Filing Requirements
Patent Applications

1. A Power of Attorney notarized and legalized by the Lebanese Consulate.

2. The name, address, nationality and occupation of the applicant(s) and inventor(s).

3. An electronic copy of the patent specification in any major language (especially English, French or Arabic), divided as follows: Title of the invention, full description of the invention (detailing the methods to execute the invention and its industrial application, preferably with examples, statistics, etc.), claims, abstract and drawings.

4. A certified copy of the home certificate of registration or application which is required only for claiming convention priority. It can belatedly be filed within three months of the filing date.


Assignment Applications

1. A Power of Attorney notarized and legalized by the Lebanese Consulate.

2. A deed of assignment legalized up to the Lebanese Consulate.

3. The name, nationality, address and business of the assignee.

4. The number and date of the patent concerned.

5. The original registration certificate of the patent concerned, which will be replaced by a new certificate issued in the name of the original owner with the details of the recordal listed as an endorsement.

Change of Name Applications

1. A Power of Attorney notarized and legalized by the Lebanese Consulate.

2. A certified copy of the change of name certificate issued by the home registry, or a notarized attestation legalized up to the Lebanese Consulate.

3. The number and date of the patent concerned.

Change of Address Applications

1. A Power of Attorney notarized and legalized by the Lebanese Consulate.

2. A notarized attestation legalized up to the Lebanese Consulate.

3. The number and date of the patent concerned.

Voluntary Cancellation Applications

1. A specified Power of Attorney legalized up to the Lebanese Consulate.

2. The name, nationality and address of the applicant.

3. The number and date of the patent concerned.