MOIC only conducts formality examination on designs.
4-6 months
Bahrain Industrial Property Council
English: Ministry of Industry and Commerce, abbreviation: MOIC
Website: Home (moic.gov.bh)
Bahrain Invention Patent Search: WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections
2 years
10 years
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
4 years
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."
yes. A maximum of 50 designs may be included in a patent application under the same subject matter.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
MOIC conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. A request for substantive examination should be submitted after passing the formality examination, and other national patent offices other than Bahrain can be selected for examination.