3° one or more claims;
4° one or more drawings, where necessary;
5° an abstract.
The filing of the application shall be subject to payment of the prescribed fee determined by a
ministerial Decree related to the application of this Law.
The applicant may, until such time as it is observed that the application meets the
requirements for the grant of the patent of utility model, withdraw the application at any time
during its pendency. Where the application has been withdrawn a subsequent application can
be filed in Rwanda in respect of the same invention. Such subsequent application shall be
regarded as the first application in respect of that invention. No priority rights shall be
claimed on the withdrawn application after the lodging of the subsequent application
Article 65: Request for the grant of a utility model
The request for the grant of an utility model shall contain:
1° a petition for the grant of a patent of utility model;
2° the name, address and other prescribed information relating to the applicant and to the
inventor;
3° the information relating to the representative, where appropriate;
4° the title of the invention.
Where the applicant is not the inventor, the request shall be accompanied by a declaration
providing proof of the applicant’s right to the patent.
Article 66: Description of the innovation
The description of the innovation (or utility model) shall, subject to being declared invalid,
explain and disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear, complete and intelligible for
the invention to be carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art. It shall indicate the
best way to use the invention known to the applicant at the filing date or, where priority is
claimed, at the priority date of the application. Drawings shall be provided where they are
necessary to understand the invention of utility model.
The disclosure of the claimed invention of utility model shall be considered sufficiently clear
and complete if it provides information which is sufficient to allow that invention to be made
and used by a person skilled in the art on the filing date, without undue experimentation. For
the purposes of assessing sufficiency of disclosure, the disclosure contained in the description,
claims and drawings, as established on the date in which the sufficiency of disclosure was
examined, shall be taken into account.
For the purposes of this article, a person having ordinary skill in the art is understood as a
citizen of Rwanda, or any person with habitual residence located in Rwanda, who has studied