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Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Bahrain

Title:Article 16 of the Industrial Property Law as last amended by Law No. 14 of 28/05/2006
Field of IP:Patents
Type of flexibility:Disclosure related flexibilities
Summary table:PDF

Provisions of Law

Article (16)

a. An application for a patent shall be filed by the inventor or the one who has acquired the rights thereof at the competent authority on a special form designed for this purpose to which the set designs are attached, in accordance with the provisions prescribed in this Law and the requirements, conditions and procedures defined by the Executive By-laws. The application in particular shall entail details of the invention and the requested protection, and any graphics stipulated in the details or in any of the requests. The application details must entail sufficient and adequate disclosure of the patent.

The patent subject of the request must also be sufficiently supported in terms of disclosure.

b. For purposes of the previous Clause, the application in particular shall disclose a detailed specification of the invention that gives full account of the subject invention and the best ways for one skilful in the art to implement and use it without the need for unnecessary experiments upon filing the application. The invention shall be considered sufficiently support in terms of disclosure when such a specification appears reasonable for one skilful in the art that the applicant acquired the proclaimed patent at the time of filing the application

c. Each request must clarify the required subject for protection, and it should be clear, concise, supported with the necessary details, and for one invention or a group of inventions that are interconnected forming a complete creative idea.

d. The Applicant shall comply with submitting all statements and data related to any previous applications submitted by him about the same patent subject abroad, and the decisions made thereof.

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