• Person willing to patent registered in his own name shall have to apply to the Department with following information including all other evidence.
• Name, address and profession of inventor.
• In the case of the invention not invented by the applicant himself, the conditions acquiring such right from inventor by the applicant.
• Method of operation or utilization of such invention.
• Principle or formula, if such patent is based on any principle or formula.
• Drawings and sketch of invention (if necessary).
• Prescribed application fee as mention in schedule.

• If it has already been registered in the name of other.
• If the patent asked to be registered is not invented by the applicant himself and he has not acquired the right from the inventor.
• If the patent asked to be registered is found to cause adverse effect in health, conduct or morale or people in general or in the national interest.
• If it violates any prevailing laws of Nepal.

• Department upon submission of an patent application examine the invention whether it is new or not, it is useful to the people in general or not
• If it deems necessary, Department takes the advice of experts of related field
  
• Basically, Department fallow the principle of Novelty, Industrial applicability, and Inventive step to examine

• If Department found the patent application is patentable after examination provide certificates to the applicant
• Applicant shall pay a registration fee as prescribed in schedule.

• Department shall publish all patents, except those to be kept secret for national interest in journal
• Anybody willing to see or take a copy of the statement, drawing or sketch of a patent published in journal may see or take a copy of such patent document on

• If any body has any complain upon any patent he may lodge such complains to the Department within thirty-five days from the date on which the patent is seen or a copy of such patent document is taken.
• Upon receipt of the complain Department take necessary action through an investigation.

• Patentee shall have his right on the patent for a period of seven years from the date of registration.
• The patentee shall renew the patent within 35 days from date of expiry having paid the fee mention in schedule.
• Renewal of a patent may be made for two times of seven years.

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• Copy of registration or license of the business for product or service in which trademark is used or intend to use.
• Four copies of model of trademark.
• Authorizations letter if somebody has been authorized to act on behalf of the owner to register the trademark.
• If the applicant is a foreigner, certified copy of any foreign registration certificate and address for service in Nepal must be submitted with application.
• Receipt of payment of prescribe application fee.
• Separate application shall be submitted for the registration of trademark of different categories goods or services.
• International Classification of Goods and Services for the purpose of the registration of Marks (Nice Classification) is applied to this effect.

• The registered trademark holder shall have his right on the trademark for a period of seven years from the date of registration.
  
• The registered trademark holder shall renew the trademark within 35 days from the date of expiry.

• The Department may cancel the registration of a trademark in case of that there is a condition of refusal to register.
• The Department may cancel the registration of trademark in case if it is not put into use within one year from the date of registration.

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• Person willing to get registered a design of any goods made or caused to be made by him shall apply to the department along with a description, drawings and sketch of design and four copies of its model.
• Applicant shall submit prescribed application fee.

• The Department after examination of any application shall register the in name of applicant
• The applicant shall pay prescribe registration fee to the Department to obtain the certificate of registration.

• If, it is deemed to make adverse affect in the dignity of any individual or institution or,
• It makes bad affect in the well being and morale of the people in general or in the national interest, or
• If such design has already been registered to the name of other person
• Department also looks whether the design to be registered is new and original.
• Department may cancel the registration of any design in case if it deems that there is a situation of above

• The design holder shall have his right on the design for a period of five years from the date of its registration.
• The design holder shall renew the registration of design within 35 days from the date of expiry.