Industrial Design Examination Procedure under Vietnam IP Law

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In order to reach the Industrial design registration certificate, the applicants have to fulfill the whole examination  procedure  consists of following steps:

1. Filing the application

2. Formality examination

3. Notification of the formality examination result

4. Refuse to accept the valid application

5. Publication of the application

6. Substantive Examination

7. Notification of substantive examination results

8.  Notification of refusal

9.Notification of intention to grant an industrial design patent and request to pay fee

10. Issue the Industrial design patent

11. Entry into the National Register of Industrial Property and publication of the industrial design patent.