page 29  3. the provisions of Article 121 of this Law are respected; 4. when the application for the registration certificate is filed, no application for a registration certificate filed elsewhere or benefiting from validly claimed prior priority concerning the same invention is about to be granted; 5. the invention is new and is industrially applicable. Article 134: In the event that the Industrial Property Director notes that the application meets the conditions indicated in Article 133, he shall grant the requested utility model certificate. To this end, he shall notify the applicant that the certificate has been granted and give him a copy after registering it. In addition, the Industrial Property Director shall publish a reference to the grant of the certificate in the Official Journal of Burundi and shall make copies of the certificate available to the public subject to payment of the prescribed fee. Article 135: Any application that does not comply with the requirements set out in Articles 115 to 122 shall be deemed irregular. Such irregularity shall be notified to the applicant or his agent, who shall be invited to rectify the documents within a period of three months as from the date of notification. This period may be extended by 30 days in the case of justifiable need, at the request of the applicant or his agent. The application which has been thus rectified within said period shall retain the date of the initial application. If the rectified documents are not supplied in time, the application for the registration certificate for the utility model shall be rejected. Article 136: The Industrial Property Director, at the certificate holder’s request, shall make to the text or drawings of the certificate the modifications designed to limit the scope of the protection granted, provided these modifications do not cause the claimed subject matter contained in the certificate to go beyond the subject matter claimed in the initial application on the basis of which the certificate was issued. Section 7. Rights conferred by the utility model certificate Article 137: Utility model certificates shall give their holder the right to prevent third parties from exploiting a utility model registered in Burundi. Exploitation of a utility model shall be defined as the following acts: - making, importing, offering for sale, selling and using the product; - holding this product with a view to offering it for sale, selling it or using it.