MoCI conducts training programme on formal examination of patents

Muscat - The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) last week conducted a training programme on the formal examination of patents for specialists from government and private colleges at the ministry’s building.

The two-day programme was conducted in cooperation with the Gulf Training Centre for Intellectual Property in Kuwait, stated a press release.

The programme discussed the emergence of the concept of intellectual property rights, literary property, industrial property, the importance of patents, inventions,technology, transfer of technology to patents, the con- ditions of granting patents and the manner of submitting an international application.

It also dealt with the formal examination of patent applications in the patent office to ensure that all the required documents are in the application file and to verify their correctness.

In case of failure to comply with any of these procedures or if the documentation is lacking, the office shall notify the concerned party within three months.

The participants were informed on the methods of filing of a national application and a regional application by filing a patent application with the Patent Office of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional office of the Gulf Cooperation Council, based in Riyadh.

The patent certificate granted by the office to the inventor provides legal protection in all member states.

The programme was held in cooperation with the Gulf Training Centre for Intellectual Property