Under the new guidelines, the patent annuities have to be paid in accordance with their due dates regardless of whether a decision on the application has been issued.

For more information, please contact qatar@qumsieh.com.

PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES
Last month, the Department announced that applicants can choose not to pay the annuity fees after the third year (from the date of filing or from the international filing date if the application is a PCT-national phase application) if the patent application is still pending. Once the Patent Office issues a grant decision, the applicant must pay all overdue annuities along with the grant fees, while the remaining subsequent annuities can be paid on their respective due dates.

The new announcement confirms that the Department will not accept further annuity payments after the third year if the application is still under consideration.

PATENT FEES
The Department has announced the implementation of Ministerial Decision No. 60 for 2024, which reduces the official fees for certain services provided by the Ministry. The reduction affects services related to businesses and intellectual property rights, including patents and industrial designs.

The new rates went into force on 11 July 2024.

For more information, please contact qatar@qumsieh.com.

Applicants can now choose not to pay the annuity fees after the third year [from the date of filing or from the international filing date if the application is a PCT-national phase application] if the patent application is still pending. Once the Patent Office issues a grant decision, the applicant must pay all overdue annuities along with the grant fees, while the remaining subsequent annuities can be paid on their respective due dates.

For more information, please contact qatar@qumsieh.com.

Reinstatement of Official Fees for All Free-of-Charge Services
The new schedule reinstates new official fees for the services which were previously provided free of charge. Examples include but are not limited to publications, annuities, recordals of assignments, amendments, restorations, and changes of agents.

Recognition of SMEs and Academic Entities
Including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and academic entities within the reduced fee scheme.

Introducing New Services
It is now possible to request changes to the entity size of the applicant, add more claims to the application, request the restoration of a lapsed application, request expedited examination, and request a re-examination of minimal errors.

Moreover, the official fees will be calculated based on the number of claims.

Said decree will be published in the Official Gazette and will become effective after sixty (60) days from the date of the publication.

For more information, please contact uae@qumsieh.com.

Please refer to the table below for the new fees:
 

These fees are effective as of 22 September 2023.

Under the new tariffs, the Ministry aims to foster innovation and make it easier for individuals to protect their ideas by benefiting from the reductions.

For more information, please get in touch with bahrain@qumsieh.com.

The new rates went into effect on 22 February 2023.

For more information, please contact egypt@qumsieh.com.

Said increase became effective on 1 March 2022 with the launch of the new online patent filing system. You can read more about the new patent portal here.

For more information, please contact us at egypt@qumsieh.com.

Said increase became effective on 5 December 2021.

Our schedule of charges will reflect the new government fees. Our professional fees will remain the same.

For more information, please contact info@qumsieh.com.

• Annuities/renewals
• Publications
• Recordals (assignment, merger, licensing)
• Amendments
• Patent restoration
• Change of representative

The decision was published in the Official Gazette of 7 July 2019 and the new reduced fees were adopted on September 2019.

Should you have any questions, please contact uae@qumsieh.com.

The increased government fees will affect trademark prosecution by 100%, patents by 30%, and industrial designs by 20% (already in effect).

Our schedule of charges will reflect the new government fees only while our professional fees will remain unchanged.

Should you have any questions, please contact tunisia@qumsieh.com.