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.

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).  
• Other documents (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 Emirates ID card.
• 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).  
• Other documents (if any).