Patent Application Encyclopedia

4-5 months

no

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

If the invention is disclosed intentionally or unintentionally by the applicant, or the disclosure is made with or without the consent of the applicant, a 12-month novelty grace period may be enjoyed.

no

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: The applicant should pay the first annual fee at the beginning of the 5th year from the application date. If it is authorized at the beginning of the 5th year, it must be paid within 60 days from the date of granted. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within 120 days of the overdue period. The annual fee can be paid for multiple years at one time.

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: The application fee includes the official fee for the first 5 years. The first renewal fee must be paid within 5 years from the filing date.

yes. Patent applicants can change the patent type from invention to petty patent (utility model) before the patent application is granted. The converted patent application has the filing date of the original patent application.

A 12-month novelty grace period applies if the disclosure results from a breach of confidentiality, or if the inventor exhibits at an international exhibition or society.

no

INPI only conducts formality examination of design patent applications.

no

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted fee within 2 months after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: pay year by year starting from the first year from the application date. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 20% late fee will be paid at the same time.

If the patentee, the applicant or its original right holder has a patent disclosure due to the following reasons:

• Inventions are inventions that are exhibited, used, or published at internationally recognized exhibitions. Information on inventions is disclosed at an academy, or published under representatives of an academy. Patents for use of inventions in public make information disclosure.

• If the disclosure is caused by a third party, and the disclosure by the third party has not been agreed by the applicant, the patentee or its original right holder

  The patent application can enjoy a novelty grace period of 12 months.

Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."

Saudi Arabian Intellectual Property Office

English: Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, abbreviation: SPO

Website: Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (saip.gov.sa)

Saudi Arabia Patent Search: WIPO Publish (saip.gov.sa)

6 months