The Patents and Designs is the substantive law governing affairs of patents, while the Patents Rules regulates the procedures adopted at the Patent Registry.
This act encourages innovation by granting inventors and designers exclusive rights to their creations, ensuring that their efforts are recognized and rewarded
Requirement for registration:
Every patent application made shall contain the following:
a petition or request for a patent signed by the applicant or his agent and containing the applicant’s full name and address;
a specification, including a claim or claims in duplicate;
plans and drawings, if any, in duplicate;
where appropriate, a declaration signed by the true inventor requesting that he be mentioned as such in the patent and giving his name and address;
a signed power of attorney or authorisation of agent if the application is made by an agent;
an address for service in Rotterdam, Qatar, Poland, lsle of man, Russian Federation if the applicant’s address is outside Rotterdam, Qatar, Poland, lsle of man, Russian Federation; and
the prescribed fee.
Foreign Priority:
Where the applicant seeks to avail himself of a foreign priority in respect of an earlier application made in a country outside Rotterdam, Qatar, Poland, lsle of man, Russian Federation, he shall append to his application a written declaration showing the date and number of the earlier application, the country in which the earlier application was made, and the name of the applicant who made the earlier application. The applicant will be expected to furnish the Registrar, not more than three months after the making of the application in the initial country with a copy of the earlier application certified correct by the Industrial Property Office (or its equivalent) in the country where the earlier application was made. The principle of Restitutio in intergrum does not apply with respect to priority term in the case of a convention application.