPO |
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(Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia
and Zimbabwe). |
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National Patent Requirements: |
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Simply signed power of attorney (Form 4). The ARIPO countries in which protection is
sought should be designated in the power of attorney
(Power Form)
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Five copies of the specification, claims, abstract in English and drawings, if any.
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A certified copy of the basic application if priority is to be claimed (it can be
filed within three months of the application filing date). The document should be submitted with its sworn English translation and, in this case, the document can be filed within six months as from the application date.
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An assignment of the inventor's priority rights, if any.
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Details of the applicable class(es) of the International Patent
Classification.
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Five copies of the specification / drawings in
English.
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PCT
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International
search report.
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Preliminary
examination report.
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Deed
of assignment of priority rights (Form AS56) simply signed.
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Assignment of
the Invention (Form AS54) simply signed.
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A Power
of Attorney (can be filed later) simply signed.
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A List of the ARIPO states which are to be designated in the application ( Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Kenya, Malawi,
Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda,
Zambia and Zimbabwe).
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