Patent Protection
Period:
20 years
Convention Priority:
Yes
Novelty:
Required
PCT: Lebanon
is not contracting
state of PCT
Annuity Payments:
Required every year
starting from the
filing date. Late
settlement is
possible within 6
months as of the
annual due date upon
payment of lateness
fees.
Filing Language:
Arabic, English or
French (the Abstract
must be translated
into Arabic in all
cases)
Procedure: Once
the patent
application is
filed, it is queued
to be examined by
Lebanese Patent
Office with respect
to compliance with
formalities and
patentability
provided for in the
Patent Law. The
Patent Office shall
present a detailed
report to the
Minister of Economy
and Trade together
with the remarks of
the applicant (if
any). The Minister
issues a decision
either to accept or
reject the
application. The
decision of the
Minister may be
appealed by the
applicant before the
Civil Court of
Appeal of Lebanon.
In case of
acceptance, the
Letters Patent is
issued and published
in the Official
Gazette.
Requirements
Filing Requirements
for Patent
Application:
1- Power of
Attorney, simply
signed by the
applicant.
2- The name,
address, nationality
and occupation of
the applicant(s) and
inventor(s).
3- Three copies of
the specifications
and claims in any
major language
(especially English,
French or Arabic),
and three sets of
the formal drawings,
divided as follows:
- Title of Invention
– Summary 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 - Drawings &
Brief Description of
the Drawings - A
list of all enclosed
documents.
4- If convention
priority is to be
claimed, a legalized
copy of the home
application should
be filed within the
priority deadline
including the date
and number of the
previous
applications or
registrations in
foreign countries.
This document can be
submitted within 3
months as of the
filing date.
5- Deed of
Assignment, if the
applicant is not the
inventor, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Lebanon
6- An Arabic
translation of the
Summary of the
Invention 
Requirements
for Assignment
Applications
1- Power of
Attorney, simply
signed by the
Assignee
2- Deed of
Assignment, signed
by both parties,
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of Lebanon
3- The name,
nationality, address
and business of the
Assignee
Requirements for
Change of
Name/Address:
1- Power of Attorney
in the new
name/address, simply
signed
2- Certificate
proving the change
of name/address,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Lebanon.
