Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Bahrain

Title:	Article 19 of the Industrial Property Law as last amended by Law No. 14 of 28/05/2006
Field of IP:	Patents
Type of flexibility:	Substantive examination
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Provisions of Law

Article (19)

a. The competent administrative authority at the Ministry of Trade shall examine the patent application and the attachments thereof to verify that it meets the required conditions. It may request from the applicant - within thirty days as of date of receiving the application- to conduct further modifications and conditions as it sees appropriate to decide on it, provided it sets an appropriate appointment that must be communicated to the applicant. If the applicant failed to execute requests made by the competent administrative authority of industrial property on time, the application shall be considered void.

b. The aforementioned authority shall issue a decision on the patent application within sixty days as of date of receipt a complete application, or as of date conducting the modifications and receipt of fees necessary for deciding on it.

c. Upon issuing the decision of a patent registration it must be published in the official gazette. If granting the patent was rejected if must be a ground caused that must be communicated to the applicant immediately upon issuance by means of registered letter with receipt.

d. Post to the publication of the acceptance, any person may examine the patent application, supporting attached documents, and related particulars that were entered in the patents register.