AGIP Is the First IP Firm to Receive Letters Patent in UAE
14 Mar 2006DUBAI - The Patent Office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially started on March 1, 2006 granting Letters Patent for pending applications after being examined and published.
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) is the first intellectual property firm to receive Letters Patent for their accepted applications in the UAE.
The Office started receiving patent applications in early 1994, but without conducting any examination for such applications. In 2002, the Office started examining pending patent applications on chronological basis (first -filed, first-examined), in coordination with the Austrian Patent Office.
The applicable procedure is to publish the accepted patent applications in the Patent Journal and to give a 60-day period for any third party during which he can oppose the patent application. In the absence of opposition, a Letters Patent is issued.
According to Article (4) of the UAE Patent Law, a Letters Patent shall be awarded to any new invention resulting from an innovative idea or inventive step in all fields of technology, provided that such an idea or inventive step has a scientific basis and is capable of industrial application.
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