PATENT REGISTRATIONS
Patent
protection in Burundi is available via a national filing. Burundi
is a member of the International Convention, but is not a member
of PCT.
The
requirements for filing an application in Burundi are as follows:
a)
a power of attorney - simply signed;
b) an assignment of priority rights - simply signed;
c) a copy of the specification (including claims, abstract and drawings)
in the French language; and
d) a certified copy of the priority application with a verified
translation thereof into the French language.
Documents
a) and c) are required on the day of filing, document d) must be
filed within 3 months, and there is no set deadline for the filing
of document b). The cost of filing a patent application in Burundi
is currently in the region of about US$ 2000.00 assuming we are
provided with French versions of documents c) and d).
To
this must be added about US$ 30.00 for each claim over 10 and about
US$ 30.00 for each priority claim.
