Patents
We offer end-to-end IP services designed to protect your ideas, manage your assets, and support your growth. Whether you're an innovator, entrepreneur, or enterprise, we tailor solutions that align with your goals—today and in the future.
A patent is an exclusive legal right granted for an invention — which can be a product, process, or improvement — that is new, useful, and involves an inventive step.
Patents are our core business
Our team includes former patent examiners proficient in various industries and gather between legal and technical expertise. Our services address all aspects of patents and include:- Drafting, filing, and reviewing patent applications and required documents
- Filing amendments, changes, and cancellations of patent applications
- Transferring ownership of patents
- Translating applications between Arabic and English
- Managing Patent portfolios including paying annuities and renewals
- Filing infringements and invalidation actions and representing clients
Patent Process Timeline
Start of Process
Filing
6 Months
Formal Examination
1 – 2 Months
Publication Fees
12 Months
1st Examination Report
3 – 6 Months
2nd Examination Report
2 – 4 Months
Final Decision
Procedure and Requirements
| Step | Requirements | Official Fees | Expected Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Filing |
|
800 SAR / 213 USD | — |
| 2. Formal Examination | None | 200 SAR / 53 USD | 6 Months |
| 3. Substantive Fees | None |
|
— |
| 4. Publication Fees | None | 1000 SAR / 267 USD | 1 – 2 Months |
| 5. 1st Examination Report | None | 200 SAR / 53 USD |
|
| 6. 2nd Examination Report | None | 200 SAR / 53 USD | 3 – 6 Months |
| 7. Issuance | None | 1000 SAR / 267 USD | 2 – 4 Months |
Documents
Saudi Patent Laws
Other Services
IP Consultations
- One-hour focused IP consultations
- IP protection and registration strategies
- Patent, industrial design, and trademark matters
- Contracts, licensing, and commercialization
- Dispute, enforcement, and market-entry risk assessment
Pharmaceutical FTO
- Third-party patent risk assessments for pharmaceutical products
- Active ingredients, salts, polymorphs, formulations, and dosage forms
- Patent claim and legal status analysis in Saudi Arabia
- Manufacturing, licensing, investment, and market-entry assessments
- Risk reporting and strategic options, including design-around and licensing
Patents, Designs & Trademarks
- Prior art searches and patentability assessments
- Drafting patent specifications and claims
- Responses to substantive examination reports
- Industrial design filing and registration
- Trademark advice, clearance, filing, and prosecution
IP Contracts & Licensing
- IP licensing and assignment agreements
- Technology transfer and commercialization agreements
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- Research, development, and collaboration agreements
- Review and negotiation of IP provisions in commercial contracts
IP Litigation & Enforcement
- Patent, trademark, and industrial design disputes
- Copyright and trade secret disputes
- Infringement, validity, and evidence assessments
- Litigation strategy and technical case support
- Enforcement, defense, negotiation, and dispute resolution