Having successfully launched the published patent search services and patent monitoring and awareness services in the United Arab  Emirates, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Patent Office, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, AGIP is pleased to introduce these services in Lebanon as well.

Through its Data Center, AGIP conducts comprehensive search and monitoring for patents published in the Official Gazettes and National Patent Office websites in the aforementioned countries.

The published patent search service aims to determine patents’ availability for use and registration, as well as it evaluates whether such patents conflict with previously existing rights owned by third parties.

On the other hand, Patent Monitoring and Awareness service aims to keep clients alert and aware of any applicants’ or inventors’ name or any patent application in a certain field of industry.

Using a number of criteria such as title, abstract, classifications, names (inventor/ applicant), numbers and dates (publication/ application/ priority) and patent families, AGIP introduces its most accurate and cost effective services. Moreover, clients will be provided with a search report incorporating the following information: bibliographic data including the abstract; legal status including the effective date, the expiry date of the right and transactions; original document and application document of the patent of interest, as well as English claims if available.