GCC(Gulf Cooperation Council) Patent Application

Advantages of GCC Application

• Providing protection for 20 years 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 out with one Patent Office’s Regulations.

It is possible to make collective application in the member countries with only one application for 20 years granted patent before GCC Patent Office.

Necessary qualifications for an invention to be protected as a GCC Patent:

• Novelty
• State of Art
• Applicability to the industry
  
  

Member Countries of GCC

United Arab Emirates, The Kingdom of Bahrain, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Kuwait.