WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5415) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
  anglais/   inglés 
 
  
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
  
 The present document reproduces the text
1 of the Patents and Industrial Designs 
Regulation 2002, as notified by Papua New Gu inea under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see 
document IP/N/1/PNG/2). 
 
 Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA 
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
PAPOUASIE-NOUVELLE-GUINÉE 
   Le présent document contient le texte
1 du Règlement sur les brevets et les dessins et modèles 
industriels de 2002, notifié par la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord 
(voir le document IP/N/1/PNG/2). 
 
 Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 
DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
PAPUA NUEVA GUINEA 
 
  En el presente documento se reproduce el texto
1 del Reglamento de Patentes y Dibujos y 
Modelos Industriales de 2002, que Papua Nueva Gu inea ha notificado en virtud del párrafo 2 del 
artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/PNG/2). 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
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No. 5 of 2002 
 
Patents and Industrial Designs Regulation 2002. 
 
Certified on: 20/05/2002 
 
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INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA . 
 
No. 5 of 2002 
  
Patents and Industrial Designs Regulation 2002. 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS . 
 
 
PART I. - PRELIMINARY. 
 1 Interpretation 
2 Fees 
3 Forms 4 Language of Documents and Translations 5 Indication of Name, Address,  Nationality and Residence 
6 Signatures by Partnerships, Nationality and Residence  7 Representation by Agent  
PART II.  -  PATENTS. 
 
8 Classification of Patents 
9 Request for Grant of Patent 10 Description 11 Claims 12 Drawings 13 Abstract 14 Measures, Terminology and Signs 15 Number of Copies a nd physical Requirements 
16 Unity of Invention 17 Division of Application 18 Disclosures to be Disregarded for Prior Art Purposes 19 Declaration of Priority and Tr anslation of Earlier Application 
20 Time for Furnishing Information Concer ning Corresponding Fo reign Applications, 
Patents and Other Ti tles of Protection 
21 Withdrawal and Amendment of Application 22 Marking Application 23 According and Notifying Filing Date 24 Examination as to Form 25 Decision to Grant or Re fuse to Grant Patent 
26 Grant of Patent, Publication of Refe rence Thereto, Issuance of Certificate 
27 Exploitation of Patented I nvention by Government or by Third Persons Authorized by 
Government 
28 Annual Fees 29 Invalidation 
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 PART III -  INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS  
30 Application of Provisi ons Relating to Patents 
31 Application for Registrati on of an Industrial Design 
32 Number and Size of Repr esentations and Specimen 
33 According and Notifying Fili ng Date; Examination; Decision to Grant or Refuse 
Application 
34 Issuance of Certificate 35 Renewal of Registration  
PART IV -  GENERAL. 
 
36 Address for Service 37 Change of Name, Address or Address for Service 38 Changes in Ownership; License Contracts 39 Appointment of Agent; Address for Service 40 Excluded Days 41 consultation of Registers; Request for Extracts Therefrom and for Copies of 
Documents 
42 Corrections of Errors 43 Hearing 44 Service by Mail 45 Evidence 46 Statutory Declaratio ns and Affidavits  
47 Publication; Gazette 48 International Co-operation  
SCHEDULE I  -  FEES 
SCHEDULE II - FORMS  
 
       
 
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INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
 
No. 5 of 2002 
  
Patents and Industrial Designs Regulation 2002. 
 
 Being a Regulation,  MADE by the Head of State, acting with a nd in accordance with the advice of the    
      National Executive Council, under the Patents and Industrial Designs Act 2000  and  
      shall come operation on the date  of the coming into operation of the Patents and  
      Industrial Design Act  2000 . 
  
PART I. – PRILIMINARY.  
 
INTERPRETATION. 
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears – 
 
“Minister” means the Minister re sponsible for Trade and Industry  
matters or the Department under which the administration of this Act is 
vested;  “Regulations” means these Regulations; “Act” means the Patents and Industrial Designs Act , 2000 . 
 
2. FEES. 
The fees to be paid in re spect of matters arising under the Act or these Regulations 
shall be those specified in the fi rst Schedule to these Regulations. 
 
3. FORMS. 
(1) The forms referred to in these Re gulations are those set out in second 
Schedule to these Regulations.  
(2) Copies of the printed forms sh all be furnished by the Registrar upon 
request and may be subject to the payment of the prescribed fee. 
 
4. LANGUAGE OF DOCUME NTS AND TRANSLATIONS. 
Applications shall be in th e English language, and any document forming part of an 
application or submitted to the Registrar pursuant to the Act or these Regulations and which 
is in a language other than English sha ll be accompanied by an English translation. 
 
5. INDICATION OF NAMES, ADDRE SS, NATIONALITY AND RESIDENCE. 
(1) Names of natural persons shall be i ndicated by the person’s family name and 
given name(s), the family name being indicated before the given name(s).  
(2) Names of legal entities shall be  indicated by their full, official 
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(3) Addresses shall –  
(a) be indicated in such a way as to sa tisfy the customary requirements for 
prompt postal delivery at the indicated address; and 
(b) consist of all the relevant admi nistrative units, including the house 
number, if any; and 
(c) indicate telegraphic and telex addresses and telephone numbers. 
 
(4) Nationality shall be indicated by the na me of the State of which a person is a  
national. Legal entities shall indicate the name of the State under whose laws they are 
constituted and their Registered Office.  
(5) Residence shall be indicated by the name of the State of which a person is a resident. 
 
6. SIGNATURES BY PARTNERSHIPS , COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
(1) A document purporting to be signed for or on behalf of a partnership shall 
contain the names of all the part ners in full and shall be signed  by all the partners, or by any 
partner qualified to sign , stating that he signs on behalf of the partnershi p, or by any other 
person who satisfies the Registrar that he  is authorized to sign the document. 
 
(2) A document purporting to be signed fo r or on behalf of a body corporate  
shall be signed by a director or by the s ecretary or other principal officer of the body 
corporate, or by any other person who satisfied th e Registrar that he is authorized to sign the 
document and shall bear the seal of the body corporate.  
(3) A document purporting to be signed fo r or on behalf of an association of 
persons may be signed by any person who satisfie s the Registrar that he is duly authorized to 
sign the document.    
(4) The Registrar may, whenever he deems it necessary, request evidence  
of authorization to sign. 
 
7. REPRESENTATION BY AGENT. 
(1) The power of attorney appointing an agent may be filed together with the 
application or within two m onths from its filing date. 
 
(2)  If the appointment is not thus made  and is not in accordance with Section 54 
of the Act and Section 39 of these Regulations, any procedural steps taken by the agent, other 
than the filing of the application, shal l be deemed not to have been taken. 
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PART II.  – PATENTS APPLICATI ON AND PROCEDURE FOR GRANT  
                               OF PATENTS.  
 
8. CLASSIFICATION OF PATENTS. 
The Registrar shall apply the International Pate nt Classification , as adopted under the 
Strasbourg Agreement  of March 24, 1971, and updated in its subsequent editions, for all 
purposes relating to the grant and publication of  patents, as well as for the maintenance of 
classified search files. 
 
9. REQUEST FOR GRANT OF PATENT. 
  (1) The request for the grant of a patent  shall be made on Form No.1 and shall be 
signed by each applicant.  
(2) The request shall indicate each applicant’s name, address, nationality and 
residence.  
(3) Where the applicant is the inventor, th e request shall contain a statement to  
that effect, and, where he is no t, it shall indicate each inve ntor’s name and address and be 
accompanied by the statement justifying th e applicant’s right to the patent. 
 
(4) If the applicant is represented by an ag ent, the request shall indicate and state 
the agent’s name and address.  
(5) The title of the invention shall be sh ort preferably from two to seven words  
and precise.  
10. DESCRIPTION. 
 (1) The description shall first state the tit le of the invention as appearing in the 
request and shall - 
(a) specify the technical field to which the invention relates; and 
(b) indicate the background art which, as  far as known to the applicant, 
can be regarded as useful fo r the understanding, searching and 
examination of the invention, and, preferably, cite the documents reflecting such art; and 
(c) disclose the invention in such term s that it can be understood and state 
its advantageous effects, if any, w ith reference to the background art; 
and 
  ( d) briefly describe the figures in the drawings, if any; and 
(e) set forth at least one mode contem plated by the applicant for carrying 
out the invention and this shall be done in terms of examples, where 
appropriate, and with reference to the drawings, if any; and 
(f)   indicate explicitly, when it is not obvious from the description or 
nature of the invention, the way in  which the invention is industrially 
applicable and the way in which it can be made and used, or, if it can only be used, the way in which it can be used.   
  (2) The manner and order specified in paragraph (1) shall be followed except 
when, because of the nature of the invention, a different manner or a different order would 
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11. CLAIMS. 
 (1) The number of the claims shall be re asonable taking into account the nature of 
the invention and if there are several claims, th ey shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic 
numerals.  
(2) The claims shall define the invention in terms of the technical features of the 
invention.  
(3) Whenever appropriate, claims shall contain –  
(a) a statement indicating those technica l features of the invention which 
are necessary for the definition of the latter but whic h, in combination, 
are part of the prior art; and 
(b) a characterizing portion –preceded by the words “characterized in 
that,” “characterized by,” “wherein the improvement comprises,” or any other words to the same effe ct-stating concisely the technical 
features which, in combination with the features stated under subsection (1), it is desired to protect. 
  (4) Claims shall not, except where absolutely necessary, rely in respect of the technical features of the inventi on on references to the descrip tion or drawings; in particular, 
they shall not rely on such references as “as described in part of th e description,” or “as 
illustrated in figure … of the drawings.”   (5) Where the application contains drawi ngs, the technical features mentioned in 
the claims shall preferably be followed by the re ference signs relating to such features; when 
used, the reference signs shall preferably be placed between parentheses; if inclusion of 
reference signs does not particul arly facilitate quicker underst anding of a claim, it should not 
be made.   (6) Any claim submitted after filing date of the application and which is not identified with the claims previously appearing in the application shall, at the choice of the 
applicant, be submitted either as an amended claim or as a new claim.    (7) The deletion of any claim previously  appearing in the application shall be 
made by indicating the number of the prev ious claim followed by the word “cancelled.” 
 
12. DRAWINGS. 
(1) Drawings forming part of an applic ation for a patent shall be on sheets  
the usable surface area of which shall not exceed 26.2 cm by 17 cm. 
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(2) The sheets shall not contain frames round the usable or used surface and the 
minimum margins shall be as follows:-  
top:  2.5 cm; left side: 2.5 cm; right side: 1.5 cm; bottom: 1.0 cm; 
 
(3) Drawings shall be executed as follows:- 
(a) without coloring in durable, bl ack sufficiently dense and dark, 
uniformly thick and well-defined lines and strokes to permit 
satisfactory reproduction; and 
(b) cross-sections shall be indicated  by hatching, which does not impede 
the clear reading of the reference signs and leading lines; and 
(c) the scale of the drawings and th e distinctness of their graphical 
execution shall be such that a phot ographic reproductio n with a linear 
reduction in size to two-thirds would enable all details to be distinguished without difficulty.  If, as an exception, the scale is given 
on a drawing it shall be re presented graphically; and 
(d) all numbers, letters and reference si gns appearing in the drawings shall 
be simple and clear and brackets, circles and inverted commas shall not be used in association with numbers and letters; and 
(e) elements of the same figure shall be in proportion to each other, unless 
a difference in proportion is  indispensable for the clarity of the figure; 
(f) the height of the numbers and letter s shall not be less than 0.32 cm and 
for the lettering of drawings, th e Latin and, where customary, the 
Greek alphabet shall be used; and 
(g) the same sheet of drawings may c ontain several figures.  Where figures 
drawn on two or more sheets are in tended to form one whole figure, 
the figures on the several sheets sha ll be so arranged that the whole 
figure can be assembled without c oncealing any part of the partial 
figures.  The different figures shall be arranged without wasting space, 
clearly separated from one another.   The different figures shall be 
numbered consecutively in Arabic  numerals, independently of the 
numbering of the sheets; and 
(h) reference signs not mentioned in th e description or claims shall not 
appear in the drawings, and vice versa.   
(i) the drawings shall not contain textual matter, 
(j) the sheets of the drawings sha ll be numbered in accordance with 
Section 15(7) below. 
 
 (4) Flow sheets and diagrams  are considered drawings. 
 
13. ABSTRACT. 
(1) The abstract shall be so drafted that it can efficiently serve as a  
scanning tool for purposes of sear ching in the particular art. 
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(2) The abstract shall consist of the following:- 
(a) a summary of the disclosure as cont ained in the description, the claims, 
and any drawings, indicating the tec hnical field to which the invention 
pertains and drafted in a way whic h allows the clear understanding of 
the technical problem the gist of th e solution of that  problem through 
the invention and the principal use or uses of the invention; and  
(b) where applicable, the chemical formula which, among all the formulae 
contained in the application, best  characterizes the invention. 
 
(3) The abstract shall be as concise as the disclosure permits (preferably 50 to 150 
words).  
(4) The abstract shall not contain statemen ts on the alleged merits or value of the 
invention or on its sp eculative application. 
 
(5) Each main technical feature mentioned in the abstract and illustrated by a 
drawing in the application shall be followed by a reference sign, placed between parentheses. 
 
(6) The abstract shall be accompanied by the most illustrative of any drawings 
furnished by the applicant.   
14. MEASURES, TERMINOLOGY AND SIGNS. 
(1) Units of weights and measures shall be expressed in terms of the metric 
system.  
(2) Temperatures shall be expresse d in degrees centigrade (Celsius). 
 
(3) Density shall be expressed in metric units. 
 
(4) For indications of heat, energy, lig ht, sound, and magnetism, as well as for 
mathematical formulae and electrical units, ru les in general use shall be observed; for 
chemical formulae, the symbols, atomic weight s, and molecular formulae, in general use, 
shall be employed.    
(5) In general, only such technical terms,  signs and symbols should be used as are 
generally accepted in the art.  
(6) The terminology and the signs shall be  consistent throughout the application. 
 
15. NUMBER OF COPIES AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS. 
(1) Subject to Section 19(7), the applic ation and any accompanying statements or 
documents shall be filed in three copies, but th e Registrar may require the applicant to supply 
additional copies.  
(2) All elements of the application shall be so presented as to admit of direct 
reproduction by photography, electrostatic proc esses, photo offset and microfilming. 
 
(3) Only one side of each sheet contai ned in the application shall be used. 
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(4) All elements of the application shal l be on paper, which is flexible, strong, 
white, smooth, non-shiny and durable.  
(5) The size of the sheets shall be A4 (29.7cm x 21cm), although the Registrar 
may accept sheets of other sizes.  
(6) The minimum margins of sheets shall be as follows:- 
(a) upper margin of each page, except the first page:  20 mm; and 
(b) upper margin of the first page:  30 mm; and 
(c) side margin adjacent to the binding: 25 mm; and 
(d) other side margin:  20 mm; and 
(e) bottom margin :  20 mm 
 
(7) All sheets shall be numbered at th e top of the sheet, in the middle, in 
consecutive Arabic numerals.   
(8) In effecting the sequential numbering of the sheets, the elements of the 
application shall be placed in th e following order:  the request, the description, the claims, the 
abstract, the drawings.  
(9) The sequential numbering of the sheets shall be effected by using three 
separate series of numbering, the first series applying to th e request only and commencing 
with the first sheet of  the request, the second series comm encing with the fi rst sheet of the 
description and continuing through th e claims until the last sheet of the abstract, and the third 
series being applicable to the sheets of the dr awings only and commencing with the first sheet 
of the drawings.  
(10) The text matter of the application sha ll be typed; graphic symbols, chemical or 
mathematical formulae and certain characters, if necessary, may be handwritten or drawn. 
 
(11) Drawings shall be executed in durab le, black, sufficiently dense and dark,  
uniformly thick and well-defined li nes and strokes without colorings. 
 
16. UNITY OF INVENTION. 
(1) Section 21 of the Act shall be construe d as permitting, in particular, one of the 
following three possibilities:- 
(a) in addition to an independent clai m for a given product, the inclusion 
in the same application of an inde pendent claim for a process specially 
adapted for the manufacture of the said product, and the inclusion in 
the same application of an indepe ndent claim for a use of the said 
product; or 
(b) in addition to an independent clai m for a given process, the inclusion 
in the same application of an inde pendent claim for an apparatus or 
means specifically designed for carry ing out the said process; or  
(c) in addition to an independent clai m for a given product, the inclusion 
in the same application of an inde pendent claim for a process specially 
adapted for the manufacture of the product, and the inclusion in the 
same application of an independent  claim for an apparatus or means 
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(2) Subject to Section 21 of the Act, it sh all be permitted to include in the same 
application two or more independent claims of the same category which cannot readily be 
covered by a single generic claim.  
(3) Subject to Section 21 of the Act, it sh all be permitted to include in the same 
application a reasonable number of dependent  claims, claiming specific forms of the 
invention claimed in an independent claim.  
17. DIVISION OF APPLICATION. 
 (1) A divisional application shall contain a reference to the initial application. 
  (2) If the applicant wishes a divisional application to benefit from any priority 
claimed for the initial applica tion, the divisional application mu st contain a request to that 
effect; in such a case, the declaration of prio rity and the documents furnished in accordance 
with Section 19 for the initial application shall be deemed to relate also to the divisional 
application.    (3) Where the priorities of two or more earlier applications were claimed for the 
initial application, a divisional a pplication may benefit only from th e priority or priorities that 
are applicable to it.  
18. DISCLOSURES TO BE DISREGARD ED FOR PRIOR ART PURPOSES. 
An applicant who wishes a disclosure of  the invention to be disregarded, in  
accordance with Section 13(2) and (3) of the Ac t for prior art purposes, shall so indicate on 
the application and shall furnish, in writing, with  the application or with in one month of filing 
the application, full particulars of the disclo sure; where the disclosure was made at an 
exhibition, the applicant shall f ile, within the same period, a duly authenticated certificate 
issued by the authority responsible for the exhibition containing particulars of the exhibition and stating that the invention was in fact exhibited there. 
 
19. DECLARATION OF PRIORITY AND TRANSLATION OF EARLIER 
APPLICATION. 
(1) The declaration referred to in Section 23(1) of the Act shall be made at the 
time of filing the application for the patent and shall indicate -   ( a) the date of filing of th e earlier application; and 
(b) the number of the earlier applicati on, subject to paragraph (2); and  
(c) the symbol of the International Patents Classification  which has been 
allocated to the earlier applicati on, subject to paragraph (3); and 
(d) the State in which the earlier appl ication was filed or, where the earlier 
application is a regional or an international application the State or 
States for which it was filed; and 
(e) where the earlier application is a regional or an international 
application, the Office w ith which it was filed.  
  
(2) Where at the time of filing the declaration referred to in paragraph (1) the 
number of the earlier applica tion is not known, that number sh all be furnished within the 
period of 16 months afte r the priority date. 
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(3) Where a symbol of the International Patent Classification  has not been 
allocation to the earlier application, or had not  yet been allocated at the time of filing the 
declaration referred to in Paragraph (1), the applicant shall state this fact in the said 
declaration and shall communicate such sym bol as soon as it has been allocated. 
 
(4) The applicant may, at any time before the grant of the patent, amend the 
contents of the declaration referred to in  Paragraph (1) by writing to the Registrar. 
 
(5) The period for furnishing the certified  copy of the earlier application, referred 
to in Section 23(2) of the Act, shall be thr ee months from the date of the request by the 
Registrar; where a copy has alr eady been furnished for another application, the applicant may 
respond by making a reference to that other application.  
(6) Where the earlier application is in a language other than English, the applicant 
shall, within six months from the date of the aforementioned request, furnish an English 
translation of the ear lier application.  
 
(7) Unless the Registrar requests otherw ise, the earlier application and any 
translation thereof shall be filed in one copy.  
20. TIME FOR FURNISHING INFORMATION CONCERNING 
CORRESPONDING FOREIGN APPL ICATIONS, PATENTS AND OTHER 
TITLE PROTECTION. 
(1) The time limits to be specified for furnishing the information requested  
under Section 24 of the Act shall not be less than two or more than six months from the date 
such a request is made; upon a reasoned request  by the applicant, the Registrar may extend 
such time limit.   
(2) If the applicant rep lies that the documents requested under Section 24 
of the Act are not yet available, the Registra r may suspend the procedure for the examination 
of the application until such time as the documents are furnished.   
21. WITHDRAWAL AND AMENDM ENT OF APPLICATION. 
(1) The application shall be withdrawn by written declaration submitted to  
the Registrar and signed by each applicant.  
(2) The application fee shall not be refu nded if the application is withdrawn. 
 
(3) Any amendment pursuant to Section 22(1)( a) of the Act shall be made subject 
to the payment of the prescribed fee. 
 
22. MARKING APPLICATION. 
 (1) Upon receipt, the Registrar shall mark, on each document making up the 
application, the actual date of receipt and the application number consisting of the letters LC, 
slant, the letter P, slant, the last two numbers of the year in which the initial papers were 
received, slant, and a five-digit number allotted in the sequential order in which applications 
are received and where any corrections or ot her later filed documents are received on 
different dates, the Registrar shall also mark their actual date of receipt in the appropriate place of the request for grant of  the patent in Form No. 1. IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
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 (2) The application number allotted unde r paragraph (1) shall be quoted in all 
subsequent communications concerning the application. 
 
23. ACCORDING AND NOTIFYING FILING DATE. 
 (1) The Registrar shall examine whether th e application fulfills the requirements 
of Section 19(2) and (4) of the Act.   (2) The invitation to file an y correction, under Section 25(2)( a) of the Act, shall 
be in writing; it shall specify the correction or corrections required and request that these be filed within two months from the date of the invitation, toge ther with the payment of the 
prescribed fee.   (3) Once the Registrar accords a filing date, he shall notify the applicant in writing and if the application is treated as if it  had not been filed, under Section (25)(2)( c) of the Act, 
the Registrar shall notify the applican t in writing, specifying the reasons. 
 
24. EXAMINATION AS TO FORM. 
 (1) In addition to the requirements of Section 19(2) and (4) of the Act and the 
Regulations pertaining thereto, the requirements of Sections 24 and 12(2) of the Act and 
Sections 4, 5, 7, 14 and 15 of these Regulations, to  the extent applicable, shall be considered 
formal requirements for the purposes of the Act.   (2) Where the Registrar finds that the conditions referred to in Section 26( a) of 
the Act are not fulfilled, he shall -  
(a) invite the applicant, in writing, to file the required correction within 
two months from the date of the i nvitation, together with the payment 
of the prescribed fee; and 
(b) where no abstract is provided, the Re gistrar shall invite the applicant to 
correct the deficiency either by prov iding an abstract or by paying the 
prescribed fee for the preparation of the abstract by the Registrar 
himself. 
 
(3) If the applicant does not comply with the invitation to correct a deficiency,  
or where, despite the corrections submitted by the applicant, the Registrar is of the opinion that the conditions referred to in Section 26( a) of the Act are not fulfilled, he shall reject the 
application and notify th e applicant, in writing, stating the reasons. 
  (4) Refusal of the application shall not affect its filing date, which shall remain 
valid. 
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25. DECISION TO GRANT OR REFUSE TO GRANT PATENT. 
(1) Where two or more applications for gr ant of a patent for the same invention, 
having the same filing or, where applicable, the same priority date, are filed by the same 
applicant, the Registrar may, on that ground, refuse to grant a patent in pursuance of more 
than one of the applications.  
(2) The Registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing, of this decision to grant or 
to refuse to grant a patent, and, in the case of a refusal, stating the reasons therefor, and in the 
case of a decision to grant a patent, requesting the applicant to pay the grant and publication 
fee within three months from the date of the notification. 
 
26. GRANT OF PATENT, PUBLICAT ION OF REFERENCE THERETO, 
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. 
(1) Subject to the payment of the gran t and publication fee within the period 
prescribed in Section 25(2), th e Registrar shall grant the patent in accordance with Section 27 
of the Act and these Regulations.   
(2) The Registrar shall allot to each patent he grants a number ( publication 
number of the patent ) in the sequential order of grant. 
  
(3) The patent shall be granted on Form N o. 3 and shall contain, in addition to the 
information indicated in Subsection (5) the date of publication of the patent, the documents or 
references cited of the prior art, the desc ription, the claims and the drawings if any. 
 
(4) The patent shall be deemed to be granted on the date the Registrar publishes a 
reference to the grant in accordance with Section 27(2)( c) of the Act. 
 
(5) The publication of the reference to th e grant of the patent shall include - 
  ( a) the number of the patent; and 
  ( b) the name and address of the owner of the patent; and 
(c) the name and address of the invent or, except where he has asked not to 
be named in the patent; and  
  ( d) the name and address of the agent if any; and 
  ( e) the filing date; and 
(f) if priority has been claimed and the claim has been accepted, a 
statement of the priority, the priority  date and the name  of the country 
or countries in which or for which the earlier applicati on was filed; and 
  ( g) the effective date of grant of the patent; and 
  ( h) the title of the invention; and  
  ( i) the abstract; and 
  ( j) the most illustrative of the drawings, if any; and 
  ( k) the symbol of the International pate nt Classification . 
 
(6) The certificate of grant shall be issued on Form No. 4, shall be signed by the 
Registrar and shall contain  -    ( a
) the number of the patent; and 
(b) the name and address of the owner of the patent; and 
(c) the filing date and, where applicable, priority date of the application; 
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 ( d) the effective date of grant of the patent; and 
 ( e) the title of the invention. 
 
27. EXPLOITATION OF PATENTED INVENTION BY GOVERNMENT OR BY 
THIRD PERSONS AUTHORISED BY GOVERNMENT. 
 (1) The Minister shall, before making a decision under Section 32(1) of the Act 
consult the Registrar, and gi ve the owner of the patent, and any other persons whose 
participation he considers usef ul, at least 21 days’ written no tice of the date on which they 
may be heard; the owner of the patent shall gi ve all licensees written notice of the hearing 
and they shall have the right  to participate therein. 
  
(2) The Minister shall make his decision after the hearing, in  writing, stating the 
grounds upon which it is based, and, if he has d ecided that the invention shall be exploited 
under Section 32(1) of the Act, stating the terms of exploitation, and shall transmit the 
decision to the Registrar.    (3) The Registrar shall record and pub lish the decision of th e Minister and, in 
writing, notify, the owner of the patent and the other pa rticipants in the hearing. 
  (4) If the decision of the Mi nister is the subject of an appeal, the Registrar of the 
court shall notify the Registrar of  the court’s decision once it b ecomes final, and the Registrar 
shall record the decision and publish it.   (5) The authorized exploitation of the subject matter of a patent under Section 
31(2) of the Act shall be - 
(a) non-exclusive and; 
(b) non-assignable except with that pa rt of the enterprise or goodwill 
which enjoys such exploitation. 
 
28. ANNUAL FEES. 
 (1) Upon payment of an annual fee in acco rdance with Section 31(2) of the Act, 
the Registrar shall, within two weeks from the date payment is received, furnish or send to 
the applicant or to the owner of the patent a receipt of payment. 
  (2) The Registrar shall record and publish a notification of the laps of a patent in 
the journal referred to in Section 27(2)( c) of the Act. 
 
(3) Annual fees shall not be refundable. 
 
29. INVALIDATION. 
 (1) Where the provisions of Section 37(2) of the Act apply only to some of the 
claims or some parts of a claim, such claims  or parts of a claim shall be invalidated. 
  (2) The patent owner shall, in writing, notify any licensee of any court proceeding 
instituted for the invali dation of the patent.   
 
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invoked is that the patent owner is not the inve ntor or his successor in title, also the person 
alleged to have the right to the patent.   (4) Prior to requesting the Court to invali date a patent under Section 37 of the Act, 
the person making such a request shall lodge with the Registrar a notice of opposition on 
Form No. 2, with the prescribed fee. 
 
 
PART III.  -  INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS. 
 
30. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO PATENTS. 
 Sections 19, 21, 22 and 29(4), shall apply, mutates mutandis , to industrial designs 
with the proviso that the period of 16 months referred to in Section 19(2) shall be replaced by a period of three months from the date on wh ich the application cont aining the declaration 
was filed, and that for this purpos e the letter “P”, in  Section 22, shall be read as the letters 
“ID”. 
 
31. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATI ON OF AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. 
 (1) The application for the registration of  an industrial design shall be made on 
Form No. 5 and shall be signed by each applicant. 
  
(2) The application shall in dicate each applicant’s name, address, nationality and 
residence.   (3) Where the applicant is the creator, th e request shall contain a statement to that 
effect, and, where he is not, it shall indica te each creator’s name and address and be 
accompanied by the statement justifying the app licant’s right to the registration of the 
industrial design.   (4) If the applicant is represented by an  agent, the request shall so indicate and 
state the agent’s name and address. 
 
32. NUMBER AND SIZE OF REPRESENTATION AND SPECIMEN. 
 (1)        The application sh all be accompanied by the following:- 
(a) if the industrial design is tw o-dimensional, by four graphic 
representations or four dr awings or tracings; or 
(b) if the industrial design is th ree-dimensional, by four graphic 
representations or four drawings or  tracings of each of the different 
sides of the industrial design; and  
(c) a printing block or printing blocks of  such dimensions as the Registrar 
may consider appropriate. 
 
(2) A specimen shall be of a size not exceeding 20 centimeters x 20 centimeters 
x 20 centimeters.    
(3) No graphic representation, drawings or tracings of the indust rial design shall 
exceed 10 centimeters x 20 centimeters.  Such repr esentations, drawings or tracings, shall be 
affixed on four sheets of cardboa rd of A4 size and drawings a nd tracings shall be in black 
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33. ACCORDING AND NOTIFYING FI LING DATE, EXAMINATION; 
DECISION TO GRANT OR REFUSE APPLICATION. 
(1) The Registrar shall examine whether th e application fulfills the requirements 
of Section 43(2) ( a) and (3) of the Act. 
 
(2) The invitation to file  any correction, under 46(2)( a), of the Act shall be in 
writing, and it shall specify the correction or co rrections required and re quest that these be 
filed within two months from th e date of the said invitation, t ogether with the payment of the 
prescribed fee.   
(3) Once the Registrar accords a filing date, he shall so notify the applicant in 
writing; if the application is treated as if  it had not been filed, under Sections 46(2)( c) of the 
Act, the Registrar shall notify the appli cant in writing, specif ying the reasons.  
 
(4) Where the Registrar finds that the cond itions set out in Sections 43(2) and (3), 
and 38(2)( a) of the Act and the Regulations pertaining thereto are not fulfilled, he shall invite 
the applicant, in writing, to file the required correction within two months from the date of 
the invitation, together with the payment of the prescribed fee.   
(5) If the applicant does not comply with the invitation to correct a deficiency, or 
where, despite corrections submitted by the appli cant, the Registrar is of the opinion that the 
said conditions are not fulfilled, he shall reject the applicati on and notify the applicant, in 
writing, stating the reasons.     
(6) Refusal of the application shall not a ffect its filing date, which shall remain 
valid. 
 
(7) The Registrar shall notify the applicant,  in writing, of his decision to grant or 
to refuse the application, and, in the case of a decision to gr ant the applica tion, he shall 
request the applicant to pay the registration and publication fee within one month from the 
date of the notification.  
34. REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIA L DESIGN; PUBLICATION OF 
REFERENCE THERETO; ISSUANC E OF CERTIFICATE.  
 (1) Subject to the payment of the regist ration and publication f ee within the period 
prescribed in Section 33(7), the Registrar sha ll register the industrial design in accordance 
with Section 48(1) of the Act and this Section.   (2) The Registrar shall allot to each indu strial design the registers a number in the 
sequential order of registration. 
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 (3) The registration of an industrial desi gn shall include a repr esentation of the 
industrial design and shall specify -    ( a) the number of the industrial design; and 
(b) the name and address of the registered owner; and 
  ( c) the name and address of the agent, if any; and 
(d) the name and address of the creato r, except where he has asked not to 
be named in the registration; and 
(e) if the priority has been claimed, and the claim has been accepted, the 
priority date and the country or co untries in which or for which the 
earlier application was filed; and  
(f) the kind of products for which the industrial design is to be used. 
  
(4) The publication of the reference to th e registration of an  industrial design, 
under Section 48(1) of the Act, sh all contain the particulars speci fied in paragraph (3) hereof. 
  (5) The certificate of registration of an industrial design shall be issued on Form 
No.6.  
 
35. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION. 
 (1) The renewal of the registration of an industrial design under Section 50 of the 
Act may be made by the registered owner or his agent during the six months period preceding the expiry of the registration.  
(2) The renewal shall be made by payment of the renewal fee within the period 
specified in paragraph (1) here of or, upon payment of the prescr ibed surcharge, within the 
grace period allowed under S ection 50(3) of the Act. 
  (3) The renewal of an industrial design registration shall be recorded in the 
register and shall be published.   (4) The Registrar shall issue to the regi stered owner a certificate of renewal, 
which shall contain:-   ( a) the registration number of the industrial design; 
(b) the date of renewal and the date of expiry; 
(c) the name and address of the registered owner; and 
(d) an indication of the kind of products  for which the industrial design has 
been registered. 
  
PART IV.  – GENERAL. 
 
36. ADDRESS FOR SERVICE. 
 There shall be furnished to the Registrar :– 
(a) by every applicant for the grant of a patent or the registration of an 
industrial design, an address for se rvice in Papua New Guinea for the 
purpose of his application; and 
(b) by every person ( including the applicant for, or the owner of, a patent, 
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which any of these Regulations relate , an address for service in Papua 
New Guinea, 
and the address so furnished or, where anot her address (being an address in Papua New 
Guinea) has been furnished in place thereof, th at address shall be treated for the purposes of 
that application or those proceedings, as appropriat e, as the address of th at applicant or, as the 
case may be, of that person. 
 
37. CHANGE OF NAME, ADDRESS OR ADDRESS FOR SERVICE. 
 (1) A request by the owner of, or applicant for, a patent, industrial design for the 
alternation of a name, na tionality, address for service on reco rd in respect of his patent or 
application shall be made in writing and sh all be accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
  (2) Before acting on a request to alter a name or nationality, the Registrar may 
require such proof of the alte rnation as he thinks fit. 
  (3) If the Registrar is satisfied that th e request should be allowed, he shall cause 
the patent or application ther efore and, where the name, nati onality or address has been 
recorded in the register, the register to be altered accordingly. 
 
38. CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP;  LICENCE CONTRACTS. 
 (1) The notice, under Section 52 of the Ac t for the recording of a change of 
ownership of a title granted under the Act or of an  application therefore shall be made to the 
Registrar on Form No. 7 and shall be subject to paymen t of the prescribed fee. 
  (2) The publication of the change  of ownership shall specify - 
  ( a) the title of protec tion concerned; and 
(b) the filing date, the priority date, if  any, and the date of registration or 
grant; and  
  ( c) the owner and the new owner; and 
  ( d) the nature of the change of ownership. 
 
(3) A licence contract submitted for recordal under Section 53(1) of the Act shall 
be accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
 
39. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT;  ADDRESS FOR SERVICE. 
 (1) The appointment of an agent shall be  by a power of attorney, which shall be 
signed by the applicant, or, if there ar e more than one, by each applicant.   
 
(2) The address of the agent shall, for all purposes connected with the Act and 
these Regulations, be treated as the addre ss to which communications to the person or 
persons who appointed the agent shall be transmitted. 
 
40. EXCLUDED DAYS. 
 When the last day for doing any act or taking any procee ding falls on a day when the 
Intellectual Property Office is not open to the pub lic for business, it shall be lawful to do the 
act or to take the proceeding on the day wh en the Office is next open for business. 
 
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41. CONSULTATION OF REGISTERS; REQUEST FOR EXTRACTS 
THEREFROM AND FOR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS. 
 (1) Consultation of the Re gistrars shall be subject to  payment of the prescribed 
fee.    
(2) Requests for certified copies of extr acts from a Registrar or for copies of 
documents shall be made to the Registrar in wr iting and shall be subject to payment of the 
prescribed fee. 
 
 42. CORRECTIONS OF ERRORS. 
(1) Corrections of errors in documents filed or registered may be made by the 
Registrar upon receipt of a request in writing and subject to such terms as he may consider 
appropriate, or on his own initiative.   
 
(2) Corrections made shall be communicated  in writing to all interested persons, 
and, where considered necessary, sh all be published by the Registrar. 
 
43. HEARING. 
 (1) Before exercising adversely to any person any discretionary power given to 
the Registrar by the Act or th ese Regulations, the Registrar shall notify such person, in 
writing, of the opportunity to be  heard thereon, and i ndicating a time limit, which shall not be 
less than one month, for filing a request for a hearing.   (2) The request for a hearing shall be in writing and shall be subject to payment of 
the prescribed fee.   (3) Upon receiving such request, the Regi strar shall give the person applying, and 
any other interested persons, at least two weeks’ notice,  in writing, of the date and time of the 
hearing. 
 
44. SERVICE BY MAIL. 
 (1) Any notice, application or other doc ument sent to the Registrar by mail shall 
be deemed to have been given, made or filed at the time when it woul d be delivered in the 
ordinary course of the mail.    
(2) In proving such sending, it shall be suffici ent to prove that th e letter containing 
such notice, application or other document was properly addressed and sent by registered 
mail.  
(3) Subsection 1 does not apply to th e accordance of the filing date. 
 
45. EVIDENCE. 
 (1) Where under these Regulati ons evidence may be filed, it shall be by statutory 
declaration or affidavit.    (2) The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, in  any particular case, take oral evidence in 
lieu of or in addition to such evidence and sh all allow any witness to be cross-examined on 
his affidavit. 
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46. STATUTORY DECLARATIONS AND AFFIDAVITS. 
 (1) Any statutory declaration or affidavi t filed under the Act or these Regulations 
shall be made before any officer authorized  by law in any part of Papua New Guinea to 
administer an oath for the purpose of any legal proceedings.  (2) Statutory declarations or affidavits  made outside Papua New Guinea shall be 
made before a Consul or Notary Public. 
 
47. PUBLICATION; GAZETTE. 
 Particulars of patents, industrial designs and other proceedings under the Act and any 
other information required to be published u nder the Act or these Regulations shall be 
published, in accordance with the directions of the Registrar, in the appropriate journals 
referred to in Sections 27(2)( c) and 48(2)( c) of the Act.   
 
48. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION. 
 (1) The office administering this Act may enter into any agreement, scheme, 
arrangement, understanding, project or program, in cooperation with anot her country or legal 
entity for purposes of the admini stration of patents and industri al designs in accordance with 
this Act and any international treaties to  which Papua New Guinea is a party to. 
  (2) The Registrar reserves the power to w ithdraw at any time from this agreement, 
scheme, arrangement, understanding, project or program in the event that such would not be 
in the best interest of the office and in th e administration of this Act or international 
obligation. 
 
                
 
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SCHEDULE 1. 
 
FEES 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
Matter or proceeding    Section reference Amount of fee    Form       A c t   R e g .  
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
Patents Fees 
 
Application for a Patent    19  9 K1000  1  
(In a patent application), if the application     K1500 includes an amino acid sequence or a nucleotide sequence filed on a compact disk or by other electronic means 
 
Each divisional application for a patent  22(5)  17 K300  1  Amendment of application at the instance  22(1)( a) 21(3) K170 
of the Applicant 
 
Correction of application at the instance of the  25(2)( a) 23(2) K50 
Registrar  Preparation of Abstract by Registrar    24(2)( b)K100 
 
Amendment of application on invitation of Registrar  26(b)(i)  24(2)( a)K50 
 Grant and publication fee   27  26(1) K100  Filing notice of opposition to grant of patent/   29(4) K1200  2 
Utility model/industrial design certificate 
 Annual fees for patents    31(2)  28 2nd         K170  
3rd         K200 
 4th         K240  5th         K270  
6th         K330 
 7th         K400  8th         K460 
 
9th         K550  10th         K640  
11th         K700 IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
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 12th         K750  13th         K800  
14th         K900 
 15th         K1000  16th         K1100 
 
17th         K1200  18th         K1300  
19th         K1400 
 2 0 t h          N i l   Surcharge for late payment of annua l fees In addition to any other fee 
payable in relation to this 
item – K200 for each month, 
or part of a month, in the period between the anniversary and the day when the fee is paid 
Industrial Designs  
Application     43       31  K300              5 
 Correction of application on request of Registrar 46(2)( a)      33(2) and  K50 
(this does not refer to the correction of an entry 47( b)(i)          (4) 
in the Register.  
 Registration and publication fee   48                33(7) K100  Lodging of Notice of opposition to grant of          30, 29(4) K800  2 
Industrial design certificate 
 Renewal     50(2)            35(2) F i r s t  r e n e w a l         K 1 5 0   5   Second renewal        K250  5 
 
Surcharge for late payment of renewal fee 50(3)            35(2) In addition to any other fee  
payable in relation to this item – K120 for each month, or part of a month, in the 
period between the 
anniversary and the day when the fee is paid 
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GENERAL 
 
Copies of printed forms      3 K2 per page 
 Copies of extracts and copies of specifications and                        41(2)    K30 
Any computer print-outs (excluding blank forms) 
 Application for extension of time to do any act or 6(5)  K150 take any proceeding under the Act  
Filing request for alteration of name, nationality,   37(1) K50 
address or address for service in respect of a patent or an application  Filing request for recordal of change  in ownership 52(1) 38(1) K200  7 
 
Submission of license contract for recordal   53(1) 38(3) K200  7  Inspection of Register       9 41(1) K50  Certified copies of documents (per page)    41(2) K30 
 
Filing request for hearing     43(2) K1000    
 
     
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
    
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SCHEDULE  2. 
 
R e g .            F o r m  1 .   
REQUEST FOR GRANT OF PATENT OR UTILITY MODEL CERTIFICATE 
 
For Official Use  Date of Receipt by Registrar  
Registrar’s office: 
APPLICATION No:        ( O f f i c e ’ s  S t a m p )   To: The Registrar 
 Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea 
 Investment Promotion Authority  PO Box 1281, PORT MORESBY  Papua New Guinea   
      F I L I N G  D A T E :   
         __________________________________________ 
      Applicant ‘s or Representative’s File Reference __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
THE APPLICANT(S) REQUEST(S) THE GRANT OF A PATENT/UTILITY MODEL CERTIFICATE IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS: __________________________________________________________________________________  I. TITLE OF INVENTION: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 II. APPLICANT(S) (The data concerning each appli cant must appear in this box or, if the space 
is insufficient, in the supplemental box.)  Add itional information is contained in supplemental box 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 Name: __________________________________________________________________________________   Address: __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 Nationality: __________________________________________________________________________________   Country of residence or principal place of business: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  Telephone Number  Telegraphi c Address  Telex Number 
__________________________________________________________________________________ III. AGENT 
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The following agent has been appointed by the appl icant(s) in the power of attorney accompanying 
this Form to be filed  
}  within one
* month  
}  from the filing of this Form 
 Name: 
__________________________________________________________________________________   Address: __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 Telephone Number  Telegraphic Address       Telex Number  __________________________________________________________________________________  IV. INVENTOR  Additional informati on is contained in supplemental box. 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  If inventor is not the applicant:  Name: __________________________________________________________________________________  
 Address: 
__________________________________________________________________________________   The statement justifying the app licant’s right accompanies this Form 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
V. DIVISIONAL APPLICATION   This application is a divisional application  
The benefit of the filing date priority date of the initial application is claimed inasmuch as the 
subject matter of the present application is c ontained in the initial application identified 
below. 
 
Initial Application No.: Date of filing of application: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 VI. DISCLOSURES TO BE DISREGARDED FOR PRIOR ART PURPOSES  
Disclosure occurred not more than twelve months be fore the filing date or priority date of the 
present application: 
 
}  by reason or in consequence of acts of  the applicant or his predecessor in title. 
}  by reason or in consequence of an abuse co mmitted by a third party with regard to the 
    rights of applicant or his predecessor in title. Additional information is contained in  a statement accompanying this Form. 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 VII. PRIORITY DECLARATION (if any)  
                                                     
 
* Typographical error. See Section 7(1). IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
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 The priority of (an) earlier application(s) is claimed as follows __________________________________________________________________________________  
The priority of more than one earlier applicati on is claimed; the data are indicated in the 
supplemental box 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
   
Country (if the earlier application is a regional or   Filing Date: 
 International application, indicate the office with 
 _______________________________________  which and the countries for which it was filed):   Application No.:          __________________ 
         Symbol of the International 
         Patent Classification 
 
         Not yet allocated 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
The certified copy of the earlier application accompanies this Form will be furnished upon 
request by the Registrar, as prescribed by Section 19(5). 
__________________________________________________________________________________  The English translation of the earlier applicati on accompanies this Form will be furnished upon 
request, as prescribed by Section 19(6). 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
VIII. SUPPLEMENTAL BOX* 
  __________________________________________________________________________________ 
IX. CHECK LIST 
 A. This application contains the follo wing B. This Form, as filed, is  
       accompanied by    
1. request ………………….. sheet(s) }  separate signed power of  
                   attorney  2. description ……………… sheet(s)          }  statement justifying the   3. claim(s) ………………….sheet(s)     applicant’s right    
 4. abstract …………………. Sheet(s) }  statement that certain  
             disclosures be disregarded  5. drawings………………….sheet(s)        }   p r i o r i t y  d o c u m e n t ( s )    
       }  (certified copy of earlier  
             a p p l i c a t i o n ( s ) )           }  English translation of earlier              application(s) on which  
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        }   a p p l i c a t i o n  f e e         }   o t h e r  d o c u m e n t ( s )    C. Figure number ………..of the drawings (if any) is suggested to accompany the 
(specify) abstract for publication 
__________________________________________________________________________________ X. SIGNATURE(S)**………………………………..  ……………………   
           (Date) 
__________________________________________________________________________________    
 
   TO BE FILLED IN BY THE REGISTRAR __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
1. Date of receipt of corrections or late r filed documents completing the application: 
__________________________________________________________________________________   2. Date fees received: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * Use this box if any of the boxes is not large enough to  contain information to be furnished.  Indicate 
the boxes continued in this box by their roman numerals and title (e.g., “II. APPLICANT(S) 
(continued)”). 
**Type name(s) under signature. 
    
 
     
 
    
 
    
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R e g .             F o r m  2 .  
 
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION TO GRANT OF PATENT/UTILITY MODEL 
CERTIFICATE/INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 
 
For Official Use 
 Date of Receipt by Registrar  Registrar’s office: APPLICATION No: 
       ( O f f i c e ’ s  S t a m p )  
To: The Registrar  Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea  Investment Promotion Authority  PO Box 1281, PORT MORESBY 
 Papua New Guinea 
              FILING DATE: 
            
_____________________________________________ 
                                               Applicant’s or Representative’s File Reference: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  In the matter of Application No.. ……………………………………………….…… for grant 
of a Patent/Utility Model/Industrial Design* Certificate 
 
 I/We*, 
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………  of …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… give notice of my/our* intention to oppose th e grant of the above identified patent/utility 
model/Industrial Design certificate* published in the Gazette of the ……………….. day of 
…………………………. No. 
………………………., page ……….. The grounds for this opposition are as follows: **………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Name of Agent (if any): …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Address of agent: 
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………   } Supporting evidence accompanies this Form  } Power of Attorney accompanies this Form 
 } Fees accompany this Form 
 Date: ………………………………………..   Signature: ................……..........................................           (Opponent/Agent)*** 
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*  Delete whichever does not apply. ** Continue on a separate sheet, if the space provided is insufficient. *** Delete whichever does not appl y and type name under signature. 
 
  
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R e g .             F o r m  3 .   
(12) PATENT/UTILITY MODEL CERTIFICATE  
       (11)  Publication No.: 
(19) Papua New Guinea 
      ( 5 1 )   I n t .  C l .   (21)  Application No.:    (73)  Owner(s)                Name: _____________________________ 
               Address: _________ ____________________ 
 (22) Filing date:  (30) Priority: 
 
(45) Date of publication:   (72) Inventor(s)               Name: _____________________________               Address: _________ ____________________ 
 (24) Effective date of grant 
 
(56) Documents/References cited of prior art: (74) Agent                Name: _____________________________ (54) Title:             Address: _______ ______________________ 
 
 
(57) Abstract (with the most illustrativ e of the drawings, if there are any): 
  __________________________________________________________________________________  
The description and claims are attached here to and form an integral part hereof: 
  Drawings are attached hereto a nd form an integral part hereof. 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
Additional Information or Comments: 
__________________________________________________________________________________  *The numbers in parentheses before the bibliogra phic data are Internationally Agreed Numbers for 
the Identification of Data (INID Codes), as define d in WIPO Standard ST.9, whereby the various 
bibliographic data appearing on the first page of a patent document can be identified without 
knowledge of the language used and th e industrial property laws applied. 
**Delete whichever does not apply.    
 
    
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R e g .             F o r m  4 .   
CERTIFICATE OF GRANT OF PATENT/UTILITY MODEL CERTIFICATE 
 
 In accordance with Section 27(1) of the Patents and Industrial Designs Act  2000, it is hereby 
certified that a patent/utility model certificate* having the Number ………………………. has been 
granted to:   Name:  
 Address: 
  on …………… (date), in respect of an invention disclosed  in an application for that patent having a: 
 
 Filing date: 
  Priority date:  being an invention for: …………………………………………………………………………………..       (title) 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 Dated this …………………………….. day of …………………………………………   
 
       …………………………………………       R e g i s t r a r  __________________________________________________________________________________  *Delete whichever does not apply. 
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
    
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R e g .             F o r m  5 .   
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 
 
For Official Use 
 
Date of Receipt by Registrar  Registrar’s office: APPLICATION No:        ( O f f i c e ’ s  S t a m p )  
To: The Registrar 
 Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea  Investment Promotion Authority  PO Box 1281, PORT MORESBY  Papua New Guinea 
 
             FILING DATE: 
     
 _____________________________________________ 
                                                Applicant’s or Representative’s File Reference:  
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 THE APPLICANT(S) REQUEST(S) THAT THE ACCOMPANYING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN BE REGISTERED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS: __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
I. APPLICANT(S) (The data concerning each a pplicant must appear in this box or, if 
the space is insufficient, in  the supplemental box.) Additional information is 
contained in supplemental box. 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
  N a m e :  
__________________________________________________________________________________    Address: __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
  Nationality: __________________________________________________________________________________    Country of residence or principal place of business: __________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
  Telephone Number  Telegra phic Address  Telex Number 
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II. AGENT 
 
The following agent has been appointed by th e applicant(s) in the power of attorney 
accompanying this Form to be filed within  one month from the filing of this Form 
 
 Name: 
__________________________________________________________________________________   Address: __________________________________________________________________________________  
Telephone Number  Telegraphic Address   Telex Number 
__________________________________________________________________________________   III. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN; SPECIMEN 
 
   This Form is accompanied by:    }  four graphic representations    }  four drawings or tracings    }  a specimen of the industrial design  
IV. PRODUCTS 
 
The kind of products of which the industr ial design is to be used is (are) the 
following: 
 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
V. PRIORITY CLAIM (if any) 
 
The priority of an earlier application is claimed as follows: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
Country:      Filing Date: 
        _____________________________          A p p l i c a t i o n  N o . :  
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
The priority of more than one earlier application is claimed;  the data are indicated in the supplemental box 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
The certified copy of the earlier application  
 
}  accompanies this Form; or }  will be furnished within three m onths of the filing of this Form 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
VI. FEES accompany this Form 
__________________________________________________________________________________ IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
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VII. SUPPLEMENTAL BOX* 
 __________________________________________________________________________________  VIII. SIGNATURE …………………………………….. .............…………………….         (Applicant/Agent)**             (Date) 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  (To be filed in by the Registrar)  
1. Date application received: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
  2. Date of receipt of corrections, late r filed papers completing the application: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
3.  Date fees received: 
__________________________________________________________________________________ * Use this box if any of the boxes is not large enough to  contain information to be furnished.  Indicate 
the boxes continued in this box by their Roma n numerals and title (e.g., “II. APPLICANT(S) 
(continued)”). **Type name(s) under signature and dele te whichever does not apply.   
   
 
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CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 
 
  In accordance with Section 48 of the Act, it is hereby certified that an industrial design having 
the registration No. …………………………….. has been  registered in the name of  
  Name:  
 Address: 
  on ……………………………………………………………. (date)  
 
     
in respect of an industrial design disclosed in an a pplication for registration of that industrial design, 
having a:   Filing date:  
 Priority date: 
 being an industrial design for: …………………………………………………………………………        (product)  created by: 
 
 Name:  Address:   
A copy of the reproduction of the industria l design accompanies this Certificate. 
__________________________________________________________________________________  Dated this…………………………………………. day of  …………………………………….   
       ………………………………… 
        R e g i s t r a r    __________________________________________________________________________________  
 
    
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RECORDING OF CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP 
 
For Official Use: 
 
To: The Registrar  Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea 
Investment Promotion Authority P O Box 1281, PORT MORESBY 
Papua New Guinea. 
              Received on: __________________________________________________________________________________  
1. IN THE MATTER OF:* 
 
Patent Application No:     Filing Date:  
 
Application for Utility Model Certificate No.:     Filing Date: 
 
Application for Registration    Filing Date: of Industrial Design No.: 
 
Patent No.:      Date of Grant: 
 
Utility Model Certificate No.:    Date of Grant: 
 
Industrial Design No.:     Date of Registration: 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
II. APPLICANT(S) OWNER(S)* 
  Name: __________________________________________________________________________________  
 Address: 
__________________________________________________________________________________  III. REQUEST  
The Registrar is hereby requested to record  the change in ownership of the above-
identified…………………………………………………………………………** 
The present applicant(s)/owner(s)* is/are identified above. The new applicant(s)/new owner(s )* is/are identified below. 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
IV. NEW APPLICANT(S)/NEW OWNER(S)* 
  Name: __________________________________________________________________________________  
 Address:  IP/N/1/PNG/I/2 
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__________________________________________________________________________________ 
Address for service in Papua New Guinea 
__________________________________________________________________________________   Nationality 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 Residence or principal place of business: __________________________________________________________________________________   Telephone Number  Telegra phic Address  Telex Number 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 V. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   The following items accompany this Form: 
  
{ the original or a certified copy of the document evidencing the change of ownership, 
signed by or on behalf of the contracting parties  
 
{ other documents evidencing the change in ownership (specify) 
 
{ fees 
 
{ other (specify) 
__________________________________________________________________________________  
VI. SIGNATURES:……………………………………………………………………………….. 
     (New Applicant/New Owner*)   (Date)   ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 
  (Date)   (Applicant/Owner*)   
* Delete whichever does not appl y and type name under signature. 
** Indicate application or title concern.  
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