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Patent Information
International and Regional Arrangements:
- Paris convention: Yes
- PCT: Yes (national phase deadline is 31 months from the priority date)
- ARIPO: No
- OAPI: No
- Other: Validation of European application in Morocco (only available where the PCT application was filed after 31 March 2015)
Filing Requirements:
Patents of Invention (non-PCT)
- Specification, claims, abstract and drawings (required on day of filing)
- French or Arabic translation of specification, claims, abstract and drawings (can be filed within 3 months)
- Power of Attorney, notarised (can be filed within 3 months)
- Assignment of Priority rights, notarised (can be late filed)
- Certified priority document with verified French Translation thereof (if not lodged in the international phase) (can be filed within 3 months)
- International Patent Classification (can be late filed)
PCT National phase application
- Published PCT application or specification, abstract and drawings if non-PCT (required on the day of filing)
- French or Arabic translation of specification, claims, abstract and drawings (can be filed within 3 months of filing)
- International Search Report and International Preliminary Examination Report (no set deadline)
- Power of Attorney, notarised (can be filed within 3 months)
- Assignment of Priority rights, notarised (can be late filed)
Novelty: Absolute novelty is required
Patentability: Methods of medical treatment, surgery or diagnosis are not patentable
Excess Fees: Excess fees are payable for more than 10 claims, payable within 3 months of filing
Examination: Substantive examination must be requested at the time of filing the application
Term of Patent: 20 years from the effective filing date
Renewals: Payable annually in advance from the first anniversary of the effective filing date (but only due after grant)
General Information
- Area: Approximately 446 500 km2
- Population: 31.6 million
- Capital: Rabat
- Currency: Moroccan Dirham
- GDP: $ 153.8 billion (2010)
- Domain name extension: .ma
- Languages: Arabic (official language), French, Spanish, Berber
- Exports: Food and beverages; semi-processed goods; consumer goods; phosphates; crude minerals
- Imports: Gas and electricity; crude petroleum; textile fabric; telecommunication equipment; wheat; transistors; plastic
International / Regional Conventions:
- Berne Convention
- Hague Agreement on Designs
- Madrid Agreement on Source of Goods
- Madrid Agreement on Marks
- Madrid Protocol on Marks
- Nice Agreement on Classification of Marks
- Paris Convention
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Trade Mark Law Treaty
- WIPO Convention
- WIPO Copyright Treaty
- WTO/TRIPS