Mali - Apply for a Patent

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. Applicant should visit the secretariat of the head of the tax center of your municipality or of the Circle and express your interest at the customer service desk.
2. Pick the control ticket and wait for your turn at the waiting area at the census section, submit your identification document to be verify by the census section agent.
3. You will then be issued with a an invoice and advised to make payment against the invoice at the cash counter, upon which you will be issued with a payment receipt
4. Return to the census section and present the payment receipt to the agent, who then fills in the application form on your behalf and submits it to the head of the Center for signature and issuing of the signed document {patent} to the applicant.

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Required Documents

Valid nation identity card {NIC}/Passport

Office Locations & Contacts

Mali Tax Directorate
Address: ACI 2000, Bamako
BP: 776, Mali
Telephone Phone: (+223) 20299918
Website: Link

Eligibility

All Citizens/foreigners who own intellectual property are eligible.

Fees

The legal fee depends with the on the nature and volume of the activity

Validity

The document/license is valid for one year and renewable thereafter

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

Processing time is Less than 24 hours

Related Videos

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Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

• Full name of the applicant
• Contact details
• Residential address in Mali
• The nature and volume of the activity
• Declaration by the applicant
  

Need for the Document

A patent is a government document of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of year in exchange for publishing an enabling public disclosure of the invention

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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