WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/l/QAT/P/l 
12 June 2002 
(02-3257) 
Original: English! 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
QATAR 
The present document reproduces the textl of the Patent Regulation of the Cooperation 
Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, including the Implementing Bylaws of the GCC, as notified 
by Qatar under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/I/QAT/2). 
Conseil des aspects des dmi.ts de propriete 
inteUectueUe qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPAI"ES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRUtTE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AV TITRE 
DE VARTICLE 63:2 DE VACCORD 
QATAR 
Le present document contient le texte1 du Reglement sur les brevets du Conseil de 
cooperation des Etats arabes du Golfe, y compris les textes d'application du CCG, notif1e par le Qatar 
au titre de l'artic1e 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/NI1IQAT12). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual reladonados con el Comerdo 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELEC'fUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL pARRAFO 2 DEL ARTICULO 63 DEI __ ACUERDO 
QATAR 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de Patentes del Consejo de 
Cooperacion para 10s Estados Arabes del Golfo, notificado por Qatar en virtud de 10 dispuesto en cl 
parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento IP/N/lIQAT/2). 
1 In English only. The text in the original language will be available for consultation by interested 
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat./En anglais seulement. Les delegations interessees pourront consulter le 
texte dans sa langue d'origine, au Secretariat de l'OMC.lEn ingles solamente. Las delegaciones interesadas 
podnin consultar en la Secretaria de la OMC el texto en su idioma original. IP/N/lIQAT/PIl 
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Patent Regulation of the 
Cooperation Council for the Arab 
States of the Gulf. Patent Regulation 
of the Cooperation Council 
for the Arab States 
of the GuU IP INI1 IQ AT IP 11 
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In fulfillment of the objectives of the Cooperation Council for the 
Arab States of the Gulf stipulated in Article 4 of the Charter, and 
In support of the joint scientific and teclmicaI cooperation between 
Member States cited in chapter 4 of the Unified Economic Agreement, 
particularly the resolve to acquire an indigenous base founded on 
encouraging and supporting research~ applied SCIences, ap.d 
technology, and 
In an endeavor to achieve the objectives of the transfer and adaptation 
of transferred technology and to encourage and develop local 
technologies to meet the needs of the region and the objectives of 
progress and development. 
The Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States 
of the Gulf in its 20th session held in November 1999, having 
reviewed the GCC Patent Regulation approved by the Council in the 
13 tn session held in December 1992, approves the amendment of the 
Regulation as follow: 
Article 1 
In the implementation of the provisions of the Regulation, expressions 
shaH have the meanings assigned to them below except where the 
context otherwise requires: 
111 Cooperation Council: The Cooperation Council for the Arab 
States of the Gulf which comprises (the State of the United Arab 
Emirates, the State of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the 
Sultanate of Oman. the State of Qatar, and the State of Kuwait). IP/N/l/QAT/P/I 
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112 The Ministerial Council: The Ministerial Council of the -..,. 
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. 
113 The Committee: The Grie;vances Committee appointed by the 
Ministerial Council to carry out its jurisdictions stipulated this 
Regulation and its Bylaws. 
114 Board of Directors: The Board of Directors of the Patent Office of 
the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf stipulated 
in the Patent Office Statute. 
115 The Office: The Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the 
Arab states of the Gulf, which consists of the Board of Directors 
and the Office staff. 
116 The Regulation: Patent Regulation of the Cooperation Council for 
t..l:le .. A..rab States of the Gulf. 
117 The Patent: The document granted by the Patent Office to the 
owner of the' invention so that his invention shall enjoy legal 
protection within all the Cooperation Council States according to 
the provisions of this Regulation and its Bylaws. 
Article 2 
2/1 An invention shall be patentable according to the provisions of 
this Regulation and its Bylaws if it is new, involves an inventive 
step, industrially applicable and is not contrary to the laws of 
Islamic Shariya, or public order or to morality observed in the 
Cooperation Council States, whether that was pertaining to new 
products, industrial processes, or to manufacturing methods. 
212 An Invention is new if .it is not anticipated by prior art. Prior art 
being constituted by everything disclosed to the public anywhere 
by means of written or oral disclosure, by use, or by any other 
way by which the invention is realized before the relevant filing 
date of the patent application or priority date validly claimed in 
respect thereof. For the purposes of this paragraph, disclosure of 
the invention to the public shall if it took place within one year, 
either before the application filing date, or before its priority date 
and it occurred due to abusive actions of others against the.. 
applicant or his predecessor or as a result thereof. The disclosure 
of the invention to the public shall no be taken into consideration 
if it took place in an officially recognized exhibition within the 
six months preceding the filing of the application, such being the IPIN/I/QA TIP/I 
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case, the Implementing Bylaws shall determine the protection 
provisions for the subject invention. 
213 An invention is deemed to involve an inventive step if, having 
regard to the relevant prior art , it would not have been obvious to 
a person having ordinary skin in the art. 
2/4 An invention shall be considered industrially applicable if it can 
be produced or used in any type of industry, agriculture, fishing, 
or services. Industry in this connection should be interpeted in the 
broadest sense so as to include handicraft. 
2/5 In the event of filing of applications pertaining to inventions 
having connection with the security of any of the Cooperation 
Council States, procedures stipulated in the Implementing Bylaws 
shall apply. 
2/6 Should there be more than one application for a particular 
invention, the patent shall be granted to the owner of the first 
application that has the earliest priority date. 
2/7/1 If the invention is a result of joint efforts of several individuals, 
the owne~hlp of the patent shall belong to them equally, unless 
otherwise multilaterally agreed upon. A person will not be 
considered an inventor if his activities were limited to executing 
the ideas. 
2/7/2 The right to a patent shall be assigned to the employer if the 
invention was the result of execution of a contract or an 
obligation providing for carrying out inventive activities. The 
right shall also be assigned to the employer if he proves that the 
inventor would not have achieved such an invention had he not 
used the facilities, means, or information made available through 
his employment. 
This may not prejudice the employee's right to receive special 
remuneration to be determined by a competent authority in the country 
where the invention is made and in the light of the circumstances of 
the contract or the obligation, and the economic significance of the 
invention. Any agreement depriving an employee from such rights 
shall be void. The above mentioned provisions shall also be 
applicable to employees of government agencies. A patent application 
filed by an employee inventor within the two years after the 
termination of his services shall be considered as having been filed 
during his employment. IP/N/lIQAT/PIl 
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Article 3 
311 For the purposes of L.1is Regulation, the following shall not be 
regarded as inventions: 
3/111 Discoveries, scientific theories, mathematical methods, and 
computer programs. 
3/112 Schemes, rules, and methods for doing business, performing 
purely mental acts, or playing games. 
31113 Plant varieties and species of animals, and biological processes 
for the production of plants or animals with the exception of 
microbiological processes and the products thereof. 
3/114 Methods of surgical or therapeutic treatment of the human or 
animal body and met.hods of diagnosis applied to the human or 
ariimal body with the exception of products used in any of these 
methods. 
3/2 This Regulation shall not protect varieties of plants or species of 
animals. 
Article 4 
The Ministerial Council may exclude from patentability some 
inventions whenever necessary to safeguard public order or morality, 
including the protection of human or animal or plantation life and 
health, or to avoid serious damage to the environment 
Article 5 
5/111 The patent application shall be submitted to the Office by the 
inventor, his registered agent, or his successor in title. The 
application shall request the grant of a patent, and shall be 
accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
51112 The application shall include the names of the applicant, the 
inventor, and the registered agent (if any) and, where the 
applicant is other than the inventor, a statement justifying the 
applicant's right to the invention. 
511/3 The application for a patent shall relate only to one invention, or 
to aspects that are so related as to constitute a single general 
inventive concept. IP/N11JQAT/PI 1 
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5/211 The application shall contain the title of the invention, a 
specification, one or more claims, one or more drawings (if any), 
and an abstract. 
5/2/2 The specification shall disclose the invention in a manner 
sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out 
by a person having ordinary skin in the art. 
5/2/3 The claim or claims shall determine the scope of the protection 
sought. The specification and the drawings may be used to 
interpret the claims. 
5/2/4 The claims shall be clear and concise and· shall be fully 
supported by the specification. 
5/2/5 The abstract shall merely serve the purpose of technical 
information; in particular, it shall not be taken into account for 
interpreting the application. 
5/3 The applicant shall provide the Office with the required additional 
information and data related to his application. 
5/4 The applicant may introduce the amendments he deems fit to his 
application provided that such amendments shall not constitute a 
substantive modification to the contents of the original 
application. 
Article 6 
If the applicant is a none Gee resident, he shall appoint a registered 
agent who is a GCe resident to represent him in carrying out activities 
entrusted to him by the Patent owner before the Office. 
Article 7 
711 The application may contain claim of priority of previous 
application filed in any State or regional office. Such being the 
case, as provided for in the Bylaws, the application shall indicate 
the date and filing number of the previous application. and the 
country of filing. The applicant shall produce proof thereof; 
otherwise priority claim shall be denied. 
7/2 The duration of the priority shall be twelve Gregorian months. IPINI1!QAT/P/l 
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Arti~Ie 8 
The applicant may, at any time, withdraw his application unless a final 
decision has been taken thereof. Withdrawal of application shall not 
entail the right to reclaim its documents, or the right to refund of fees 
or expenses incurred. 
Arti~le 9 
Once the application has satisfied the terms stipulated in the 
Regulation and the Bylaws, the Office shall register the application 
filing date and formally examine it. As. for the Substantive 
Examination, it shall ~ither be carried out by the Office, or referred to 
one of the approved examination authorities after payment of the 
Substantive Examination fee. 
Article 10 
Should it be found by the Formal Examination that some of the terms 
prescribed by law, the Office may request that the applicant completes 
the application requirements within three months at most from the 
date he was so notified. If he fails to do so within the indicated date, 
his application shall lapse. 
Arti~Ie 11 
Should it be found by the Substantive Examination that the application 
has satisfied the terms prescribed in this Regulation and its Bylaws, 
the Office shall make a decision granting the patent, enter it in the 
register, and publish it. The Letters Patent shall be delivered to the 
owner of the invention three months from the publication date should 
any concerned party submit no objection to the Grievance Committee. 
Yet, should it be found by the Substantive Examination that the 
applicant is not eligible for a patent, the Office shall make a decisi'e>n" 
rejecting the application with indication of reasons for such rejection, 
and a copy thereof shall inform the applicant. The decision shall then 
be published. Article 12 IPINI1IQAT/PI1 
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1211 The Patent entitles its owner to exploit the invention. The 
invention pertaining to a product shall be considered as exploited 
by manufacturing, use, import, sale, or offering for sale. As for 
industrial processes or manufacturing methods of a certain 
product, the patent owner shall have the same right to direct 
products of the said process or method, in addition to his right to 
use the processes or methods thereof. 
12/2 Where the Patent subject is a product, the Patent owner shall 
have the right to prevent others from manufacturing, use, sale, 
offering for sale, or import of the product for such purposes, 
without his prior consent. 
But where the patent subject is an industrial process, he shall 
have the right to prevent others from actual use of t.~e process. He 
shall also have the right to prevent others from use, and offering 
for sale, sale or import of at least the products directly obtai~ed 
by using such process, for such purposes, without his prior 
consent. 
12/3 Despite the grant of the patent, an establishment that, in good 
faith, manufactures, uses an industrial manufacturing process of a 
product, or makes serious preparations therefor, before the filing 
date of an application by another person, or before the priority 
date of the application pertaining to the same product or process, 
shall have the right to continue such acts. The Assignment or 
transfer of the said right to a third party can only be made in 
conjunction with all elements of the business. 
Article 13 
The Patent owner shall make sufficient exploitation of the patented 
invention in the Member States within three years from the date' of 
grant. Should the prescribed grace period expire without sufficient 
exploitation, the provisions of Article (19) shall apply. 
Article 14 
The rights under the patent shall not extend to: IPINIlIQAT/PIl 
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1411 Acts carried particularly for scientific research purposes. 
1412 The use of patent articles on means of transportation temporarily 
or accidentally entering the territories of the Council States, 
whether such articles were used in the body, apparatus, devices, 
equipment, or 'any other accessories of the said means, provided 
use of such articles is limited to their necessities. 
Artide 15 
The term of a patent shall be twenty years counted from the date of 
filing the patent application. 
Artide16 
The patent shall be subject to an annual fee paid in advance at the 
beginning of each year starting from the year following the application 
filing date. Should the patent owner fail to pay such fee within a 
maximum of three months from the beginning of the year, he may do 
so within another three months period starting upon expiry of the 
previous one. In such case, an additional fee shall accrue. 
However, annual fees may be paid in advance to entirely or partially 
cover the validity term of the patent. If the owner of the patent fails to 
pay the annual fee within the aforementioned legal grace period (six 
months from due date), the patent shall lapse. For the purposes of this 
Article, the same provisions governing the patent shall apply to the 
application. Should three years expire without the Office making a 
decision on the merits of the applicati9U, the applicant may abstain 
from payment of fees until the Office makes a decision granting the 
patent, and shall, in such case, pay all unpaid annual fees. 
Artide 17 
17/1 The owner of a patent that enjoys the protection prescribed 
herein may license others to perform all or some of the acts of 
exploitation referred to in Article 12/1 of this Regulation. Such 
license shall be expressed in writing, signed by both parties, and 
authenticated by an official authority in one of the Cooperation 
Council States. The licensing 'contract shall not be effective vis­
a-vis third parties inconsiderable if not entered in the Office 
records, and the registration request fee, and the registration of licensing contract fee have been paid. IPINI1/QAT/P/l 
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1 712 The grant of a contractual license shall not deprive the patent 
owner from exploiting the patent himself, or from granting 
another license under the same patent unless otherwise stated in 
the first licensing contract. 
17/3 The contractual licenses shall entitle the licensee to perform all 
exploitation acts stipulated in the contract. However, the licensee 
shall not assign the rights and privileges licensed to him by the 
patent owner unless it is expressly stipulated in the licensing 
contract. 
Article 18 
The licensing contract to exploit or dispose of the patent shall be 
subject to control by the Patent Office. The Office may request that 
the contracting parties amend it to rule out abuse of the patent rights, 
and whatever negative intluence the contract may have on competition 
in the Council States, or the possession and propagation of 
technology. 
If the parties fail to respond, the Office shall have the right to deny 
approval of the contract and to refuse its registration. 
Article 19 
1911 Where the owner has never exploited the patented invention, or 
has insufficiently exploited it according to Article (13), the Board 
of Directors may grant a compulsory license, with observation of 
the following: 
19/111 At least three years have elapsed after the grant of the patent. 
191112 The applicant proves that he exerted, over a reasonable period 
of time, efforts to obtain license from the patent owner for an 
adequate compensation, under fair terms. 
191113 That the license is not exclusive. 
191114 That the license is essentially granted to meet the demands of 
the local market. 
191115 That the license decision defines the scope and terms of the 
license, according to the purposes for which it was granted. 
191116 That the patent owner shall be paid an adequate compensation. IPiNlllQAT/PI1 
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19/117 That the exploitation of the kpatent shall be limited to the 
licensee. The license-'sha11 not be transferable to others except in 
case of change of ownership of the licensee's establishment, or 
the section, which exploits the patent, provided the Board of 
Directors, approves such transfer. 
19/2 Should the invention relate to "semi -Conductors" technologies, 
licensing shall only be permitted for public, general, and none 
commercial purposes, or to rectify practices that proved none 
competitive by judiciary or administrative decisions. 
Article 20 
2011 The decision granting the compulsory license shall not prevent 
granting of other compulsory licenses or deprive the patent owner 
from exploiting the same invention himself, or granting other 
exploitation licenses. 
20/2 The Board of Directors may disregard clauses (191111, 
and19/112) of this Regulation if the request of compulsory license 
was due to a state of emergency, or due to a dire public necessity, 
or for non commercial use, in one or more council States. 
20/3 If a government agency in a Council Member State requests a 
compulsory license to exploit a certain invention, based on the 
public interest, the Board of Directors may approve the grant of 
the license according to the terms of Article (19), with 
observation of clauses 2011 ,2012. 
Article 21 
Should the exploitation of an invention be of a significant technical 
advance and a considerable economic importance which require use of 
another invention, the Board of Directors may grant one or both 
parties a compulsory license to exploit the other invention unless they 
mutually agree on exploitation in an amicable manner. In such case, 
provisions of articles (19, and 20), shall be observed. 
Article 22 
The Compulsory license shall be cancelled in the following cases: IP/N/l/QATIPIl 
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2211 If the beneficiary of this license fails to exploit it sufficiently in 
the Cooperation Council States within two years from the date of 
the grant of the license, renewable for another two years should 
the delay be found to be due to a legitimate reason. 
2212 If the beneficiary of the compulsory license fails to pay the due 
amounts, and the amounts stipulated in the Bylaws within three 
months from the date of maturity. 
22/3 If the beneficiary of the compulsory license fails to satisfy any 
other term that is stipulated in the decision granting the license. 
22/4 If the circumstances due to which the license was granted end, 
and are unlikely to reoccur, provided that the legitimate rights of 
the licensee shall be observed. 
Article 23 
2311 The ownership of the . patent and an the rights originated 
there from shall be transferable by inheritance. The ownership of 
a patent shall also be transferable wholly or partially with or 
without compensation. 
23/2 Any person concerned with the patent ownership may submit a 
request to the Office for modification of any of the particulars of 
the patent ownership or the application, supported with the 
necessary evidential means. Transfer of the patent ownerslrlp 
shall not be affected and changes shall not be invoked against 
others until the registration and publications date of such 
modifications. 
Article 24 
Any decision issued by the Office may be appealed within three 
months from the date it was known to be delivered, or from the date of 
its publication whatever the case may be. The Implementing Bylaws 
shall provide for the proceedings before the Committee and the fees 
for the appeal and for its renewal. 
Article 25 
The decisions of the Committee may be appealed before the 
competent authority according to the regulation complied with in the IPINIlIQAT/PI 1 
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,host country. Settlement of such appeal shall be made in conformity 
with the provisions of thls Regulation and requirements of the laws of 
the said State respectively; otherwise settlement shall be made 
according to general rules. 
Artid~ 26 
The competent authorities of each Member State shall examine all 
disputes pertaining to infringement, or imminent infringement of the 
patent. Such authority shall settle the said disputes in pursuance of the 
provisions of this Regulation, and of its own regulations governing 
national patents, if any, respectively, otherlvise accordit"1g to the 
general rules. 
27/1 The Office shall establish a register to enter patents and their 
particulars in conformity with the provisions of this Regulation 
and its Bylaws. 
27/2 The Office shall publish an official gazette for all the 
publications stipulated in this Regulation and its Bylaws. 
Artid~ 28 
The Ministerial Council shall make a decision to form a Grievance 
Committee according to the following: 
28/1 The Committee shall consist of twelve members from the 
nationals of the Member States selected for their personal 
capacity rather than their official capacity. 
28/2 Each Member State shall make two nominations for membership 
of the Committee: one with a legal qualification, and the other 
being a technical specialist. 
28/3 Other Members shall elect two legally qualified persons as a 
chairman and a vice-chairman of the committee for a three years 
seSSIOn. 
28/4 The Committee shall take its decisions by a two-thirds majority 
vote of attendant members. 
28/5 The Committee meetings shall be held when one member at least 
from each State is present. IPJNllIQAT/PIl 
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2816 The Committee meeting shall be postponed for two weeks if the 
presence of both members of any of the States is infeasible. 
Should the unfeasibility persist for the following meeting, the 
meeting shall be valid. 
2817 The Committee members shall neutrally perform their tasks, 
independent from the directives of any authority. 
Artide29 
Members of the Committee, members of the Board of Directors, and 
Patent Office staff may not, during their employment, or in the two 
years following termination of their services, submit applications on 
their behalf. The information in their possession shall be regarded 
highly confidential. 
Artide30 
The Office shall collect fees from the beneficiaries in the following 
instances: 
1. Filing a patent application. 
2. Fees of granting and publication of the patent. 
3. Annual fees. 
4. Amendment or addition to the patent application. 
5. Additional fee for delay of payment of annual patent fee. 
6. Assignment of patent application or granted patent. 
7. Obtaining a copy of the application, of its record, or of the 
patent. 
8. Requesting the grant of a compulsory license. 
9. Grant of a compulsory license. 
10. Requesting registration of the license contract. 
11. Registration of the license contract. 
12. Registration of appeal before the Committee. 
13. Renewal of appeal before the Committee. 
14. Requesting sample ofmicroorgru;rlsm. 
15. Request for a certificate of temporary protection during an 
exhibition. 
16. Conducting a patent search. 
17. Substantive Examination. 
Such fees shall be prescribed by the Bylaws. IPlNll IQAT/PI 1 
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Artide 31 
During the exclusion term, protection of products granted a patent by 
the office shall not be valid in any Member State that is excluded in 
confonnity with clause (4) of Article (65) of the Trade Related 
Intellectual Property (TRIPS) annexed to the World Trade 
Organization agreement. 
Artide 32 
The Ministerial Council shall issue the Bylaws of t.llls Regulation. 
Artide33 
Interpretation and proposals of modification of this Regulation shall 
be the competency of the Financial and Economic Cooperation 
Committee following coordination with the Scientific and Technical 
Cooperation Committee and Industrial Cooperation Committee. 
Artide34 
This Regulation shall come into force three months from its 
publication and the publication of the Implementing Bylaws. The Implementing Bylaws 
Of the GCe 
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In fulfillment of decision of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation 
Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in its 20th session held in 
November 1999, in which it granted approval to the amendment of 
the Patent Regulation of the Cooperation Council States. And in 
conformity with Article (32) of the said regulationn which states that 
"The Ministerial Council shall issue the Bylaws of this regulation" 
and Article (34) there of which states that "This regulation shall come 
into force three months from its publication and the publication of the 
Implementing Bylaws." 
The Ministerial Council approved in its 74th session held on 
03-04 Muharram 1421H (08-09 April, 2000) the amendment of the 
Implementing Bylaws of the GCC Patent Regulation as follows: 
Article (1): 
In implementing the provisions of these Bylaws, expressions shall 
have the meanings assigned to them below except where the context 
otherwise requires: 
111 Cooperation council: The Cooperation Council for the Arab States 
of the Gulf which comprises of the State of the United Arab Emirates, 
the State of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of 
Oman, the State of Qatar, and the State of Kuwait. 
112 Ministerial Council: The Ministerial Council of the Cooperation 
CounciL 
1/3The Committee: The Grievances Committee appointed by the 
Ministerial Council to carry out its jurisdictions stipulated in this 
Regulation and its Bylaws. IP;N/lIQAT/PIl 
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114 Board of Directors: The Board of Directors of the Patent Office 
stipulated in the Patent Office Statute. 
1I5The Office: The Patent Office of the Cooperation Council, which 
consists of the Board of Directors and the Office staff. 
1I6The Regulation: Patent Regulation of the Cooperation Council 
States. 
1I7The Patent: The document granted by the Patent Office to the 
owner of the invention so that his invention enjoys legal protection 
within all the Cooperation Council States according to the provisions 
of this Regulation and its Bylaws. 
Artide (2)~ 
The application shall be filed with the Patent Office on the form 
prepared for that purpose. 
Artide (3): 
Fint: The appli~ation shall in~lude the fonowing~ 
3/1 A detailed description of the invention, first stating the title of the 
invention, and observing the following: 
3/111 A specification of the technical field to which the invention 
relates. 
3/1/2 An indication of the background art (prior art) which is known 
to the applicant and can be regarded useful for the 
understanding, searching, and examination of the invention. 
31113 The disclosure of the invention in a tenninology that permits 
clear and comprehensive understanding of the invention; to 
enable an individual of average skins in the art to evaluate the 
invention and put it hand. Advantages of the invention, if 
any, should also be indicated. 
3/114 A brief description of the figures used in the drawings, if any. 
31115 An explanation of the best approaches reached by the inventor to 
put the invention in hand; this shall be done in terms of 
examples, where appropriate, and with reference to the 
drawings, if any. IPlN/I/QAT/P/1 
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31116 An explicit indication of industrial application of the invention, 
manufacturing method, and usage, or usage only, as the case 
may be, and the results reached, supported by illustrative 
examples and statistics whenever possible. 
312 The claims, in which drafting the following shall be observed: 
3/211 Specification of the claims, whether that was one or more 
claims. The description and the drawings may be used to 
explain such claims if necessary. 
3/2/2 The claims shall be clear, brief, and shall be in conformity with 
particulars mentioned in the description. 
3/2/3 The number of claims shall be adequate for the nature of the 
invention, and shall have sequence numbers. 
3/2/4 The claims shall clarify the technical characteristics of the 
invention. 
3/2/5 The claims shall include the following: 
3/2/511 The technical characteristics that are part of previous art and 
are necessary to defme the invention. 
3/2/512 The new technical characteristics protection of which is 
required in relation to the characteristics indicated in the 
previous clause, proceeded by words or phrases such as 
(distinguished by) or (distinct for) or (comprising its 
improvement) or any phrases that so imply. 
3/2/6 In respect to the technical characteristics of the invention, the 
claims shall make no reference to the description or to the 
drawings, unless absolutely necessary. Particularly, they shall 
not be based on references like (as indicated in part .... of the 
description) or (as indicated in figure ... in the drawings) 
3/2/7 If the application contains drawings, technical characteristics 
provided in the claims shall be followed by relevant reference. 
Such reference shall be in parenthesis and shall not be used if 
it would not facilitate quick understanding of the claims. 
3/3 The drawings relevant to the invention, which must be submitted 
when necessary to understand the invention, if the nature of 
the invention permits its clarification by a drawing, even if 
such a drawing was not necessary to understand the invention. 
3/4 An abstract of the invention, not less than (50) or more than (200) 
words,· such abstract shall only he used for techIDcal 
information purposes and shall include the following: IP!N/1/QAT/P/1 
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3/411 A summary of the disclosure made in the description, the claims, 
. and the drawings indicating the technical field to which the 
invention relates. It shall be drafted so as to allow having a 
clear idea of the technical problem, and the essence of the 
solution provided by the invention, as wen as the main usage 
of the invention. 
3/4/2 Where applicable, the chemical formula that, compared to all 
formulae in the application, best characterizes the invention 
shall be indicated. The abstract shall be accompanied by the 
best explanatory drawing furnished by the applicant. 
3/4/3The numbers and letters used to clarify each main technical 
characteristic mentioned in the abstract and clarified by means 
of drawing. Such numbers and letters shall be in parenthesis 
and identical with those of the drawing. 
3/4/4 No mention of the advantages or value or the theoretical 
application of the invention pretended by the inventor shall be 
made in the abstract. 
Second: The application shall be accompanied by the following: 
311 Where the applicant is a legal entity, an extract of the commercial 
register or an official extract from the articles of incorporation, 
as the case may be. 
3/2 Where the applicant is other than the inventor, proof of the 
applicant's right to the invention, if any. 
3/3 Where the essential elements of the invention have been obtained 
from a third person's invention, the consent of the concerned 
person. 
3/4 Where the application is filed through an agent, the document 
appointing the agent. 
3/5 Where a priority of an earlier application filed with another 
country is claimed in the application, a copy of the earlier 
application together with the documents attached thereto, and 
a certificate indicating the filing date and number, and the 
country with which the application was filed. 
~e above documents referred to under (second, except clause 3/5) 
shall be duly certified. IP/N/I/QAT/PIl 
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All documents shall be enclosed with a translation into Arabic if 
drafted in English, or with translations into both Arabic and English if 
drafted in any other language. 
An original and a copy of each of the documents indicated in (First) 
shall be enclosed with the application; such documents and the 
application must comply with the requirements listed in Articles from 
(4,5) of the Bylaws. 
If other documents are not enclosed with the application, the applicant 
may submit, on the form prepared to that effect, a written engagement 
to submit the required documents within three months from the filing 
date of the application. If such documents are not submitted within the 
said period, the application shall be considered as void. However, if 
the document specified in clause (3/5) of (second), is not submitted -
when necessarj- within the said period, the applicant's right to claim 
priority shall lapse. Upon a decision of the Director General of the 
Patent Office, it shall be stated in the application register that the 
application is considered as void or that the applicant's right to claim 
priority has lapsed, as the case may be. 
Article (4): 
411 The application shall be presented on white, smooth, and non­
shiny paper. The size of the sheets shall be A4 (29.7X21 cm). The 
Patent Office may accept sketch papers of a different size for 
drawings. 
4/2 All sheets shall be so furnished as to admit direct reproduction by 
photography. 
4/3 All sheets shall be numbered in consecutive numerals and the 
numbers shall be centered at the top of the page. 
4/4 The minimum margins of the sheets shall be two centimeters. 
4/5 The application particulars shall be typewritten. Symbols and 
characters, chemical or mathematical formulae and some letters may, 
when necessary, be handwritten or sketched. 
Article (5): 
The drawings shall fulfiH the fonowing requirements: IP/N/lIQAT/P/1 
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511 They shall be executed in durable, sufficiently dense and dark, 
uniformly thick and wen-defined lines and strokes without 
having to use colors. 
5/2Tne figures shall be sketched in an upright position, whenever 
possible. 
5/3 The letters and numbers used to define parts of the drawings shall 
be clear, and the same numbers shall be used throughout the 
different parts of the drawing. Where a letter or a number 
appears outside the figure, a fme line shall be drawn from the 
said letter or number to the relevant part of the figure. 
5/4Where the same sheet contains seveml figures, sufficient space 
must be left between one figure and the other, and an figures 
shall be numbered in consecutive numerals. 
5/5The drawing papers shall not contain any written indication as to 
the title or the description of the invention. 
Artid~ (6): 
611 Any previous filing of an application with a national or regional 
office in any other country, shall be deemed as establishing of 
the right of priority, provided such application is accurately 
filed with the said country or office. 
Filing shall be deemed accurate if it is sufficient to determine 
the date of filing with the country or with the regional office, 
regardless of the subsequent outcome of the application. 
6/2 Priority dates shall be twelve Gregorian months, starting from the 
filing date of the first application, however, the actual day of 
filing shall not be considered. 
6/3 If the last day of the grace period falls on an official holiday, or a­
none working day for the Office to receive applications, the 
period shall be extended to the first working day that follows. 
6/4 Upon claiming priority, the applicant shall indicate the following: 
6/4/1 The date of previous application. 
6/4/2 The number of the previous application, which may be 
submitted within a period of no more than three months from 
the filing date of the application. 
6/4/3 The IPC number designated for the previous application. Where 
no IPC number was designated upon filing, as soon as a 
number is designated, the Office shall be notified accordingly. IP/NI1 IQATIPIl 
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6/4/4 Where the application is regional or international, the country or 
the office of filing of the previous application. 
Article (7): 
According to Article 2, clause (2) of the Regulation, if the interested 
individual requests temporary protection of a patentable invention 
relating to products that he wishes to exhibit in any Gee official 
exhibition, he shall submit such request on the designated form to the 
Office before the exhibition takes place. A brief description of the 
invention, its drawing, and an inventory of pertaining products shall 
accompany the request. The Office may request that the applicant 
provide any other particulars it deems necessary. 
Article (8): 
The Office shall establish a register for certificates of temporary 
protection of the invention. The requests shall be entered in the said 
register with serial 
numbers, and the register shall comprise the following particulars: 
811 The application number. 
8/2 The application filing date. 
8/3 Where the applicant is a legal entity, the name, nationality, elected 
domicile and residence or headquarters. . 
8/4The name and address of the agent. 
8/5 The elected domicile at the concerned country to which 
correspondence shall be addressed. 
8/6 The exhibition, location and opening date. 
8/7 The title of the invention. 
8/8 An inventory of relevant products. 
8/9 The date of products entry to the exhibition. 
811 0 The date, number, and term of the temporary protection 
certificate. 
Article (9): 
Once entry of the products to the exhibition has. been verified, the 
Office shall deliver to the applicant the certificat~ of· temporary 
protection on the designated form. Such certificate shall be valid for a IP/NIlIQAT/PI 1 
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period of time not exceeding six months from the official op~Ping-dat~_ 
of the exhibition. . . 
Article (10): 
The applications shall be given serial numbers on an annual: basis, 
according to their filing date and time. The serial number,'the_filing 
date and time of the application, and the number and date. of re.~eipt of 
the prescribed fee shall be marked on the application. The documents 
attached to the application shall be marked with its serial number, and 
the application with its attached documents shall be sealed· with the 
Patent Office seal. 
The applicant shall be furnished with a receipt on the proper form. 
inclusive of the serial number of the application, its filing date and 
time, a list of the attached documents, and the number and date of the 
receipt of the prescribed fee. 
Article (11): 
The Patent Office shall establish a register for patent applications 
containing the following particulars: 
1111 The application serial number. 
1112 The application filing date. 
1113 The title of the invention. 
1114 Where the applicant is a legal entity, the name, nationality, 
elected domicile and residence or headquarters. 
11/5 The name and address of the agent, if any. 
1116 If priority of an earlier registration is claimed in the application, 
the name of the country with which the earlier application was 
filed, and the date and number of the said application. 
1117 The date and number of the decision accepting or refusing the 
application, and the date of its publication. 
1118 The patent number. 
Artide (12): 
12/1 If the application relates to an invention that requires use of a 
micro-organism that is not available to the public before the IP/N/1/QAT/P/l 
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application filing date, the disclosures made by the application 
shall be considered sufficient and complete in such a way that 
enables the average skilled person to put the invention in hand, 
should the following terms be satisfied: 
121111 Lodging a plantation of the microorganism with one of the 
approved authorities before the filing date of the application. 
121112 That the application indicates, upon filing, the characteristics of 
the microorganism. 
12/113 That the application provides the name of the authority where 
the microorganism is lodged, and the date and number of 
lodging. 
12/2 Providing the particulars indicated in (12/113) shall be deemed as 
a final approval on the part of the applicant, with no 
reservation as to making the lodged plantation available to any 
individual that, on the· proclamation date of the decision 
granting the patent, or at a later date, files an accurate request 
to the authority of lodging to render a sample of the. micro­
orgamSID. 
A request shall not be considered as accurate unless it is accompanied 
with the consent of the Director General of the Office to deliver the 
sample to the individual, once the prescribed fee has been paid. The 
individual requesting the plantation shall submit ~ promissory note to 
the Office that he shall not make the plantation available to any other 
person until the patent has prescribed or ended 
Article (13)~ 
1311 Upon request, the applicant shall advise the Director General of 
the Office the dates and numbers of any patent application he 
has filed with another office for the same invention, or for an 
invention that is identical to that applied for in the application 
submitted to the Director General of the Office. 
13/2 Upon request, the applicant shall submit to the Director General 
of the Office the following documents pertaining to one of the 
applications referred to in the previous paragraph (13/1): 
131211 A copy of each notification received by the applicant in respect 
to any search· report or ·examination made to the previous 
application. IPfN/lIQAT/P/l 
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13/2/2 A copy of the patent granted after filing a previous applJcation~ 
13/2/3 A copy of any final decisions rejecting the-;::previous 
application, or denial of granting the patent subject of the 
previous application. 
13/3 The applicant shall submit to the Director General of the Office 
upon request, a copy of any final decisions revoke the patent 
granted on the basis of the previous application referred to in 
the paragraph (13/2/1). 
Article (14): 
In cases other than those previously stated,the Patent Office may 
request that the applicant provide samples or specimens, as necessary, 
according to special requirements it IrlHy prescribe. In all cases where 
the samples contain toxic, caustic inflammable, or explosive 
substances, an indication to that effect must be made on the label. 
Article (15): 
Should the Patent Office find that the invention relates to the security 
of any of the G.C.C. States, where the invention has passed the formal 
and substantive examinations, it shall be exempted from the 
publication fee. The patent shall be granted and delivered to the 
applicant, and the Office shall advise the concerned State or States 
accordingly. Member States shall provide the Office with the fields 
deemed relevant to security. 
Article (16): 
The Patent Office shall formally examine the application and its 
enclosures to verify completion of the terms stipulated in the 
Regulation and in the Implementing Bylaws. 
Should it be found from the examination that the requirements 
prescribed in the Regulation have not been fulfilled, the Patent Office 
shall notify the applicant, by registered mail to complete such 
requirements within at most three months from reception of the 
notification. Otherwise, the application shall be considered as void, 
and the application register shall be marked accordingly by decision of 
the Director General of the Office. Article (17): IPINI1IQAT/PIl 
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The applicant may request the rectification of drafting or calculation 
errors in the application or the description. He may also request the 
amendment or addition of any particulars to the application, including 
the description or the drawing of the invention. He shall indicate the 
essence and reasons for such an amendment or addition, provided that 
no substantial change, as a result thereof, is made to the description or 
drawing upon filing. No amendment or addition shall be made before 
payment of the prescribed fee, and the consent of the Patent Office. 
Article (18): 
Should it be found from the formal examination that the application 
satisfies the formal requirements, the Office sh~ 11 estimate t.~e 
expenses to be incurred by the substantive examination on the basis of 
an evaluation study. The office shall then send a registered mail 
notification to the applicant to pay for the said expenses within at most 
three months from the date of receipt of the notification. If the 
applicant makes the said payment within the fixed date, the Office 
shall refer the application for the substantive examination. Otherwise, 
the application shall be considered as void, and the application register 
shall be marked accordingly, based on a decision by the Director 
General of the Office. 
Article (19): 
1911 The Office shall notify the applicant of the result of the 
substantive examination, and the applicant shall submit to the 
Office amendments to the application in accordance with the 
examination report. 
19/2 The application shall be examined for the second time in the light 
of the amendments and indications made by the applicant at 
his expense. 
19/3 The Office shall notify the applicant of the result of the second 
examination, and the applicant shall amend the application in 
accordance with the examination report. The application shall 
be examined for the third time at the applicant's expense. IPIN/1/QAT/PI1 
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19/4 Should it be found from the third examination that the 
application does not satisfy the terms of granting the patent, 
the application shall be rejected. 
1915 Each notification addressed to the applicant by the Office in 
respect to the amendment of the application shall be answered 
within three months from its date, and if no answer is received 
within the prescribed date, the application shall be rejected. 
Article (20): 
Should it be found from the substantive examination that the 
application meets the requirements stipulated in the Regulation and 
the Implementing Bylaws, the applicant shall be notified to pay the 
publication and grant fee. Payment of the fee shall be made within 
three months from the date of receipt of the notification, once the 
Board of Directors approves the grant of the patent. The decision shall 
be published, and the patent shall be delivered to the applicant after 
payment of the publication and grant fees. Otherwise, he shall be 
notified to pay within an additional period of three months, after 
which the application shall be considered void. If any concerned 
individual submits no objection to the Committee within three months 
from the proclamation date, the Patent shall be entered in the register, 
and delivered to the applicant. 
Article (21): 
Should it be found from the substantive examination that the 
application does not meet the requirements stipulated in the 
Regulation, or the Implementing Bylaws, the Office shall issue a 
caused decision rejecting the application, and a registered letter shall 
advise the applicant accordingly. The applicant may plea that decision 
to the committee within three months following the publication date. 
Article (22): 
The Patent cover page shall include the following: 
22/1 The application number. 
22/2The number and date of the decision to grant the Patent. 2213 The patent number. 
22/4 The patent date of issue. IP/NIlIQAT/P/1 
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22/5 The inventor's name, unless he has expressed in writing his wish 
not to have his nam.e revealed. 
22/6 The nam.e, nationality, and address of the owner. 
22/7 The title of the invention. 
22/8 The classification. 
22/9The term of protection and commencement and expiration dates. 
22/10The number and date of the priority claim, and the country of 
filing, if the patent refers to such priority. 
22/11 The name of the agent for the patent owner. 
22/12The number and date of the pUblication in which the decision 
granting the patent is proclaimed. 
22113 The applicatiop..s, patents, and references cited from prior .At~. 
Enclosed with the patent shall be the detailed description, the 
explanatory graphs, claims, and the abstract. 
Article (23): 
The particulars mentioned in the previous article from 22/1 to 22/13, 
as wen as any other amendments or actions taken shall be entered in 
the Patent Register. 
Article (24): 
2411 The annual fee prescribed for the patent shall be paid on the basis 
of a request submitted by the concerned person. The request 
shall include the patent number, the date of its grant, and the 
year or years for which payment is due. The Office shall 
indicate on the payment request the number and date of receipt 
of the paid fee, the am.ount paid, and the relevant year or years. 
24/2 Payment of fee shall be made within three months from the 
beginning of each year, starting from the year that follows the 
filing date. However, it may be paid within an additional grace 
period of three months, and an additional fee shall paid. 
24/3 The Patent Office shaH establish a register for patent annual fees, 
in which the following particulars shall be recorded on a 
separate page for each patent application: IP/N/1/QAT/PIl 
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Article (28): 
The Secretary of the Committee shall notify the petitioner and the 
Office of the dates, expressed in days and hours, of the hearings fixed 
to examine the case, and shall provide the Office "With a copy of the 
petition documents. 
Article (29)~ 
The party shall be deemed informed of the date of the subsequent 
hearing if he or his representative is present at the preceding hearing. 
Article (30): 
The party shall appear before the Committee in person and may 
appoint by virtue of a power of attorney a representative having the 
right to exercise as such under the applicable laws of the host country. 
However, where the Committee requires that the party be present, he 
shall act accordingly. 
Article (31): 
If the petitioner fails to present to the first hearing for no legitimate 
reason accepted to the Committee, the case shall be dismissed. 
However, the case may be resumed upon a request made by the 
petitioner "Within three months from dismissal. Should the case be 
dismissed again, it shall be considered void, unless the petitioner 
produces an excuse acceptable to the Committee. In all cases, if more 
than three months lapse after the dismissal of the case, it shall be 
considered void, and the case shall be brought anew for prescribed 
fee. 
Article (32): 
If the petitioner fails to present to any of the hearings to examine the 
petition for no legitimate reason accepted to, the ,Committee, the 
Committee may dismiss the case, unless the Office present at the 
hearing requests that the case be maintained and a decision on its 
merits be rendered. However, if the proceedings permit the rendering 
of a decision, they shall be decided upon in all cases. Article (33)~ IPINllIQAT/P/1 
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If the Office fails to present to the first hearing, the case shall be 
adjourned for a second hearing, and the Office shall be notified of the 
date with a notice to the effect that the decision will be rendered 
against him as if he was present. 
Arti~le (34): 
The failure of any party to present shall be established only after the 
elapsing of at least one hour from the time fixed for the hearing. 
Arti~le (35)~ 
Failure to present shall only affect the party who has not furnished a 
legitimate e~cuse acceptable to the Committee before the date of the 
hearing. Where the excuse is accepted, the hearing shall be adjourned 
to another date of which the parties shall be notified. 
Article (36): 
In all cases, the Committee shall verify the capacity and validity of 
representation of the petitioner or his representative. 
The parties and their agents shall have access to the file of the case, 
and may make copies thereof in the premises of the Committee. 
Arti~l~ (38): 
If the parties submit a paper or a document to be used in evidence, it 
may only be withdrawn with the consent of the Committee after a 
copy thereof certified by the Committee is kept in the file of the case. 
However, the Committee may accept mere copi~s of documents to be 
kept in the file after verification against the original, unless the 
original is required otherwise. IPlNIlIQA TIPll 
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Article (39): 
The chairman of the Committee shall first hear the arguments of the 
petitioner or his agent, then the Office. 
Article (40): 
The parties shall present all their daims and defenses once. The 
Committee may grant the Office a period of time to answer the 
petition, provided that such period shall only be granted once for each 
subject matter to be answered, unless serious grounds existed 
according to the consideration of the Committee. 
Article (41): 
The Office shall answer the petition. If he fails to do so or to present 
for the second time without excuse, the Committee may consider his 
silence or failure to present a sufficient cause to decide in favor of the 
petitioner once he has furnished evidence for his petition. 
Article (42): 
If the Committee finds that its decision on the merits of the case 
requires the settlement of another issue which does not fall within its 
jurisdiction, it shall order the suspension of the proceedings tin the 
settlement of the said issue by the competent authority. Once the 
ground for the suspension ceases to exist, any of the parties may 
request the continuation of the proceedings within the thirty -days 
following the date on which the said ground ceased to exist 
Otherwise, the case shall be considered void. 
Article (43): 
The dispute shall be discontinued if the petitioner dies or loses his 
capacity to sue or disqualifies, unless the proceedings allow 
judgement on merits. The proceedings shall be considered as allowing 
judgement on merits once the parties have submitted their pleadings 
and final claims. The proceedings shall be resumed when a person 
replacing the petitioner because of whom the proceedings were IPINIlIQAT/PIl 
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discontinued presents for the date previously set. The proceedings 
shall also be resumed upon the request of any of the concerned parties. 
In such case, the other parties or their representatives shall be notified 
accordingly. 
Article (44): 
The claims of the petitioner may include the following: 
44/1 A rectification of the original claim, or an amendment of the 
subject matter thereof according to circumstances appearing or 
emerging after filing the petition. 
44/2 Any material complementary to, resulting from or integrally 
linked to the original claim. 
44/3 Any material that includes an addition or a change in the cause of 
action, maintaining the subject matter of the original claim. 
Article (45): 
Claims and defenses shall be presented before the Committee in 
clearly written submissions. However, the Committee may settle for 
oral pleadings of the parties. It may request the parties to draft 
petitions, statements and defenses in such a way that elevates 
ignorance and ambiguity. 
Article (46): 
The conferences of the Committee members shall be confidential. 
Article (47): 
The Committee shall render its decisions by absolute majority of the 
opinions of its attending members. In case of tie vote, the president 
shall have the casting vote. In all cases, the decisions shall state the 
reasons thereof and shall be signed by the president and the members. IPINIlIQAT/PI1 
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Article (48): 
The Committee shall rectify any material, drafting or calculatioriefibi 
in the decision, by a decision issued at its own initiative, or UpOn)l 
request made by any of the parties. The rectification shall, be 
inscribed on the original copy of the decision. and shall be signed by 
the president and the members. 
Article (49): 
The parties may request the Committee to construe any ambiguity in 
the text of its decision. The construction decision shall be deemed as 
part of the decision thereby construed. 
Article (50): 
Upon submission of the petition, the Committee may order the taking 
of preventive measures against the. Office, provided that the petitioner 
submits the warranties considered by the Committee to secure the 
right of the Office if the case is dismissed. 
Article (51): 
If the Committee decides to resort to expert authority, it may bind any 
of the parties to deposit the amount necessary to cover the estimated 
cost of such expertise by means of a check certified by an authorized 
bank on a fixed date .. If the party fails to deposit the said amount 
within the time limit indicated by the Committee, the Committee shall 
ren.der judgement on merits of the case according to the documents 
submitted, and the forfeiture shall shoulder the expert expenses. 
Article (52): 
The office may, upon decision of its Director General, issue and 
amend forms, as he deems adequate for proper performance and 
develop~ent of the Office. The Office shall make reference to such 
forms in its periodicals. Articl~ (53)~ 
Patents registered with the Office and 
the presence of the authorized -4A.AVJlV 
Any individual may, after payment 
copy thereof, or a copy of the 
contents thereof, or extracts of the 1f"P!N· .... 1I"""', 
Artid~ (54): 
5411 License contract shall be "" .... Y'<.".".,.""' 
paragraph (54/3) of this 
assignment of the license 
licensing its exploitation. 
request submitted to the 
accompanied by a copy of 
both parties shall be duly .... ~ ....... "', 
translated into Arabic if it 
and the applicant shall pay the 
5412 Requests of license contracts 
numbers according to their 
marked with its sequence 
number of receipt of payment 
the contract shall be marked 
request. The Office seal shall 
of-the contract. The applicant 
indicating the request 
inventory of the enclosed 
of the receipt of payment of.u ... I"o. .......... 
54/3 The Office shall establish a """""J"""'~'.:,,!:. 
license contracts. Such .I..., ...... '.., ....... 
particulars: 'P., IQAT/P/l 
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. 
:;;;;;;o.<I·".rtO'l'llI may, In 
reviewed. 
-obtain a 
.JI.A""""W-to the 
sequence 
shall be 
date and 
copy of 
of the 
the copy 
a receipt 
and an 
'''''''''''''~A and date 
54/3/1 Sequence number and date of reque~:; . .. 
54/3/2The name, nationality, and addresS;,ofi:li~r,and name and. 
address of his agent, ifany. '. . ... '--;;: .. _ 
54/3 13Th . _~1' d -~dress ofdicenseee
, and n<:l...... d .• e name, natlo.u . .i:UIty, an au,·.~","o .. ~"">~." .• ' . .o..u..uJ..l.e an 
address of his agent, if any. .' '-. " 
54/3/4 Elected domicile of both parties ofth~fC9ntmct. 
~/3/5 The contract subject and term· IPINl1lQAT/P/l 
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54/3/6 Date of the decision issued to the rejection of registration and 
the date of notification of the parties thereof. 
54/3/7 Date of the decision issued to the approval of the contract. 
54/4The Office shall establish a register for license contracts 
registration. of which was granted. Such register shall contain 
the following particulars: 
54/4/1 The number and date of registration of the contract. 
54/4/2 The date of the decision granting the registration. 
54/4/3 The sequence number and filing date of the request. 
54/4/4 The name, nationality, and address of both parties of the 
contract, and the agents name and address of each of them, if 
any. 
54/4/5The elected domicile for each of them. 
54/4/6 The contract subject and term. 
This register shall be marked with all amendments or renewals of the 
contract, following approval thereof by the office, and payment of 
prescribed fee for such amendment or renewal. 
TABLE OF FEES (IN SR) 
Description 
Patent Application 
Fees for Grant and 
Publications of Patents 
Annual Patent Fees: 
Year 2 
Year 3 
Year 4 
Year 5 
Year 6 
Year 7 
Year 8 
Year 9 
Year 10 
Year 11 
Year 12 Individuals 
2000 
2500 
2000 
2100 
2200 
2300 
2400 
2500 
2600 
2700 
2800 
2900 
3000 Companies 
4000 
5000 
4000 
4200 
4400 
4600 
4800 
5000 
5200 
5400 
5600 
5800 
6000 Year 13 
Year 14 
Year 15 
Year 16 
Year 17 
Year 18 
Year 19 
Year 20 
Amendment and Addition 
To the Patent application 
Additional fee for delayed 
Payment of annual patent fee 
Assignment of rights 
to the application, or change 
Of patent ownership 3100 
3200 
3300 
3400 
3500 
3600 
3700 
3800 
500 
500 
500. 
Obtaining a copy of the application, 
its registration, or of the patent 
Request of compulsory license 
Grant of compulsory license 
Request ofregistration 100 
15000 
5000 
of compulsory license 
Registration of compulsory license 
Registration of petition 
Renewal of petition 5000 
500 
3000 
1000 
500 
500 
100 6200 
6400 
6600 
6800 
7000 
7200 7400 
7600 
1000 
1000 
1000 
-200 
30000 
10000 
10000 
1000 
6000 
2000 
5000 
5000 
200 Request of temporary protection 
Request of plantation sample 
Performance of search 
Technical examination Actual cost IPINIlIQA T/PI1 
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