Section 11, The Patents and Industrial Design Act, 2012

(1) An application for a patent shall be filed with the Registrar and shall contain - (a) a request; (b) a description; (c) one or more claims; (d) one or more drawings or deposits of biological material where required; and (e) an abstract. (2) The application shall be subject to the payment of the prescribed application fee. (3) Where the applicant's ordinary residence or principal place of business is outside Sierra Leone, he shall be represented by an agent. (4) The request shall contain a petition to the effect that the patent be granted, and shall state the name of and other prescribed date concerning the applicant, the inventor and the agent, if any, and the title of the invention. 6 7 Invention made in execution of employment contracts. Naming of inventor. Application. No. 10 Patents and Industrial Designs Act 2012 No. 10 Patents and Industrial Designs Act 2012 (5) Where the applicant is not the inventor, the request shall be accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant's right to the patent. (6) The appointment of an agent shall be indicated by the designation of the agent in the request or the furnishing of a power of attorney signed by the applicant and where subsection (2) applies, the agent shall be designated in the request. (7) The description shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and shall, in particular, indicate at least one mode known to the applicant for carrying out the invention. (8) The claim or claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought and shall be clear and concise and fully supported by the description. (9) The description and drawings may be used to interpret the claims. (10) The abstract shall merely serve the purpose of technical information; but it shall not be taken into account for the purpose of interpreting the scope of the protection.