YES. A sample should be delivered to the central lab of the Ministry of Public Health within fifteen days from the day of application which in turn provides the applicant with a numbered and dated evidence of receipt of such sample. The Intellectual Property Protection Authority is to be notified of such action.
If more than one-person share in the same invention, they shall share the right for the patent, once issued, on equal basis unless otherwise agreed in writing.
If several persons individually make the same invention, the right to the patent shall be entitled to the first applicant.
Not allowed after the issuance of the certificate.
Lebanon is a member of the Paris Convention but not of Patent Cooperation Treaty.
YES, within 12 months from the first filing date.
Not possible.
Within 3 months.
Due annually on the anniversary of the filing date and payable before the granting of the patent.
YES, there is a 6 - month grace period for late payment with a surcharge.
20 years from filing date.
Applications are published upon issuance.
NO, the application may not include more than one invention or a few interrelated inventions forming one general inventive concept, otherwise the invention shall be considered a complex invention.
YES, within 5 months.
YES, may be transferred in whole or in part, at no charge or against compensation.
Such rights may be exclusively or non-exclusively validated for investment or mortgage it may also be transferred by inheritance or by will.
The application shall be presented in the Arabic Language; the requestor of the invention patent may present the description of the invention, claims and figures and drawings in the Arabic, French or English Languages.