Egyptian Patent Office Issues New Decisions

27-Feb-2011

CAIRO – Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) would like to inform its clients that the Egyptian Patent Office has recently issued two decisions as explained below:

First decision: the Patent Office will not accept any late filing for the national phase entry; accordingly the deadline of filing a national phase within 31 month, 32 month and 33 month (chapter II) from the priority date will be no longer valid.

Second decision: the official fees for the examination will be 7000 EGP instead of 2000EGP.