Article 25

1. An application may be filed by the applicant or through a proxy
2. The proxy as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be a consultant of intellectual property rights that has been registered at the Directorate General
3. Beginning on the date of receipt of the proxy until the date of announcement of the relevant application, the proxy shall be obligated to preserve the confidentiality of the invention and all documents of application
4. The provisions regarding the requirements to be designated as a consultant of intellectual property rights shall be regulated by a Government Regulation and the procedure for such designation shall be regulated by a Presidential Decree.

Article 26

1. An application which is filed by an inventor or an applicant who does not reside or does not have a fixed domicile in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia must be filed through his proxy in Indonesia
2. The inventor or applicant as referred to in paragraph (1) shall declare and elect residence or legal domicile in Indonesia for the purpose of said application.

Article 27

1. An application filed with a priority right as regulated by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property must be filed within 12 (twelve) months commencing on the date on which the first application was received by any country that also participates in said convention or has become a member country of the World Trade Organization
2. By fully observing the provisions of this Law regarding the requirements which must be fulfilled in the letter of application, an application with a priority right as referred to in paragraph (1) must be furnished with a copy of the priority document validated by the competent authority in the country concerned within a period of 16 (sixteen) months commencing on the priority date
3. If the requirements in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) are not fulfilled, the application may not be filed by using a priority right.

Article 28

1. The Provisions as referred to in Article 24 shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to an application with priority right
2. The Directorate General may request that an application filed with a priority right also be furnished with:
   1. A valid copy of the documents connected with the results of examination carried out with respect to the first application abroad,
   2. A valid copy of the patent document granted in connection with the first application abroad,
   3. A valid copy of the decision of the rejection of the first application abroad if said application was rejected,
   4. A valid copy of the decision of cancellation of the foreign application concerned if said patent has been cancelled,
   5. Other documents required to facilitate an evaluation that the invention for which a patent is requested is indeed a new invention and truly involves inventive steps and industrially applicable.
3. The filing of copies of documents as referred to in paragraph (2) may be furnished with separate additional explanations by the applicant.

Article 29

Further provisions regarding the request for a priority document from the Directorate General and regarding the application that is filed with a priority right shall be regulated by a Presidential Decree.