GCC Patent Office

The GCC Patent Office is an organ of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf with its patent office extablished in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [cite web |url=http://www.gcc-sg.org/eng/index.php?action=Sec-Show&ID=62&W2SID=3439 |title=GCC Patent Office page of the GCC website |accessdate=2008-02-12] .

Its 6 member countries are the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.

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General Provisions

Applications are filed and prosecuted in the Arabic language before the GCC Patent Office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is a separate office from the Saudi Arabian Patent Office. A GCC Patent cannot co-exist with a national application in any of the member states. A national application must be relinquished within 90 days of filing the GCC Patent Application.

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