DOST Industrial Design Awards

The DOST Industrial Design Awards are given in recognition of the efforts of DOST industrial designers whose designs have been filed for industrial design registration in the last four (4) years preceding the award.

 

A.Requirements: 

1.The Industrial Designers should be either an employee of the Department ofScience an Technology (DOST) or former employee/s of DOST. Formeremployee/s should provide a certification that he/she has been part of theDOST agency at the time of filing the industrial design application toIntellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL).

 

2. A duly accomplished Industrial Design (ID) Nomination Form should besubmitted together with a photocopy of the Industrial Design RegistrationCertificate and Registrability Report issued by the Intellectual Property Officeof the Philippines (IPOPHL).

 

3. Industrial Designs registered abroad should submit a copy of the certificate of registration accompanying the nomination form. The Bureau of Patents ofIPOPHL shall provide information regarding the registration as verifiableonline

 

4. The Industrial Design certificates and registrability reports issued by theIntellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) should indicate thedesigners’ affiliation as “Department of Science and Technology” or “DOST”.The same document should contain no adverse finding/s.

 

5.The Industrial Design certificates and registrability reports issued by theIntellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) should reflecttechnical novelty. Entries with the same novel features and title are subject fordisqualification.

 

B. Incentive:

 

Type of Registration	Cash Incetive
Industrial Design	P10,000.00

 

The deadline for submission of nominations is every last working day of June in the year of the award.