The specifications or claims can be amended only if the registration is not yet issued. If it is already issued, a fresh patent application must be filed.
YES, it can be filed based on copies of the relevant documents and the original documents with its Arabic translations can be submitted within 90 days.
20 years from the date of filing in Bahrain, or from the priority date in case of claiming priority.
The patent protection period shall be extended, at the Patent owner request, as a compensation for the unreasonable delay in granting the Patent for reasons beyond his control. If this delay extends to a period exceeding 4 years from the date of submitting the application in the Kingdom or that it extended for two years from the date of requesting an examination of the application.
The Authority may request from the applicant - within 30 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.
