Patent Protection
Period:
15 years
From Filing to
Grant:
3 years average
Convention Priority:
Yes
Novelty:
Absolute
PCT:
Syria
is contracting state
of PCT
Time Limit for
Entering PCT
National Phase: 31 months
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: Specifications, claims, abstract, drawings
and related
documents should be
translated into
Arabic if they are
in English or
French.
Procedure: Once
the patent
application is filed
it is queued to be
examined in terms of
the formalities and
patentability
provided for in the
Patent Law . This
process will follow
payment of the
relevant fees. The
committee will then
decide whether to
grant the patent or
not depending on the
examination report
presented by several
university
professors and
scholars. At a later
stage a certified
copy of the
corresponding
letters patent
issued in the home
country of the
applicant or any
other foreign one is
required.
Requirements
Filing Requirements
for Patent
Application:
1- Power of
attorney, notarized
(a separate Power of
Attorney is required
for each
application)
2- International
Classification of
the patent.
3- Four copies of
the specification
and claims in
English or French
along with the
Arabic translation.
4- Four sets of the
formal drawings, if
any.
5- Certified copy of the priority document, if priority
is to be claimed.
This document can be
filed within 3
months the date of
filing the
application.
6- The name, address, nationality, profession and nature
of business of the
applicant.
7- At a later stage a certified copy of the corresponding
letters patent
issued in the home
country of the
applicant or any
other foreign one is
required.
