Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
- In 2014, the number of filed patent applications was 788 applications; while in 2015 the number of filed patent applications totaled 2406 applications, it is to be noted that there is an increase in the number of filed applications by 205% over the previous year.
- In 2014, the number of granted patents totaled 561 patents, while in 2015 the number of granted patents totaled 763 patents, it is to be noted that there is an increase in the number of granted patents by 36% over the previous year.
More statistics can be found through the following link:
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
The annual report of the Saudi Patent Office can be found through the following link:
This service provide a Priority search of an idea of invention provided by searching the prior arts in various databases of patent information and scientific search engines. It is a free service provided by the Saudi Patent Office to help the owners of ideas to evaluate and study the feasibility of a concept and identify the published documents that may affect the possibility of obtaining a patent.
It is a paid service provided by the Saudi Patent Office for pharmaceutical companies that wants to know about the state of a drug product at the Office in terms of protection and legal status through searching in the national databases.
A Service provided by Saudi Patent Office which aims to train users to search in the databases of national patent information and how to E-file a patent application at the Office. Also, train users to draft a patent application in accordance with the Saudi patent law, in addition to participating in events, specialized exhibitions and lectures to raise awareness of intellectual property.
- Saudi Patent Office uses an e-filing system.
- Saudi Patent Office uses the International Classification (IPC) for patents.
- Saudi Patent Office uses Locarno classification 9th edition for the classification of industrial designs.
-the customer service department in the Saudi Patent Office help the inventors and applicants and offer them assistance through (toll free- live support-email-Twitter-text messages) to solve any problem they might have.
Other activities
Patent Information Standards:
The Saudi Patent Office is currently seeking to apply the standards issued by the WIPO for patent information, which is:
Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
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Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases
Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
It is a search engine available for public through which patent applications – bibliographic data – patent first page – specification page are published.
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
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Other sources
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Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs:-
The Saudi Patent Office uses an e-filing system for patent applications, as well as the formal and substantive examination procedures and issuance of formal and substantive examination reports, in addition to granting procedures.
E-services provided by the Saudi Patent Office:
Other matters
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Other activities
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International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
- Exchanging International patent information with the world intellectual property organization (WIPO) to publish it through PATENTSCOPE.
- The Saudi Patent Office aims to exchange patent information with commercial companies that are specialized in patents.
- The Saudi Patent Office seeks to sign an agreement with the World Intellectual Property Organization to get the publishing program "WIPO publish".
- Participating in international activities and agreements about intellectual property.
- Accession to the ARABPAT agreement, which aims to exchange patent information between the Arab Patent Offices.
- The Saudi Patent Office has signed a CPES agreement with the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China about sharing the examination reports between patent offices around the world.
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
Assistance to developing countries
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Other activities
Cooperation with the relevant authorities:-
Regulations and Legislation:
1.Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.
2. Preclassification is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or subclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or automated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an application to the appropriate examiner). Usually preclassification is applied by the administration of an office.
3. Reclassification is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previously allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revision and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e.g., the IPC). The new symbols are available on patent databases.