News from good friends AGIP, Saba and SMAS about changes announced by the Patent Office.
The announcement from AGIP (here) reports:
The announcement from AGIP (here) reports:
UAE Issues New Regulations Related to Patent Examination Fees 29 Oct 2014
ABU-DHABI – The Patent Office at the United Arab Emirates recently issued new regulations related to patent examination fees.
By virtue to the regulations, all patent applications filed as from November 1, 2014, have to pay the examination fees upon filing the application, if all the formalities are met. Otherwise, the examination fees should be paid within 90 days from the filing date upon completing the formal requirements of the application.
The announcement from Saba (here), reports:
UAE: Substantive Examination Fees Due
November 03, 2014
The United Arab Emirates Patent Office declared on October 26, 2014 that the substantive examination fees for patent applications submitted between 2011 and 2013 will be due within 90 days from the date of announcement. Effective November 1, 2014, filing and examination fees will have to be paid for all new patent applications.
This comes in light of the country’s recent collaboration with South Korea, which has dispatched patent examiners to the UAE Patent Office to assist in the construction of an infrastructure to manage patent applications.
Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at info@sabaip.com
The announcement from SMAS, by email, reports:
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention that the UAE Patent Office has set in place a policy to finalize the pending applications accumulated during the past years, and accordinglyhas issued a notification to pay the Search and Substantive Examination fees for the pending applications for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and for the new applications within the prescribed period of 90 days starting from 1 November 2014 in order to proceed with the examination and search procedures.
ABU-DHABI – The Patent Office at the United Arab Emirates recently issued new regulations related to patent examination fees.
By virtue to the regulations, all patent applications filed as from November 1, 2014, have to pay the examination fees upon filing the application, if all the formalities are met. Otherwise, the examination fees should be paid within 90 days from the filing date upon completing the formal requirements of the application.
The announcement from Saba (here), reports:
UAE: Substantive Examination Fees Due
November 03, 2014
The United Arab Emirates Patent Office declared on October 26, 2014 that the substantive examination fees for patent applications submitted between 2011 and 2013 will be due within 90 days from the date of announcement. Effective November 1, 2014, filing and examination fees will have to be paid for all new patent applications.
This comes in light of the country’s recent collaboration with South Korea, which has dispatched patent examiners to the UAE Patent Office to assist in the construction of an infrastructure to manage patent applications.
Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at info@sabaip.com
The announcement from SMAS, by email, reports:
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention that the UAE Patent Office has set in place a policy to finalize the pending applications accumulated during the past years, and accordinglyhas issued a notification to pay the Search and Substantive Examination fees for the pending applications for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and for the new applications within the prescribed period of 90 days starting from 1 November 2014 in order to proceed with the examination and search procedures.
Therefore, the UAE patent office requested applicants to:
1- Pay the official fees of US$1920 for the first Substantive Examination; otherwise the application will be considered abandoned.
2- Pay all the late and payable annuities till the date of this notification for the years 2011- 2013.
3- Submit a CD and a hard copy of the full specification in English language according to the last amendment submitted to the patent office.
4- Ensure that the submitted documents include the Bibliographic Data in English language according to the official forms of the UAE patent office.
A copy of the UAE Patent Office notification with the English translation thereof is enclosed herewith for your review.
Should you need any assistance and/or information in respect of the above matter, please do not hesitate to contact us at Dubai@smas-ip.com
1- Pay the official fees of US$1920 for the first Substantive Examination; otherwise the application will be considered abandoned.
2- Pay all the late and payable annuities till the date of this notification for the years 2011- 2013.
3- Submit a CD and a hard copy of the full specification in English language according to the last amendment submitted to the patent office.
4- Ensure that the submitted documents include the Bibliographic Data in English language according to the official forms of the UAE patent office.
A copy of the UAE Patent Office notification with the English translation thereof is enclosed herewith for your review.
Should you need any assistance and/or information in respect of the above matter, please do not hesitate to contact us at Dubai@smas-ip.com
SMAS kindly provide a translation of the announcement by the Patent Office which reads:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
26
October 2014
Re: Payment of the Search
and Substantive Examination Fees for Patent applications
Dear
Sirs,
In the framework of cooperation between
the UAE Patent Office and its strategic partners as well as the common
carefulness towards the clients' interests and the work requirements, the
Patent Office has set in place a strategy to finalize the applications
accumulated during the past years.
Therefore, you are requested to pay
the search and examination fees of the patent applications as per below:
- The pending
applications for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, within the prescribed
period of 90 days from date of this notification.
- The new applications
after completing all the required documents within the prescribed period
of 90 days starting from 1 November 2014 in order to enable the
patent Office to proceed with the examination and search procedures.
In
order to proceed with the said procedures, the followings are requested:
1- To
Pay the official fee of 7000AED for the first Substantive Examination;
otherwise the application will be considered abandoned.
2- To
pay all the late and payable annuities till the date of this notification for
the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.
3- To
submit a CD and a hard copy of the patent description and
abstract in English language according to the last amendment submitted to the
patent office and it should be arranged and numbered.
4- To
ensure that the submitted documents include Bibliographic Data in English language
and in the official form of the UAE patent office.
Note:
This notification is considered as a legal notice for each application in order
to proceed with the Substantive Examination and International Search.
Best
regards,
Director of Industrial Property Department
Khalfan Ahmed Al-Suwaidi
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