AMMAN - Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) kicked off the New Year with the addition of a new service "Comprehensive Search for Published Patents" in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan through its Intellectual Property Published Registrations (IPPR) Data Center.

According to a press release by AGIP, the IPPR Data Center will be conducting a comprehensive search for patents published in the Official Gazettes in the aforementioned countries, in order to determine patents’ availability for use and registration, in addition to evaluating whether such patents conflict with previously existing rights by third parties.

The patent search applies different sophisticated search criteria such as title, abstract, names (inventor/ applicant), numbers and dates (publication/ application/ priority) and patent families. The search covers bibliographic search, English equivalent patent search, English related patent documents search and equivalent patent family search.

After conducting the search, clients will be provided with a full detailed search report indicating any similar or matching patents of theirs.

For further information, please contact our offices in UAE and Jordan at: uae@agip.com and jordan@agip.com, respectively.