Registering a Patent

• Mandatory documents (full description, claims, and drawings if any) shall be attached – in Arabic or English– with the request. If the optional documents are not submitted, the Applicant shall be given 90 days to submit the missing documents after the notification.
• The Applicant shall pay a penalty fee to reactivate the application once within 9 months.
• Submitted applications shall undergo the legal examination for submitted documents and substantive examination by the Department to ensure that all patent requirements are met.
• The applicant may request an Express Examination on the first substantive Examination.
• The applicant may object and file a grievance against the inspector’s rejection decision within 60 days of the decision.
• The third party may file a post-grant re-examination within 90 days from publication date.
      
• Basic requirements for acquiring patent rights:       
  • The invention must be industrially viable  
  • The invention must be new; it must not be known to the public before the filing date.   
  • The invention must involve an inventive step.
  • The specifications must be drafted clearly with sufficient technical disclosure so that an ordinary person may understand the invention. The maximum number of claims is 50.

Documents required for Individual

Mandatory

• Claims (Arabic, English)        
• Detailed description (Arabic, English), and drawings, if any.
• Power of Attorney (for residents outside the UAE). 

    Optional

• Abstract (Arabic or English). 
• A certified copy of the priority request (if any).  
• Sequence Listing (biotech inventions) (if any).  

Documents required for companies
    Mandatory

• Claims (Arabic, English)        
• Detailed description (Arabic, English), and drawings, if any.
• Deed of Assignment.
• Power of Attorney (for companies registered outside the UAE).
• A copy of the valid trade license.
• A copy of the Memorandum of Association.

Optional

• Abstract (Arabic or English). 
• A certified copy of the priority request (if any).  
• Sequence Listing (biotech inventions) (if any).