Apply for Utility Certificate

• Fees are collected electronically from individuals and companies.
• Mandatory documents (full description, claims and drawings, if any) must be attached with the application – in Arabic or English. If some of the mandatory documents are not submitted on the filing date, the applicant shall be given 90 days to submit the missing documents.
• After the deadline, the application will be waived and the applicant shall pay a penalty to reactivate it.
• Submitted applications will undergo substantive examination by the Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department (DIEPD) to ensure all requirements are met under Federal Law No. (31) for the year 2006 and its executive regulations.
• The applicant may object and file a grievance against the inspector’s rejection decision.

Basic requirements for acquiring utility rights:

• The invention must be industrially viable.
• The invention must be new; it must not be known to the public before the filing date.
• The invention must involve an inventive step.
• The specifications must be drafted clearly with sufficient technical disclosure so that an ordinary person may understand the invention.

Natural persons residing in the UAE

MANDATORY:

• Personal information
• Claims (Arabic, English)
• Detailed description (Arabic, English)
• Drawings, if any (Arabic, English)

OPTIONAL:

• Abstract (Arabic, English)
• Depiction (if any)
• Power of Attorney (if any)
• Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department documents (if any)
• Copy of Emirates ID
• Certified copy of priority application
• Sequence Listing (biotech inventions)
• Other documents (if any)

Legal persons residing in the UAE

MANDATORY:

• Personal information
• Detailed description (Arabic, English)
• Drawings, if any (Arabic, English)
• Claims (Arabic, English)
• Transcript of commercial register or partnership
• Deed of Assignment

OPTIONAL:

• Abstract (Arabic, English)
• Depiction (if any)
• Certified copy of priority application
• Sequence Listing (biotech inventions)
• Power of Attorney (if any)
• Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department documents (if any)
• Other documents (if any)

Natural persons not residing in the UAE

MANDATORY:

• Personal information
• Claims (Arabic, English)
• Detailed description (Arabic, English)
• Drawings, if any (Arabic, English)
• Power of Attorney

OPTIONAL:

• Abstract (Arabic, English)
• Depiction (if any)
• Certified copy of priority application
• Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department documents
• Sequence Listing (biotech inventions)
• Other documents (if any)

Legal persons not residing in the UAE

MANDATORY:

• Personal information
• Claims (Arabic, English)
• Drawings, if any (Arabic, English)
• Detailed description (Arabic, English)
• Transcript from commercial register or partnership
• Deed of Assignment
• Power of Attorney

OPTIONAL:

• Abstract (Arabic, English)
• Depiction (if any)
• Development of Innovation in the Economy and Patents Department documents
• Sequence Listing (biotech inventions)
• Certified copy of priority application
• Other documents (if any)