Filing Requirements

1. A Power of Attorney in the name of Mr. Suleiman Ibrahim Al-Ammar, Saudi Arabia, 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 on a diskette as MS Word format.
 
Note: A GCC patent application can be filed with only the English text of the specification and claims, along with the Arabic translation of Title and Abstract. The Arabic translation of the Patent Text can be submitted once the application is allowed. Documents 1, 2, 3 and 4 above should be submitted to the GCC Patent Office within 3 months from the date of filing the application. Failure to meet the deadline will cause the application to lapse, as no extension is granted by the GCC Patent Office.