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Patents and Industrial Design Services - Apply for Industrial Design

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Apply for Industrial Design

This service allows customers to submit an official request to the Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department (DIEPD) to obtain an industrial design, in order to protect the intellectual property rights of the shape, pattern, colour or combination of these in a three dimensional article, producing an aesthetic impression.

Service Fees

  • Invoice Value (AED) Fees (AED) (Updated fees)

  • New application: for individuals AED 1,000
  • New application: for companies AED 2,000
  • Request 1st publication: No fees required (but the payment process must be completed)
  • Request grievance and objection (Appeal): No fees required (but the payment process must be completed)

Conditions and Requirements

    • Fees are collected electronically from individuals and companies.
    • Mandatory documents (drawings) must be attached with the application – in Arabic or English. If some of the mandatory documents are not submitted on the filing date, the applicant shall be given 90 days to submit the missing documents.
    • After the deadline, the application will be waived and the applicant shall pay a penalty to reactivate it.
    • Submitted applications will undergo substantive examination by the Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department (DIEPD) to ensure all requirements are met under Federal Law No. (31) for the year 2006 and its executive regulations.
    • The applicant may object and file a grievance against the inspector’s rejection decision.
    • The depiction must be uploaded in order to complete the publication request.

Required Documents

    Natural persons residing in the UAE

    MANDATORY:

    • Personal information
    • Drawings, if any (Arabic, English)

     

    OPTIONAL:

    • Depiction (if any)
    • Copy of Emirates ID
    • Power of Attorney (if any)
    • Other documents (if any)

     

    Legal persons residing in the UAE

    MANDATORY:

    • Personal information
    • Drawings (Arabic, English)
    • Claims (Arabic, English)
    • Transcript of commercial register or partnership
    • Deed of Assignment

     

    OPTIONAL:

    • Depiction (if any)
    • Power of Attorney (if any)
    • Other documents (if any)

     

    Natural persons not residing in the UAE

    MANDATORY:

    • Personal information
    • Drawings (Arabic, English)
    • Power of Attorney

     

    OPTIONAL:

    • Depiction (if any)
    • Other documents (if any)

     

    Legal persons not residing in the UAE

    MANDATORY:

    • Personal information
    • Claims (Arabic, English)
    • Drawings (Arabic, English)
    • Transcript from commercial register or partnership
    • Deed of Assignment
    • Power of Attorney

     

    OPTIONAL:

    • Depiction (if any)
    • Other documents (if any)

Steps and Procedures

    • 01Fill-in the application form through the eSystem
    • 02Payment of service fees
    • 03Verification and legal examination of the application and submitted documents by the department's employees
    • 04Notifying the applicant of the outcome of the substantive examination of the application through the eSystem
    • 05Decision by the examiner
    • 06Payment of publication fees
    • 07Registration
    • 08Publication released
    • 09Certificate issuance

Service Rating

Average Duration for Service Delivery

7 months from the date of submitting the application until the completion of the legal examination

3 months from the date of paying publication fees until the issuance of the certificate

Service Provision Channels

Ministry of Economy website:
https://services.economy.ae/m/Pages/CategoryServices.aspx?CategoryID=14

Target Audience

Individuals and companies

Service Provision Timings

24 hours

Contact Details

Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department (DIEPD)

Phone

8001222

Email

info@economy.ae

Communication Channels

Call centre and customer protection
 

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