Patent of Inventions & Utility Models

• National Patent
• PCT National Phase Patent
• Utility Model Patent
• Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

National Patent: 20 years from filing date.

Layout Design: 10 years from filing or first commercial exploitation, max 15 years from creation.

New, industrially applicable inventions with inventive step.

• Contrary to public order or morals
• Scientific theories & mathematical methods
• Diagnosis & treatment methods
• Plants & animals (except micro-organisms)
• Organs, tissues & live cells

• Application form signed by local agent
• Legalized Power of Attorney
• Applicant & inventor details
• Specification & claims (English & Arabic)
• Arabic & English abstract

Applications are examined for novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability.

Accepted applications are published in the Patent Journal.

Prior users acting in good faith may continue use without expansion.

Unauthorized reproduction, importation or sale of protected layout designs is prohibited.