PCT Applicant's Guide Omán - Valid as from 1 de enero de 2026

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[MT] Información útil sobre el hotel

[MT] La Guía del solicitante del PCT se actualiza casi semanalmente con la información recibida por la Oficina Internacional.

In case of question, please contact the Office or the International Bureau: pct.guide@wipo.int.

[MT] Lista de abreviaturas utilizadas en el presente documento:

Office: National Intellectual Property Office (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion) (Oman)

IPRL: Industrial Property Rights Law (promulgated by Royal Decree No. 67/2008)

IPRR: Regulation No. 105/2008 under the Law on Industrial Property Rights and their enforcement for the Sultanate of Oman

[MT] Lista de monedas utilizadas en este documento:

OMR (rial omaní), USD (dólar de los EE.UU.)

[MT] Países y oficinas de información:

The list of acronyms used for Offices is no longer shown as it has been integrated in the mouseover functionality for each ST.3 code shown in this document.
Refer to List of WIPO Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines formerly Annex K, List of country names and two-letter codes. It includes a list of short names and two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations and their Offices in documents relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is as set out in WIPO Standard ST.3.
Also refer to PCT Contracting States formerly Annex A.

[MT] Perfil de oficina

For more technical information about the Office, refer to ePCT Office profile.

[MT] Reservas, declaraciones, notificaciones e incompatibilidades del PCT

Artículo 64.5)

Refer to the full list.

[MT] Fechas cerradas

The Office is closed weekly on Friday and Saturday

Additional closed dates can be consulted on the Office Closed dates page

[MT] Fase internacional

[MT] Anexo B - Información sobre los Estados Contratantes o las Organizaciones Intergubernamentales

[MT] Estado Contratante:

Omán

[MT] Código de dos letras:

[MT] Nombre de la oficina:

Oficina Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Promoción de las Inversiones) (Omán)

[MT] Ubicación:

Way 3505
Ruwi 112
Muscat
Oman

[MT] Dirección postal:

P.O. Box 550
Muscat
Oman

[MT] Teléfono:

(968) 2477 4126

[MT] Correo electrónico:

paof@tejarah.gov.om

[MT] Sitio web:

https://www.tejarah.gov.om

[MT] Fax:

(968) 2481 2030

[MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina la presentación de documentos por fax o por medios similares ( Regla 92.4 del PCT )?

[MT] ¿ Aceptaría la Oficina pruebas de envío de un documento, en caso de pérdida o retraso, cuando se utilice un servicio de entrega distinto de las autoridades postales ( Regla 82.1 del PCT )?

Sí

[MT] ¿ Está la Oficina dispuesta a permitir que los solicitantes pongan sus solicitudes a disposición del Servicio de Acceso Digital de la OMPI para Documentos de Prioridad ( DAS ) ( Regla 17.1 b bis ) del PCT )?

More information about WIPO DAS is available at: https://www.wipo.int/en/web/das.

[MT] Oficina (s) receptora (s) competente (s) para las solicitudes internacionales presentadas por nacionales o residentes de este Estado:

IB,

[MT] ¿Restringe la legislación nacional la presentación de solicitudes internacionales en Oficinas extranjeras?

Refer to the Office

[MT] Oficina (s) competente (s) designada (s) (o elegida (s)) para este Estado:

Refer to corresponding National Phase.

[MT] Tipos de protección disponibles a través del PCT:

Patents,

Utility models

[MT] Disponibilidad en virtud de la legislación nacional para una búsqueda internacional de tipo (artículo 15 del PCT):

None

[MT] Protección provisional después de la publicación internacional:

None

[MT] Información de interés si este Estado Contratante es designado ( o elegido )

[MT] Fecha en que se deben indicar el nombre y la dirección del inventor:

Must be in the request. If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit fixed in the invitation.

[MT] ¿Existen disposiciones especiales relativas al depósito de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos?

Yes, refer to Annex L.

[MT] Anexo C - Oficina receptora

[MT] Oficina de recepción competente para los nacionales y residentes de:

Omán

[MT] Idioma en que podrán presentarse las solicitudes internacionales:

If the language in which the international application is filed is not accepted by the International Searching Authority (refer to Annex D), the applicant will have to furnish a translation (PCT Rule 12.3).

Arabic,

English

[MT] Idioma aceptado para el texto libre dependiente del idioma en la lista de secuencias:

The Office has not specifically notified the International Bureau of the language that it accepts under PCT Rule 12.1(d).

Same as above

[MT] Idioma en que puede presentarse la solicitud:

Arabic,

English

Number of copies required by the receiving Office if the international application is filed on paper:

[MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina receptora la presentación de solicitudes internacionales en forma electrónica?

For the relevant notification by the Office, refer to the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated 2 June 2016, pages 107 et seq.

Where the international application is filed in electronic form in accordance with and to the extent provided for in Part 7 and Annex F of the Administrative Instructions, the total amount of the international filing fee is reduced (refer to “Fees payable to the RO”).

Where the international application contains a sequence listing as a separate part of the description, this must be furnished in accordance with Annex C of the Administrative Instructions, that is, in compliance with WIPO Standard ST.26 XML format; no fees are due for sequence listings filed in this format. If the receiving Office does not accept international applications in electronic form in such format, the international application will be transmitted to the International Bureau as receiving Office (PCT Rule 19.4(a)(ii-bis)).

Yes, the Office accepts electronic filing via ePCT-Filing

[MT] ¿ La Oficina receptora acepta peticiones de restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 26bis.3 del PCT )?

Yes, the Office applies both the “unintentional” and the “due care” criteria to such requests

[MT] Autoridad competente encargada de la búsqueda internacional:

AT,

AU,

EG,

EP,

SA,

[MT] Autoridad competente para el examen preliminar internacional:

AT,

AU,

The Office is competent only if the international search is or has been carried out by that Office or the Austrian Patent Office.

The Office is competent only if the international search is or has been carried out by that Office.

Fees payable to the RO:

[MT] Tarifa de transmisión:

40 OMR

[MT] Tasa de presentación internacional:

This fee is reduced by 90% if certain conditions apply (refer to Annex C(IB)).

Equivalent in OMR of 1,667 USD

[MT] Tarifa por hoja superior a 30:

Equivalent in OMR of 19 USD

[MT] Reducciones (en la partida 4 de la Lista de tasas):

[MT] Presentación electrónica ( la solicitud en formato codificado por caracteres ) :

Equivalent in OMR of 251 USD

[MT] Presentación electrónica ( solicitud, descripción, reivindicaciones y resumen en formato codificado por caracteres ) :

Equivalent in OMR of 376 USD

[MT] Tasa de búsqueda:

Refer to
Annex D(AT)
Annex D(AU)
Annex D(EG)
Annex D(EP)
Annex D(US)

[MT] Tasa por documento de prioridad ( Regla 17.1 b) del PCT):

70 OMR

[MT] Tasa por solicitar el restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 26bis.3 d) del PCT):

200 OMR

[MT] ¿Es necesario un agente para la Oficina receptora?

No, if the applicant resides in Oman
Yes, if the applicant is a non-resident

[MT] ¿ Quién puede actuar como agente?

Any attorney or lawyer registered to practice in Oman

[MT] Renuncia al poder:

Waivers of powers of attorney do not apply (PCT Rule 90.4(e) and 90.5(d)) where the agent or common representative submits any notice of withdrawal during the international phase (PCT Rule 90bis.1 to 90bis.4, also refer to International Phase, paragraph IP 11.048).

[MT] ¿Ha renunciado la Oficina al requisito de presentar un poder por separado?

[MT] Casos particulares en los que se requiere un poder por separado:

Not applicable

[MT] ¿Ha renunciado la Oficina al requisito de que se presente una copia de un poder general?

[MT] Casos particulares en los que se requiere una copia de un poder general:

Not applicable

[MT] Anexo L - Depósitos de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos

[MT] Requisitos de las Oficinas designadas y elegidas

Only Offices whose applicable national law contains provisions concerning the deposits of microorganisms and other biological material are listed in Annex L. Unless otherwise indicated, deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before these Offices with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

For a list of these institutions refer to:

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/pdf/idalist.pdf (and the detailed requirements for each institution at: https://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/guide/section_d/subsection_c.html)

Notifications related thereto may be consulted under:

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/

Further information concerning the requirements of international depository authorities under the Budapest Treaty is available at:

http://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/guide/index.html

[MT] Fecha ( si la hubiere ) anterior a 16 meses de la fecha de prioridad en que el solicitante debe presentar :

[MT] - las indicaciones prescritas en la Regla 13bis.3 a) i) a iii):

None

[MT] - cualquier indicación adicional:

None

[MT] Indicaciones adicionales (si las hubiere) que deberán darse además de las prescritas en la Regla 13bis.3 a) i) a iii) en virtud de notificaciones de la Oficina:

None

[MT] Fase nacional

[MT] Resumen de los requisitos para entrar en la fase nacional

[MT] Plazos aplicables para la entrada en la fase nacional:

Under PCT Article 22(1): 30 months from the priority date
Under PCT Article 39(1)(a): 30 months from the priority date

[MT] Traducción de la solicitud internacional requerida a ( uno de ) los siguientes idiomas :

Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).

Arabic

[MT] Contenidos requeridos de la traducción para entrar en la fase nacional:

Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).

Under PCT Article 22: Request, description, claims (if amended, both as originally filed and as amended, together with any statement under PCT Article 19), any text matter of drawings, abstract

Under PCT Article 39(1): Request, description, claims, any text matter of drawings, abstract (if any of those parts has been amended, both as originally filed and as amended by the annexes to the international preliminary examination report)

[MT] ¿Se requiere una copia de la solicitud internacional en circunstancias particulares?

[MT] Tasas nacionales:

The amount in parentheses is applicable in case of filing by an individual.

[MT] Patentes

[MT] Tasa de presentación:

300 OMR

(200 OMR)

[MT] Modelos de utilidad

[MT] Tasa de presentación:

300 OMR

(200 OMR)

[MT] Exenciones, reducciones o reembolsos de tasas :

For further details, refer to Ministerial Resolution No. 206/2018 of 18 October 2018.

For a period of five years from the date of submission of the application, fees for industrial property rights services are reduced by 90% where the international application is filed by a researcher in a research center or a student of a school, college or university, and by 50% where the application is filed by a small enterprise

[MT] Requisitos especiales de la Oficina ( Regla 51 bis del PCT) :

Name and address of the inventor if they have not been furnished in the “Request” part of the international application

This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.

If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit fixed in the invitation.

Declaration justifying the applicant’s right to the patent where the applicant is not the inventor

This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.

Document evidencing a change of name of the applicant if the change occurred after the international filing date and has not been reflected in a notification from the International Bureau (Form PCT/IB/306)

Appointment of an agent if the applicant is not resident in Oman

Power of attorney if an agent is appointed

Translation of the international application to be furnished in three copies

Copy of extract from the commercial register where the inventor is a company

Declaration concerning non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty, such as disclosures resulting from abuse, disclosures at certain exhibitions and disclosures by the applicant during a certain period of time

This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.

[MT] ¿ Quién puede actuar como agente?

Any patent agent registered before the Office

[MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina solicitudes de restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 49ter.2 del PCT )?

Yes, the Office applies the “due care” criterion to such requests

[MT] El procedimiento en la fase nacional

[MT] OM.01 LENGUA DE LAS PROCEDIMIENTOS

IPRR Art. 3(1)

The language of proceedings is Arabic.

[MT] OM.02 TRADUCCIÓN ( CORRECCIÓN )

Errors in the translation of the international application can be corrected with reference to the text of the international application as originally filed (refer to National Phase, paragraphs NP 6.002 and NP 6.003).

[MT] OM.03 TASAS (FORMA DE PAGO)

The manner of payment of the fees indicated in the Summary and in this Chapter is outlined in Annex OM.I.

[MT] OM.04 TASAS ANUALES

IPRL Art. 12(2)

Annual fees are payable in advance for each year, starting one year after the filing date of the application. In case of failure to pay the applicable fee within the required time limit, the payment may be made within an additional time limit of six months upon payment of a surcharge for late payment. If the fee is not paid within the additional time limit, the application or the patent shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. The amounts of the annual fees are indicated in Annex OM.I.

[MT] OM.05 NOMBRAMIENTO DE UN AGENTE

IPRL Art. 95(1),

IPRR Art. 5(1)

If the applicant is not resident in Oman, an agent shall be appointed by filing a power of attorney, signed by the applicant. If the power of attorney is not filed within 60 days from the date of filing of the application, the application will be considered null and void.

[MT] OM.06 EXAMEN

IPRL Art. 9(5)(a),

IPRR Art. 40(11)(d)

Examination must be requested within 60 days from the entry into the national phase, or 36 months from the date of filing of the international application, whichever expires later.

The request for examination is only effective if a fee for requesting examination has been paid. The amount of the fee is indicated in Annex OM.I.

[MT] OM.07 ENMIENDA DE LA APLICACIÓN

IPRL Art. 6(2),

IPRR Art. 40.6(d)

The applicant may, at any time until the date of the request for examination, make amendments to his application, provided that the amendment does not go beyond the original disclosure. The amount of the fee is indicated in Annex OM.I.

[MT] OM.08 EXCUSACIÓN DE DEMORA EN EL LÍMITE DE TIEMPO DE LAS REUNIONES

Artículo 24.2) del PCT,

Artículo 48.2) del PCT,

Regla 82bis del PCT

Reference is made to paragraphs NP 6.022 to NP 6.027 of the National Phase.

[MT] OM.09 EXAMEN CON ARREGLO AL ARTÍCULO 25 DEL PCT

IPRR Art. 40(12)(a),

Artículo 25 del PCT,

Regla 51 del PCT

The applicable procedure is outlined in paragraphs NP 6.018 to NP 6.021 of the National Phase. The applicant must submit the international application and accompanying documents in Arabic, with the payment of the applicable fee, within 60 days from the date of the notice of the decision.

[MT] OM.10 REESTABLECIMIENTO DEL DERECHO DE PRIORIDAD

Regla 49ter.2 del PCT

A request for restoration of the right of priority is allowed if the Office is satisfied that the failure to file the application within the 12-month priority period occurred in spite of due care required by the circumstances. The request for restoration of the right of priority must state the reasons for the failure to comply with the priority period.

[MT] OM.11 REESTABLECIMIENTO DE LOS DERECHOS

IPPR Art. 40(10)

Where the international application is considered withdrawn, the Office shall reinstate the rights of the applicant with respect to that international application upon request by the applicant, provided the Office finds that the failure to meet the time limit occurred in spite of due care required by the circumstances having been taken. The request for reinstatement of rights must be submitted to the Registrar no later than 90 days from the date on which the application was considered withdrawn and the applicable fee must be paid.

[MT] MODELO DE UTILIDAD OM.12

If the applicant wishes to obtain a utility model on the basis of an international application instead of a patent in Oman, the applicant, when performing the acts referred to in PCT Article 22 or 39(1), shall so indicate to the designated Office.

[MT] OM.13 CONVERSION

IPRL Art. 18(1)

An international application for a patent may be converted into a utility model, and vice-versa, after the applicant has complied with the requirements for entry into the national phase. Conversion may be requested at any time up to the grant or refusal of the patent or the utility model, upon payment of a fee.

[MT] Anexos 10

[MT] Anexo OM.I - Tasas

The amount in parentheses is applicable in case of filing by an individual.

[MT] Patentes

[MT] Cuota de presentación

300 OMR

(200 OMR)

[MT] Solicitud de tasa de examen

300 OMR

[MT] Tasa por modificación

100 OMR

[MT] Tasa por la emisión del certificado de patente

1,000 OMR

(500 OMR)

[MT] Tasa por publicación

50 OMR

[MT] Tasas anuales:

[MT] — para el segundo año

200 OMR

(100 OMR)

[MT] — para el 3er año

300 OMR

(150 OMR)

[MT] — para el 4º año

400 OMR

(200 OMR)

[MT] — para el quinto año

500 OMR

(250 OMR)

[MT] — para el sexto año

600 OMR

(300 OMR)

[MT] — para el 7º año

700 OMR

(350 OMR)

[MT] — para el 8º año

800 OMR

(400 OMR)

[MT] — para el 9º año

900 OMR

(450 OMR)

[MT] — para el décimo año

1,000 OMR

(500 OMR)

[MT] — para el 11º año

1,100 OMR

(550 OMR)

[MT] — para el 12º año

1,200 OMR

(600 OMR)

[MT] — para el 13º año

1,300 OMR

(650 OMR)

[MT] — para el 14º año

1,400 OMR

(700 OMR)

[MT] — para el 15º año

1,500 OMR

(750 OMR)

[MT] — para el 16º año

1,600 OMR

(800 OMR)

[MT] — para el 17º año

1,700 OMR

(850 OMR)

[MT] — para el 18º año

1,800 OMR

(900 OMR)

[MT] — para el 19º año

1,900 OMR

(950 OMR)

[MT] — para el 20º año

2,000 OMR

(1,000 OMR)

[MT] Tasa por restablecimiento del derecho de prelación

100 OMR

[MT] Tasa por restablecimiento de derechos

50 OMR

[MT] Tasa por conversión de una solicitud de patente en una solicitud de modelo de utilidad

100 OMR

[MT] Modelos de utilidad

[MT] Cuota de presentación

300 OMR

(200 OMR)

[MT] Tasa por la emisión de modelo de utilidad

500 OMR

(250 OMR)

[MT] Tasas anuales:

[MT] — para el segundo año

200 OMR

(100 OMR)

[MT] — para el 3er año

300 OMR

(150 OMR)

[MT] — para el 4º año

400 OMR

(200 OMR)

[MT] — para el quinto año

500 OMR

(250 OMR)

[MT] — para el sexto año

600 OMR

(300 OMR)

[MT] — para el 7º año

700 OMR

(350 OMR)

[MT] — para el 8º año

800 OMR

(400 OMR)

[MT] — para el 9º año

900 OMR

(450 OMR)

[MT] — para el décimo año

1,000 OMR

(500 OMR)

[MT] Tasa por conversión de una solicitud de modelo de utilidad en una solicitud de patente

100 OMR

[MT] ¿Cómo se puede efectuar el pago de las tasas?

The payment of fees should be effected in Omani rial. All payments must indicate the application number (national, if already known; international, if the national application number is not yet known), the name of the applicant and the type of fee being paid.

[MT] Formularios

Please refer to the Office.

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[MT] Anexo B - Información sobre los Estados Contratantes o las Organizaciones Intergubernamentales

[MT] Anexo C - Oficina receptora

[MT] Anexo L - Depósitos de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos

[MT] Fase nacional

[MT] Resumen de los requisitos para entrar en la fase nacional

[MT] El procedimiento en la fase nacional

[MT] Anexos 10

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