Filing Strategies can be influenced, for example, by the fact that the ZA Patents Act does allow for the filing of divisionals while a patent application is pending, while the ZA Designs Act does not. It is also important to take into account in respect of patents, that South Africa does have a unity of invention provision; and in respect of design registrations, that a registration is obtainable only for a single article or embodiment of the design. We are willing and able to assist you with advice in this regard.