Requirements
Filing Requirements
Patent Applications
1. A Power of Attorney duly notarized.
2. A certified copy of the certificate of incorporation of the applicant company and its articles of incorporation duly legalized up to the Sudanese Consulate. A certified and legalized translation is required, if the document is not in either English or Arabic.
3. Two copies of the patent specification and claims including an Arabic translation of the abstract of the invention.
4. Two sets of the formal drawings, if any.
5. A priority document, if priority is to be claimed.
For filing the national phase of a PCT application, the following additional information or documents are required:
1. PCT filing number and date.
2. Particulars of the application on the basis of which priority is claimed.
3. International publication number and date.
4. A certified copy of the PCT application.
5. A copy of the relative international publication and search report, if any.
Note: For filing the national phase of a PCT application, a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant company is not required.
Assignment Applications
1. A Power of Attorney from the assignee and the assignor, both duly notarized.
2. A deed of assignment legalized up to the Sudanese Consulate accompanied by its duly legalized English translation, if not in English.
3. A certified extract of the entry of the assignee in the commercial register or a certificate of incorporation of the assignee, together with its English translation, duly legalized up to the Sudanese Consulate.
Change of Name/Address Applications
1. A Power of Attorney duly notarized.
2. A certified copy of the change of name and or address certificate in the home country duly legalized up to the Sudanese Consulate. If not in Arabic or English, a sworn translation in either language of the document should be provided duly legalized up to the Sudanese Consulate.