The application is to be filed to the Federal institution of intellectual property.
The documents are to be presented directly, or by mail.
The application can be filed by the applicant directly or through a patent solicitor dully registered or through a different kind of representative. Citizens of Russian Federation who permanently reside out of the territory of Russia as well as foreign legal entities communicate to Rospatent through patent solicitors registered at Rospatent unless otherwise provided by an international agreement of Russian Federation.

The application pack includes:
-application for issuance of a patent for an industrial design stating the name of the inventor and the person the patent is to be issued to and the addresses of each of them;
-set of images, that gives a full detailed notion of the item appearance;
-draft overview of the item, an ergonomic scheme, team chart, if they are necessary to reveal the essence of the industrial design;
-description of industrial design;
-list of the significant features of industrial design.

Photos, drawings, including those made using computer graphics, and replicas made using other methods can be used as the images of the item.

Supporting documents include:a document certifying payment of a patent duty in the established amount or the document certifying duty payment exemption, reduction or delay reasons.