Summary
Oman is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Patent Office. It is a regional office for the GCC, which comprises the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar and State of Kuwait. Certificates of patents granted by the Office secure legal protection of the inventor's rights in all member states.
As of October 26, 2001, Oman has been a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as per Royal Decree No. 37/2001 issued on April 24, 2001 and published in the Official Gazette No. 694 on May 1, 2001.
Requirements :
Filing Applications
1. A Power of attorney , executed by the applicant, duly notarized and legalized up to the consulate of any GCC state.
2. A certified copy of the certificate of incorporation or an extract from the commercial register of the applicant company duly legalized by the consulate of any GCC state.
3. A deed of assignment executed by the inventor(s), assigning their patent rights to the applicant, also notarized and legalized up to consulate of any GCC State.
4. A certified copy of the priority documents. If the documents are not in English, a simple English translation is required.
5. Two copies of the specification and claims in English and Arabic, prepared strictly in the following order:
• Title of the invention,
• Technical field,
• Technical background,
• Disclosure of the invention,
• Description of the drawings,
• Detailed description of the invention,
• Method of the industrial application of the invention,
• Claims,
• Abstract of the invention,
• Drawings, if any
6. The Arabic text of the specification and claims in MS Word format.
