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The term of protection for a GCC patent is 20 years from filing date, as opposed to 15 years in other nations. However, the patent has to be worked for the protection to be active. If the patent is not being fully exploited within 4 years from filing date, or 3 years from grant date, the patent will
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A GCC patent application cannot coexist with a national patent application in any of the GCC member countries. A national application must be cancelled within 90 days of filing through the GCCPO. However, it is still possible to file an application in a member country and seek convention protection
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by filing at the GCCPO at the same time. This allows an individual to retain the priority date from the basic application in the member state or a foreign country. The application through the GCCPO needs to be filed within 12 months of the filing the basic application.
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