NO.
If two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to the patent shall belong to them jointly. If two or more persons have made the same invention independently of each other, the person whose application has the earliest filing date or, if priority is claimed, the earliest validly claimed priority date shall have the right to the patent, as long as the said application is not withdrawn, abandoned or rejected.
The applicant may amend the application, provided that the amendment shall not go beyond the matter claimed in the initial application as published.
YES.
YES, within 12 months from the first filing date.
YES, patent applications and patents may be searched by title and patentee name.
YES. The POA shall be submitted within 2 months as from the filing date and the remaining documents shall be submitted within 3 months.
There is no time restriction.
Due annually on the anniversary of the international filing date and payable prior to grant.
YES, there is a 6 - month grace period for late payment with a surcharge.
20 years from the filing date.
Patents are published in the Official Gazette after substantive examination and before grant.
YES. Oppositions may be filed within 120 days from publication. The patent is re-published after grant but no opposition period is provisioned then.
NO, the application shall relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept.
YES, if the reason for non-payment of fees was justifiable.
Request can be made at any time before the end of a period of one year after the period in which the payment should have been made.
In Arabic and translation if made in a foreign language, documents must be accompanied with a sworn English translations.