Advantages of ARIPO Patent:

• Providing registration in member countries with only one application
• Making registration in short period
• Making registration with lower fees
• Usage of common currency

Easier and quicker registration opportunity by the help of transactions carried cut with one Patent Office’s Regulations. It is possible to make collective application in the member countries with only one application for a 20 years (this term is 16 years in Malawi and Zambia, 7 years in Kenya but this term can be extended for 5 years of terms by renewals) granted Patent before ARIPO Patent Office.

Necessary qualifications for an invention to be protected as an ARIPO Patent

• Novelty
• State of art
• Applicability to the industry

Member Countries of ARIPO Patent Office

Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe