Forms and Fees

Forms and fees for managing design rights in Singapore, covering applications, renewals, and other design-related transactions.

Last updated on 30 October 2025

Forms and fees

Please proceed to our e-services portal IPOS Digital Hub (opens in new tab), to file your forms online. The acceptable modes of payment can be found here (opens in new tab).

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has issued circulars on upcoming fee updates. In general, the majority of the fee updates will take effect on 1 September 2025, and the other fee updates will take effect on 1 April 2026. Please refer to our News (opens in new tab) page for more information.

Design forms

List of design forms

Form	Description	Fee
D3	Application for registration of a design under Section 11 of the Act Request for deferment of publication.	S$200 in respect of each design S$40 in respect of each request
D5	Application to amend an application for registration of a design under Section 15 of the Act	S$60 in respect of each design number
D8	Application for extension of period of registration of a design under Section 21 of the Act and paragraph 3(6) of the Schedule to the Act –
	(a) for the first period of 5 years	S$220
	(b) for the second period of 5 years	S$330
	(c) for the third period of 5 years	S$440
	(d) for the fourth period of 5 years	S$550
D8	Application for restoration of registration of a design removed from the Register under section 21(6) of the Act	S$135 in respect of each registration
	Late application to extend period of registration of a design under Section 21(5) of, or paragraph 3(6) of the Schedule to, the Act	S$50 in respect of each registration in addition to fee under item No. 10
D10	Request for disclaimer for registered design under section 30A of the Act [Please contact IPOS at ipos_enquiry@ipos.gov.sg for more information.]
D13	Application for revocation of registration of a design	S$400 in respect of each design number
CM1	Request to appoint or change agent Notice of intention to cease to act as agent	No Fee
CM2	Request to change name or other particular of any person For the correction of name or other particular of any person, please file Form CM4.	No Fee
CM3	Request to surrender a registered design	No Fee
CM4	Request for correction of error	S$50
CM5	Request for extension of time by a person or party regarding a particular period prescribed by the Rules or specified by the Registrar for doing any act or taking any proceedings in relation to any matter, other than inter partes proceedings (proceedings with notice)
	(a) For first request	S$25 in respect of each design number
	(b) For second request	S$50 in respect of each design number
	(c) third and subsequent request	S$75 in respect of each design number
CM6	Application to register the grant, amendment or termination of a licence	S$60 in respect of each design number
CM7	Application to register the grant, amendment or termination of any security interest	S$50 in respect of each design number
CM8	Application to an assignment of a registered design or any right in it	S$70 in respect of each design number
CM9	Request for withdrawal of application	NA
CM10	Request for online file inspection	S$30 in respect of each design number
CM12	Request for certified copy of an entry in the Register or certified extract from the Register
	(a) where the certified copy or extract or document is in soft copy	S$28 in respect of each design number
	(b)where the certified copy or extract or document is in hard copy	S$35 in respect of each design number
CM13	Request for reinstatement of application, right or thing	S$100
HC1	Hearing and decision	S$1,000
HC3	Request for an extension of time by a person or party regarding a particular period prescribed by the Rules or specified by the Registrar for doing any act or taking any proceedings, in relation to inter partes proceedings (proceedings with notice) Request for extension of period under rule 27(6)
	(a) first extension of that period	(a) NA
	(b) second or subsequent extension of that period	(b) S$130
HC4	Request for ex parte hearing (hearing at which only the party making the request is present)	S$100
HC5	Request for grounds of decision	S$700
HC6	Filing a counter-statement	S$360

General Forms

List of general forms

Description	Forms
GST Form (wef 1 Apr 2017)	GST [PDF, 6 KB] (opens in new tab)

Forms and Procedures for Other Requests

List of forms for other requests

Description	Fee
Refund Refund is generally not allowed. However, these exceptions may apply: You have made duplicate payment for a form. You have filed duplicate forms. You have submitted a form which cannot be processed. The IPOS examiner has not started work on your request for a search and/or examination report for a patent application. You are advised to check your forms carefully before submitting them.	Submit your request via IPOS Digital Hub (opens in new tab). Please note that forms which have been processed are generally not refundable. Request for refund is subject to approval. Submission of a request does not guarantee a refund. You are advised to check your forms carefully before submitting them.

Description

Fee

Refund
Refund is generally not allowed. However, these exceptions may apply:

You have made duplicate payment for a form.
You have filed duplicate forms.
You have submitted a form which cannot be processed.
The IPOS examiner has not started work on your request for a search and/or examination report for a patent application.

You are advised to check your forms carefully before submitting them.

Submit your request via IPOS Digital Hub (opens in new tab).

Please note that forms which have been processed are generally not refundable.

Request for refund is subject to approval. Submission of a request does not guarantee a refund.

You are advised to check your forms carefully before submitting them.

Compilation of Forms (For Reference)

To preview the forms on the IPOS Digital Hub (opens in new tab) in Word/PDF format, please click here.