Patent Protection
Period:
20 years
Annuity Payments: N/A
Convention Priority:
N/A
Novelty:
Required
PCT:
Kuwait is not a
contracting member
of PCT
From Filing to
Grant:
No patents have yet
been granted in
Kuwait. All
applications filed
are still pending.
Filing Language:
Specifications,
claims, abstract,
drawings and related
documents should be
translated into
Arabic if they are
in English, and into
English and Arabic
if they are in a
third language.
Procedure:
The Patent Office is
only accepting
applications and no
further actions is
taken.
Requirements
Filing Requirements
for Patent
Application:
1- Power of
Attorney, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Kuwait.
2- Extract of the
entry of the
applicant in the
commercial register
or an official copy
of the memorandum or
articles of
association, if the
applicant is a
company or a body
corporate, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Kuwait.
3- Certified copy of
home/foreign
registration or
application
4- The name,
address, nationality
and occupation of
the applicant(s) and
inventor(s).
5- Two copies of the
abstract,
specifications of
the invention.
6- Two sets of the
formal drawings
bearing Arabic
reference numerals
and prepared on
Bristol boards.
7- Deed of
Assignment from the
inventor to the
applicant, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Kuwait.

Requirements for
Assignment
Applications
1-Power of Attorney
by the Assignee,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Kuwait
2- Deed of
Assignment, signed
by both parties,
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate Kuwait
Requirements for
Change of
Name/Address:
1- Power of Attorney
in the new
name/address, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Kuwait
2- Certificate
proving the change
of name/address,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Kuwait
