4. The publication of the mention of the refusal of a patent application may be carried out at the
same time as the publication of the application, or later. Appeals against decisions to refuse a
patent may only be lodged with the courts.
CHAPTER II
Industrial Designs
Article 7
In accordance with Article 12 of the Industrial Property Law, documents to be submitted along with
applications for the registration of industrial designs must meet the following formal requirements:
(a) applications must be accompanied by the following documents:
i. two drawings or photographs of the subject matter relevant to the design registration
application;
ii. image setter film or another carrier, if such is required by the National Industrial
Property Service, which must be no larger than 8 cm high by 8 cm wide and no
smaller than 3 cm high by 3 cm wide;
iii. a descriptive document referring to the title or name of the industrial design, its
novelty and the type or types of products for which the industrial design must be
used;
iv. a document serving as proof of authorization by the copyright holder, if the design is
a reproduction of a work of art that is not in the public domain, or generally, by the
respective author should he not be the applicant;
(b) the drawings and photographs referred to in indent (i) of the above subparagraph must comply
with the general requirements in terms of size and characteristics contained in Article 1(d);
(c) where a combination of colors is claimed in an application for registration of an industrial
design, the drawings or photographs referred to in indent (i) of subparagraph (a) must display
the colors claimed;
(d) applicants may attach other photographs, taken from angles which help to form a more
precise idea of the design, to the application, without prejudice to the obligation to attach
those photographs which are essential;
(e) in exceptional circumstances the text of the application and the descriptive document may be
handwritten, on the condition that the text is sufficiently legible to ensure that it can be read
with ease;
(f) the applicant may include in the application a request for exemption from the requirement to
submit a sample of the subject matter incorporating the industrial design , without prejudice to
the right of the National Industrial Property Service to require, at any moment, that the
provisions of Article 12(1), of the Industrial Property Law be��applied.
(g) all documentation must be drafted in Portuguese and submitted in duplicate, except for the
descriptive document and the drawings or photographs of the subject matter relevant to the
design registration application, which shall be submitted in triplicate.
Article 8
1. A single registration may include designs made up of various parts which are essential to
form a whole.
2. A single registration may include up to a maximum of ten industrial designs, which must
share the same use or application.
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