You have to file Form D3 together with the prescribed fee. A list of the prescribed fee and forms is available here. Foreign applicants are required to provide an address for service in Singapore when filling up Form D3.

If you have any difficulty ascertaining the registrability of your design or other legal requirements, you should consider seeking professional advice from an agent/lawyer. The Registry of Designs would not be able to provide legal advice to applicants on the registrability of your design.

You may use the Designs eSearch to search for registered and published designs in Singapore. Alternatively, registered designs are published monthly in the Designs eJournal.

You may also wish to check the designs database of other countries.

You may refer to the Third Schedule which lists the headings of the 32 classes and subclasses based on the Locarno Classification for Industrial Designs. Please note that this list gives general information about the types of articles, which belong to each class and subclass, and is a quick reference to help you locate the correct class and subclass to lodge your design application in.

In the registration form, besides requiring you to state the exact class and subclass, you would also need to specify the article according to the Locarno Classification. To ascertain the names of the articles, please refer to a copy of the Locarno Classification which is available at the IPOS Counter. Alternatively, you may wish to access the WIPO website for the Locarno Classification.

You may contact the officer-in-charge to clarify any matter or make an appointment with the officer to have a discussion.