Yes, however, the missing documents should be submitted within 3-month from the filing date of the application.

Yes.

No. However, such inventions are filed as to the method of preparation thereof, whereupon the invention title and the claims should be amended to start with "Method of preparation of …." 

(20) Years from the filing date as from the international filing date for patent application under PCT and as from the national filing date for patent application under Paris Convention, which cannot be extended. The annuity is paid each year.

No.

Local and worldwide novelty is required for the patent applied for.

Yes, the same Laws enforced for patents are implemented for the utility model.

Software protection alone is not available under the Syrian Patent law. Please refer to answers: C1-C9 below.

Yes, Amendments can be made upon filing the patent application or if the patent application is rejected by the Syrian Patent Office.

After granting the patent, a separate application for a patent of addition would be required.

Annuities payment before granting the patent is required to keep the application in force.

English or French, with the relative Arabic Translation.

Working of the patented invention is required in Syria. However, in the absence of actual work, a nominal one is satisfactory.

It depends on the type of invention applied and the PTO's discretion.

Yes, within (3) months from the assignment effective date. Afterward a fine payment will be imposed for every month delay period.

Yes.

Yes, the accepted patent application should be published for opposition in the official gazette for a period of six months.

If no third party has opposed the acceptance of the patent application, the second publication of the registered patent should be published in the Official Gazette to be followed by granting the patent.