WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/l/NGA/P/l 
1 November 2001 
(01-5365) 
Original: English/ 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
NIGERIA 
The present document reproduces the textl of the Patents Rules, as notified by Nigeria under 
Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IPIN/lINGA/2). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETlt INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
NIGERIA 
Le present document contient le textel des Regles sur les brevets, notifie par le Nigeria au 
titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IPIN/lINGA/2). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIP ALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS DE CONFORMIDAD CON EL 
pARRAFO 2 DEL ARTICULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
NIGERIA 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Patentes, que Nigeria 
notifico de conformidad con 10 dispuesto en el parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el 
documento IPIN/lINGA/2). 
1 In English only.!En anglais seulement.!En ingles solamente. IPINIlINGA/PIl 
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PATENTS RULES 
under section 30 
Commellcenzent: 1st December, 1971 
FEES 
1. The fees to be paid in relation to patents shall be those 
prescribed in the First Schedule. Such fees shall be paid to 
the Registrar who shall pay all fees received by him 
pursuant to these Rules into the Consolidated Revenue 
Fund of the Federation. 
FORMS 
2. (1) The forms hereIn referred to are those contained 
in the Second Schedule (that is to say, Patent forms 1 to 7) 
and such forms shall be used in all cases to which they are 
applicable and may be modified as directed by the Registrar 
to meet other cases. 
(2) Any other forms mentioned in these Rules shall be 
prescribed by the Minister. 
DOCUMENTS 
3. Subject to any other directions that may be given by 
the Registrar, all applications, notices, statements, papers 
or other documents authorised or required by the Act or 
these Rules to be made, left with or sent to the Registrar 
shall be ,upon foolscap paper and, except where otherwise 
required, on one side only, of a size of approximately fifteen 
centimetres by nine centimetres and shall have on the left 
hand part thereof a margin of not less than two centimetres. 
4. (1) A document lodged on behalf of joint applicants 
shall contain the names of all the joint o\vners in full and 
shall be signed by all the owners or by any other person who 
satisfies the Registrar that he is authorised to sign the 
document. 
(2) A document purporting to be signed for or on behalf 
of a body corporate shall be signed by a director or by the 
secretary or other principal officer of the body corporate, or 
by any other person who satisfies the Registrar that he IS 
authorised to sign the document. L.N. 96 of 
1971. IP IN 111N G AlP 11 
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5. Any notice, application. or other document lodged by 
post shall be deemed to have been lodged at the time when 
the letter containing the same \vould be delivered in the 
ordinary course of post. In proving such sending, it shall be 
sufficient to prove that the letter was properly addressed 
and put in the post and addressed to the Registrar of Paten ts 
and Designs, Patents Branch ~ Federal Ministry of Trade. 
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. 
AGE~T 
6. An agent shall be authorised to lodge an application 
on Form 2. 
ApPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION 
7. An applica tion for the gran t of a patent shall be signed 
by the applicant for registration or by his agent. 
8. (1) An application for the grant of a patent shall be on 
Form 1 and shall relate to only one invention, but may 
include in connection with that inven tion-
(a) claims-
(i) for any number of products, 
(ii) for any number of manufacturing processes for 
those products, and 
(iii) for any number of applications of those pro­
ducts; and 
(b) claims-
(i) for any number of processes, 
(ii) for the means of working those processes, for 
the resulting product or products and for the applica­
tion of those products. 
(2) Every applicant claiming priority under section 27 of 
the Act by reason of an application for the grant of a patent 
made or deemed to have been made in a convention country 
as defined in section 27(1) of this Act which country shall be 
named, shall append to his application a written declaration 
showing the date and number of the earlier application, the 
country in which the application was made, the name of the 
person who made the earlier application, and shall furnish 
within three months thereafter, a copy of the earlier appli­
cation certified correct by the Industrial Property Office (or 
its equivalent) in the country where the earlier application 
was made. Where an application is in a language other than 
English, a translation together with the name of the lan­
guage shall be signed by the applicant or his agent and 
attached to the certified application. IP IN / IIN G AlP /1 
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(3) If the applicant fails to supply the certified copy as 
required by this rule, the Registrar shall disregard any claim 
for foreign priority. 
9. (1) In the case of an application for the grant of a 
patent in respect of more than one invention, the Registrar 
shall invite the applicant to restrict the application so that it 
relates to one invention only and notify the applicant that he 
may \vithin three months file in respect of the other inven­
tions dealt with in the original application subsidiary appli­
cations. 
(2) If the applicant does not comply with the invitation 
mentioned in paragraph (1) of this rule, the Registrar shall 
reject the application. 
ADDRESS- FOR ApPLICATIO;\'S 
10. All. applications for the grant of patents shall be 
made, addressed and sent to the Registrar of Patents and 
Designs, Federal Ministry of Trade, Commercial Law Divi­
sion, Federal Capital Terri tory, Abu j a. 
THE ApPLICATION 
11. An application for the grant of a patent shall be made 
to the Registrar and shall consist of-
((7) a petition or request for a patent with the applicant's 
full name and address; 
(b) a specification, including a claim or claims in 
duplicate; 
(c) plans and drawings, if any, in duplicate; 
(d) a declaration as required by section 3 of the Act; 
(e) a signed power of attorney or authorisation of agent if 
the application is made by an agent; 
(j) an address for service in Nigeria if the applicant's 
address is outside Nigeria; 
(g) the prescribed fee; and 
(h) such other matter as may be prescribed from time to 
time by the Registrar. 
THE SPECIFICATION 
12. (1) The specification shall describe the relevant 
invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the 
invention to be put into effect by a person skilled in the art 
or field of knowledge to which the invention relates. 
(2) The claim or claims shall define the protection sough t 
and shall not go beyond the limits of the said description. EXAMINATION AND GRA~T OF PATENT IPIN/IINGAIP/I 
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13. If on examination of an application, it is discovered tha t 
the formal requirements of rule 11 of these Rules have not 
been complied with, the Registrar shall rej ect the application. 
14. Where the examination shows that the application 
satisfies the requirements of rules 8 and 11 of these Rules, 
the Registrar shall grant the patent. 
15. Upon the grant of a patent, the Registrar shall issue 
to the applicant a document in Form 4 which shall bear the 
relevant number, the name and domicile of the patentee or 
his successor or assign if any, the dates of the patent 
application aI!d the grant, the title of the invention and the 
period of its validity, with reservations as to the rights of 
third parties, the number and date of the application on 
which a claim of foreign priority is based and the name of 
the foreign country concerned and where appropriate the 
name and address of the true inventor; a copy of the 
specification and a copy of the relevant drawings and plans, 
if any, shall be annexed to it. 
REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION 
16. As soon as may be, after the grant of a patent, the 
Registrar sha11-
(a) enter the particulars of the grant in the Register and 
this shall consist of the particulars named in rule 15 of 
these Rules; and 
(b) cause to be published in the Federal Gazette a notifi­
cation of the grant containing the details mentioned 
in nile 15 of these Rules (except the description and 
the plans and drawings, if any) or a summary thereof 
if a summary form of notification is prescribed. 
DURATION OF PATENTS 
17. Subject to regular payment of the annual fees due, 
patents shall be valid for twenty years from the date of the 
filing of the relevan t patent application. IPlNlllNGA/P/l 
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FEES 
18. (1) Patents Form No. 5 together with the prescribed 
fee shall be lodged in the Patent Office not later than the 
due date, otherwise the patent will cease. Only one half of 
such prescribed fees is payable if, and so long as, the Patent 
is endorsed "Licences of Right"-this reduction takes effect 
in relation to the annual fees first payable after the date of 
the entry. If the form wi th the fee is not lodged in the Patent 
Office until after that date it cannot be accepted unless 
application for an extension of time is made on Patents 
Form No. 6 accompanied by the prescribed surcharge fee 
for this purpose; extension beyond six months cannot be 
obtained. 
(2) No reduction of extension fees shall be made in the 
case of a patent endorsed "Licences of Right". 
(3) Patents fees shall be paid direct to the Patent Office 
by means of money orders, postal orders, banker's draft and 
banker's cheques, (adhesive stamps shall not be accepted in 
payment of fees), the prescribed fee must be submitted 
together with the appropriate completed Patents Form; in 
addition each form or batch of forms shall be accompanied 
by a fee sheet showing details of the form and the amount of 
the fee. Money orders, etc. shall be made payable to "The 
Registrar of Patents, Federal Ministry of Trade, Federal 
Capital Territory, Abuja", and crossed. Patents forms 
together with the fees and fee sheets may be delivered to the 
Patent Office in Abuja either by hand or by registered post. 
ASSIGN1\lENTS 
19. (1) An application for the registration of the title of 
any person becoming entitled by assignment, transmission 
or operation of law to a patent or to a patent application or 
becoming entitled as mortgagee, licensee or otherwise to 
any interest in a patent shall be made to the Registrar on 
Form 8. 
(2) Application may be made on Form 9 for entry in the 
Register of notification of any other document purporting to 
affect the proprietorship of a patent. 
20. (1) An,official or certified copy of any instrument or 
other document which is referred to in an application under 
rule 19 and is a matter of record in the Federation shall be 
produced to the Regist'rar \Vi th the application. IPINIlINGA/PIl 
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(2) Any other document so referred to shall, unless the 
Registrar otherwise directs, be produced to him with the 
application and a certified copy of any such document shall 
be filed. 
21. An application under rule 19(1) of these Rules shall 
contain the name, address and nationality of the person 
claiming or stated to be entitled together with full parti­
cula~s of the instrument, if any, under which title is claimed 
or gl\'en. 
22. Where the name of a person is entered in the Register 
as mortgagee or licensee, such person may on making an 
application for the purpose on Form 10 have Cl note entered 
in the register, that he no-longer claims to be mortgagee or 
licensee, as the case mav be. 
23. (1) An application by a patentee for the alteration of 
a name, nationality, or address or address for service 
entered on the register in respect of his invention shall be 
made on Form 11. 
(2) Before acting on a request to alter a name or nation­
ality the Registrar may require such proof of the alteration 
as he thinks fit. 
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied that the request should be 
allowed, he shall cause the Register to be altered 
accordingly. 
CORRECTION OF ERRORS 
24. \Vhere an applicant for the grant of a patent or a 
patentee desires to correct any error, he shall make the 
application on Form 12. 
CANCELLATION AND SURRENDER OF PATENT 
25. (1) Where a patentee desires to cancel his grant, he 
shall make the application in a written declaration 
accompanied by the patent. 
(2) Where the application relates to some of the claims 
only made by the patent the written declaration shall not be 
accompanied by the patent; and the Registrar shall register 
the cancellation of the particular claims only and notify the 
applicant accordingly. 
(3) Where the applicant relates to a patent as to which a 
contractuitl licence or licence of right is registered, the 
written consent of the licensee shall be attached to the 
written declaration, othenvise, the application for surrender 
shall not be registered. IPlNlllNGA/P/l 
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DEATH OF ApPLICANT 
26. In case of the death of an applicant or joint owner for 
the grant of a patent after the date of his application, and 
befo'-re the grant of a patent has been effected, the Registrar 
may. on being satisfied of the applicant's or joint owner's 
death, enter in the Register, in place of the name, address 
and nationality of such deceased applicant or joint owner 
the name, address and nationality of the successors in title 
or personal representative of the applicant or joint owner on 
such succession being proved to the satisfaction of the 
Registrar. 
DrSCRETIONARY POWER 
27. Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, be fore 
exercising any discretionary power given to him by the Act 
or these Rules adversely to any applicant for the grant of a 
patent, the Registrar shall give at least ten days notice to the 
applicant of the time when he may be heard. 
AMENDMENTS 
28. If the Registrar thinks fit, any document or drawing 
relating to an invention may be amended, and any irregula­
rity in procedure may be rectified, on such terms as the 
Registrar may direct. 
29. Where a certificate is required for the purpose of 
obtaining a patent abroad, or for any legal proceedings, or 
other special purpose, as to any entry, matter or thing \vhich 
the Registrar is authorised by the Act or these Rules to 
make or do, the Registrar may, on the lodging of a request 
on Form 14 give such certificate which shall also specify on 
the face of it the purpose for which it has been issued as 
aforesaid. 
COpy OF PATENT 
30. An application for a copy of a patent shall be made 
on Form 15 and shall be accompanied by evidence setting 
out in full and verifying the circumstances in which the 
original patent \vas lost or destroyed or cannot be produced. 
EVIDENCE BEFORE REGISTRAR 
31. Where under these Rules, evidence is required to be 
filed, it shall be by statutory declaration or affidavit, unless 
otherwise expressly provided in these Rules. IP IN 11 IN G AlP 11 
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32. (1) The statutory declaration and affidavits required 
by these Rules, or used in any proceedings thereunder, shall 
be headed in the matter or matters to which they relate, and 
shall be divided into paragraphs consecutively numbered, 
and each paragraph shall, so far as possible, be confined to 
one subject. 
(2) Every statutory declaration or affidavit shall state the 
description and true place of abode of the person making 
the same, and shall be typed, lithographed or printed. 
33. The statutory declaration or affidavit shall be made 
and subscribed as follows, that is-
(a) in the Federation, before any justice of the peace, or 
any Commissioner for oaths or other officer author­
ised by law in any part of the Federation to administer 
an oath for the purposes of any legal proceedings; and 
(b) in a foreign country, before any diplomatic or consu­
lar officer of Nigeria authorised to administer oaths, 
or before any officer having an official seal and 
authorised to administer oaths in the foreign country 
in which the applicant may be. 
34. Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed 
or subscribed thereto or thereon the seal or signature of any 
person authorised by the last foregoing rule to take a 
declaration in testimony that the declaration was made and 
subscribed before him, may be admitted by the Registrar 
without proof of the genuineness of the seal or signature, or 
of the official character of the person or his authority to take 
the declaration. 
35. At any stage of any proceedings before the Registrar, 
he may direct that such documents, information or evidence 
as he may require shall be lodged, and may fix the period for 
the lodging thereof. 
ApPLICATION FOR COMPULSORY LICENCES 
36. An application for the grant of a compulsory licence 
under Part I of the First Schedule to the Act shall be made 
on Form 7. Such application shall be accompanied by an 
unstamped copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting 
out fully the nature of the applicant's interest and the facts 
upon which he bases his case. Copies of the application and 
the statement of the case shall be transmitted by the 
Registrar to the patentee. IPIN/1INGAIPIl 
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37. If the patentee desires to oppose the application, he 
shall within such time as the Registrar may allow, lodge Cl 
statement fully setting out the grounds on which the applica­
tion is to be opposed and shall deliver to the applicant Cl 
copy thereof. 
38. The applicant shall, within such time as the Registrar 
may allow, lodge evidence in support of his case and shall 
deliver to the patentee a copy thereof. 
39. Within such time as the Registrar may allow, the 
patentee may lodge evidence in answer and shall deliver to 
the applicant a copy thereof; and \vithin such time as the 
Registrar may allow, the applicant may lodge evidence 
confined to matters strictLy in reply and shall deliver to the 
patentee a copy thereof. 
40. No further evidence shall be lodged by either party 
except by leave or on direction of the Registrar. 
41. On completion of the evidence or at such other time 
as he may see fit, the Registrar shall inform the applicant 
thereof in writing and thereafter the case shall be deemed to 
stand for the determination of the court. 
42. (1) Where a case stands for the determination of the 
court pursuan t to rule 41 of these Rules, the Registrar shall 
require the applicant within two months, or such further 
time as the Registrar shall allow, to make a written applica­
tion to the court for an order granting a compulsory licence 
to the applican t on any of the grounds enumerated in Part I 
of the First Schedule. 
(2) The applicant shall thereupon make his application or 
take such other proceedings as aforesaid within the period 
of two months above named or such further time as the 
Registrar may allow, and shall also within the like period 
give notice thereof to the Registrar. 
(3) If the applicant shall fail to make such application or 
to take such other proceedings, of which failure, or the 
non-receipt by the Registrar of the said notice shall be 
sufficient proof, the applicant shall be deemed to have 
abandoned his application. 
43. On the grant, cancellation or variation of the terms of 
a compulsory licence by the court the proper officer of the 
court shall transmit the necessary order to the Registrar who 
shall register the grant, cancellation or variation without 
fee. Short title. IPIN11INGAIPIl 
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CONTRACTUAL LICENCES 
44. (1) On the grant of a contractual licence the licensee 
shall apply on Form 16 for the registration thereof and the 
original and an attested copy of the relevant documents 
shall be filed along with the said Form; the original shall be 
returned to the applicant after the registration of the 
licence. 
(2) No contractual licence shall have effect against third 
parties unless the provision of paragraph (1) of this rule is 
complied with. 
(3) The Registrar shall on receipt of the application 
register the said licence and return to the applicant the 
original documents evide-ncing the grant. 
SUPPLEMENT AR Y 
45. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, 
the following expressions have the meanings hereby 
assigned to them respectively, that is to say-
"agent" means an agent duly authorised to the satisfaction 
of the Registrar; 
"convention application" means an application in Nigeria 
under section 27 of the Act; 
"Act" means the Patents and Designs Act; Interpreta­
tion. 
Cap. 192. 
"the Journal" means the Patents and Designs Journal 
published under section 28(6) of the Act; 
"the office" means the Patents Branch of the Federal 
Ministry of Trade, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; 
"specification" means the description of the relevant inven­
tion in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the 
invention to be put into effect by a person skilled in the 
art or field of knowledge to which the invention relates, 
including claim or claims and with any appropriate 
plans and drawings. 
46. These Rules may be cited as the Patents Rules. IPINI1 INGA/PI1 
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FIRST SCHEDULE 
Description of Form 
1. Application for Grant of Patent 
2. Authorisation of Agent 
3. Complete Specification 
4. Certificate of Grant of Patent .. 
5. Application for Annual Renewal 
of a Registered Patent .... 
6. Application for Extension of time 
to pay renewal fee (In Duplicate) 
7. Application for Grant of a com-
pulsory licence .. .. 
8. Application for Registration of 
Title .. .. 
9. Application for Entry in the 
Register .. 
10. Removal of Name of Mortgagee 
or Licensee .. .. 
11. Application for alteration in the 
Register .. " 
12. Application for Correction of 
clerical error or amendment of 
documents .. .. .. 
13. Application for extension of time 
to complete application 
Description of Form 
14. Application for certificate for 
obtaining registration abroad or for 
legal proceedings .. 
15. Application for certified copy of 
Patent certificate .. 
16. Application for registration of 
contractual licence .. ,. 
17. Application for cancellation of 
contractual licence 
18. Fee Sheet Fee 
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Patents Form 3 
Patents Form 4 
Patents Form 5 
Patents Form 6 
Patents Form 7 
Patents Form 8 
Patents Form 9 
Patents Form 10 
Patents Form 11 
Patents Form 12 
Patents Form 13 
Form Number 
Patents Form 14 
Patents Form 15 
Patents Form 16 
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Form FS 1 SECOND SCHEDULE 
PATENTS FORM No. lea) IPIN/lINGA/PI 1 
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FEE: N4. 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. 
APPLICATION FOR PATENT 
(To be accompanied by two copies of complete Patents 
Specification, Requisite Fe.e and Form 3) 
NOTE.-This is a comprehensive form and parts inappropriate to a particular application 
should be cancelled. In the case of an application by the inventor(s), only sections 
1, 4 and 6 of this form are appropriate. 
1. IfWe (a) ......................................................................... . 
am/a~e in possession of an invention which is described in the accom­
panyIng 
(b) Provisional specification under the title (c) ............................ . 
Complete 
(b) {}h~ said (d) ......................................................... .. 
claim(s) to be the true inventor(s) of the invention. 
2. IfWe believe (e) ................................................................ . 
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to be the true inventor(s) of the invention and 
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(b) We 
The Said ................................................................... . 
. ......... ....... ....... ... ....... ................ ..... ........ ......................... .... . 
(b) { ;~ the (b) 
IS {ASSignee(S) of the said inventor(s) in respect of 
the right to make this application 
Personal representative(s) of the said 
inventor(s) 
3. The invention or a part of the invention was communicated to 
(b) {~: said ............................................... . 
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by (f) .................................................................................... . 
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4. IAVe declare that to the best of my/our knowledge and belief the 
statements made above are correct and there is no lawful ground of 
objection to the grant of a patent to me/us on this application, and IAVe 
pray that a patent may be granted to me/us for the said invention. 
5. And IfWe request that the patent may be granted as a patent of 
addition to (b) (patent No ............... . 
(the patent to be granted on application No ............... . 
6. And IAVe request that all notices. requisitions, and commu-
nications relating to this application may be sent to ......................... .. 
who are hereby appointed to act for me/us. 
(i) -•••••••••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0. 
(Declaration to be signed by anyone named as Inventor who is not an 
applicant). 
IAVe assent to the making of this application; and I1We further assent 
to the making of any application which may be divided out of this 
application; and I/\Ve also acknowledge that the applicant is/are my/our 
assignee in respect of the invention. 
To The Registrar of Patents and Designs, Patents Branch, 
Federal Ministry of Trade, 
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. 
(a) Insert (in full) name. address and nationality of applicant(s). 
(b) Delete the words which are not applicable. 
~) Insert ti:le of invention. 
d) Insert name of inventor if included at (a). 
e) Insert (in full) name, address and nationality of inventor(s) if not included at (a). 
Insert (in full) name, address and nationality of communicator. 
i) To be signed by applicant(s). PATENTS FORM No. l(b) 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344 
FEE: ~4 for each convention priority claimed. 
CONVENTION APPLICATION FOR A PATENT IPINIIINGAIPIl 
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(To be accompanied by two copies of complete Patents Specification 
Form 3 and requisite fee) 
NOIE:-This is a comprehensive form, and parts inappropria.tc to a particular application 
should be cancelled. 
1. IAVe (a) ......................................................................... . 
hereby declare that an application or applications for protection for an 
invention or inventions has or nave been made in the following country 
or countries and on the following official date or dates, namely:-
in(b) ..................................... on (c) .................................... .. 
by (d) .................................................................................... . 
Particulars of allY fllrther applications should be givell all the back of 
this form OJ' all a separate sheet. 
and that the said application or each of the said applications was the first 
application in a Convention country in respect of the relevant invention 
by me/us or by any person from whom I/We derive title. 
2. I am/We are (e) the assignee(s)-of the said (d) ...................... .. 
by virtue of (f) ......................................................................... . 
or (e) the personal representative-of the said (d) .......................... .. 
3. I1We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge and belief there 
is no lawful ground of objection to the grant of a patent to me/us on this 
application, and pursuant to subsection 2 of section 27 of the Act, IAVe 
pray that a patent may be granted to me/us with priority founded on the 
above-mentioned application(s) in a Convention country or countries as 
provided by subsection (4) of section 3 for the invention described in the 
accompanying complete specification under the title ........................ . 
4. And I/We request that the patent may be granted as a patent of 
addition to (e) {patent No ........................ .. 
the patent to be granted on application No. 
5. And lIWe request that all notices, requISitIOnS, and commu-
nications relating to this application may be sent to ......................... .. 
who are hereby appointed to act for me/us. 
6. And I/\Ve do hereby declare that the true inventor(s) of the 
invention disclosed in the complete specification filed with the present 
application is/are (i) ................................................................. . IPINIlINGA/PI 1 
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and that my/our right to apply for a patent for the invention is ,:IS 
follows: 
U) ........................................................................................ . 
(k) 
To The Registrar of Patents and Designs, 
Patents Branch, 
Federal Ministry of Trade, 
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. 
(a) Insert (in full) name, address and nationality of applicant(s). 
(b) Insert the name of the Convention country in which the first application was made. 
(c) Insert the official date and number of the first application in a Convention country. 
(d) Insert name of applicant and (if not included at (a)) address and nationality. 
(e) Delete whichever does not apply. 
if) Gi\'e particulars of the assignment. 
(i) State name, address and nationality of inventor or of each inventor. 
U) This need not be filled in if the inventor(s) named at (i) is or are an applicant Oi 
applicants, or if the right to apply is stated on the application form. 
(k) To be signed by applicant(s). PATENTS FORM No. 2 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. 
AUTHORISATION OF AGENT IP/NIl/NGAIPIl 
Page 17 
I!We, ................................................................................. . 
have appointed ....................................... ,., ............................. . 
to act as my/our Agent(s) in the application for the grant of a patent for 
an invention entitled:-
and request that alI notices~ requisitions and communications relating 
thereto may be sent to such ABent at the above address. 
IAve revoke all previous authorisations, if any, in respect of the same 
matter or proceeding. 
I!We hereby declare that I amf\ve are a ..................................... . 
DATED this .............. . day of 19 ...... . 
Signed ............................. . 
To The Registrar of Patents and Designs, 
Patents Branch, 
Federal Ministry of Trade, 
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Nigeria. 
PATE:-;TS FORM No. 3 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. 
FEE N37.80k 
Applicant's 
or 
Agent's Ref. All above space for Official Use Gllly 
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION 
(To be furnished in 
duplicate 
-one without fee) Where foreign priority is 
desired in respect of one 
or more specifications, 
quote No. or Nos. and 
date or dates. 
No .......................... . 
Date ........................ . IPINIlINGA/PIl 
Page 18 
(a) .................................................................................... . 
(b) IfWe, ............................................................................ . 
do hereby declare the invention, for which I/We pray that a patent may 
be granted to me/us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to 
be particularly described in and by the following statement: 
(c) .................................................................................... . 
NOlE:-The claims must rdate to a single invention. must be clear and succinct and mu~t 
be fairly based on the matter disclosed in the specification. They should define the scope of 
the invention claimed. Applicants should be careful that their claims include neither mor.: 
nor less than they desired to protect by their patent. Any unnecessary multiplicity of 
claims 'or prolixity of language should be avoided. Claims should not be made for the 
efficiency or advantages of the invention. The President. PATENTS FORM No. 4 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. IP IN / lING AlP /1 
Page 19 
Date of Patent .................. . 
Date of Sealing ................ .. 
Patent No ....................... .. 
\VHEREAS a request for the grant of a patent has been made by 
for the sole use and advantage of an invention for 
AND WHEREAS the Federal Government being willing to encourage all 
inventions which may be for the public good, is pleased to accede to the 
request: 
KNOW YE. THEREFORE, that I, do by this Instrument give and grant unto 
the person(s) above named and any succcssor(s), executor(s), ad mini­
strator(s) and assi~n(s) (each and any of whom are hereinafter referred 
to as the patentee) my especial licence, full power. sole privilege and 
authority, that the patentee or any agent or licensee of the patentee may 
subject to the conditions and provisions prescribed by any statute or 
order for the time being in force at all times hereafter during the term of 
years herein mentioned, make, use, exercise and \'end the said inven­
tion throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria. and that the patentee 
shall have and enjoy the whole profit and advantage from time to time 
accruing by reason of the said invention during the term of twenty years 
from the date first above written on this Instrument: A\,D to the end that 
the patentee may have and enjoy the sole use and exercise of the full 
benefit of the said invention, I do by this Instrument strictly command 
all citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that they do not at any 
time during the continuance of the said term either directly or indirectly 
make use of or put in practice the said invention, nor in anywise imit~te 
the same, without the written consent, licence or agreement of the 
patentee, on pain of incurring such penalties as may be justly inflicted 
on such offenders, and of being answerable to the patentee according to 
law for damages thereby occasioned: 
PROVIDED ALWAYS that this patent shall be revocable on any of the 
grounds from time to time by law prescribed as grounds for revoking 
patents granted by me, and the same may be revoked and made void 
accordingly: 
PROVIDED ALSO that nothing herein contained shall prevent the 
granting of licences in such manner and for such considerations as they 
may by law be granted. 
MADE TH[S ....................... davof 
........................... One thousand 
nine hundred and ..................... .. 
Registrar of Parellls and Designs IPINIlINGAIP/l 
Page 20 
PATENTS FORM No. 5 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. 
APPLICATION FOR ANNUAL RENE\VAL OF 
A REGISTERED PATENT 
Patent No. 
Application is hereby made for the renewal of the above-numbered 
patent for a further period of ............. year(s) from the ............. day 
of ........................................ 19 ...... . 
The prescribed fee of N ....................................... has been paid. 
Patent No. 
L Sigllatllre and Designation 
(To be completed in the Patent Office) 
Due Date Fee Paid 
CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT 
OF RENE\VAL FEE 
This is to certify that Patent, as 
numbered above, was renewed 
for a further period of one year 
as from the due date, the P3Y­
ment of the requisite fee having 
been made. 
Regis[rar of Patents and Designs 
Patents B rallch, 
Federal Ministry of Trade, 
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja PATENTS FORM No. 6 
Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. IP/NIl/NGAIPIl 
Page 21 
APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO PAY 
RENEWAL FEE 
IlWe .................................................................................. . 
of ......................................................................................... . 
grantee(s) of Patent No .............................................................. . 
hereby apply for an extension of time of ....................................... .. 
within whIch to pay the renewal fee of ...................................... (a) 
due on the above-numbered Patent on the ................................ day 
of .................................... 19 ...... . 
Signature and Designation 
The Registrar of Patents and Designs, 
Patents Branch, 
Federal Ministry of Trade, 
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja 
(a) Amount of fee. 
PATEl':TS FORM No. 7 
FEE: N50.00 Patents and Designs Act 
Cap. 344. 
APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A COMPULSORY LICENCE 
Patent No ........................ . 
I (or \Ve) ............................................................................ . 
of ......................................................................................... . 
hereby apply for the grant of a compulsory licence in respect of Patent 
No .... on the ground that the invention is not applied in Nigeria by any 
industrial process or means to the article in respect of which it is granted 
to such an extent as is reasonable in the circumstances of the case. 
My/Our Address for service in Nigeria is:-
Dated this .................... day of .................... 19 ................... . 
To The Registrar of Patents, 
Federal Ministry of Trade, 
Federal Capital Territory, 
Abuja, Nigeria. 
(a) Signature. (a) ............................................ . 