OAPI UNION (African Intellectual Property Organisation) Patent and Application Process
The OAPI UNION Patent is a collective patent registration system valid in 17 member countries in Africa. Applications are filed with OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organisation) and provide the applicant with a valid patent registration in all member countries.
Criteria for OAPI UNION Patent Application
Novelty: The invention must not have been disclosed anywhere before.
Exceeding the state of the art: The invention must contain an innovation that is not obvious to experts in the technical field.
Industrial Applicability: The invention must be producible and applicable in any branch of the industry.
Inventions that fulfil these three basic criteria can be granted patent protection before OAPI UNION.
Member Countries of the OAPI UNION
✅ Republic of Benin
✅ Burkina Faso
✅ Chad
✅ Ivory Coast
✅ Gabon
✅ Guinea-Bissau
✅ Guinea
✅ Equatorial Guinea
✅ Mauritania
✅ Mali
✅ Niger
✅ Senegal
✅ Togo
✅ Congo
✅ Cameroon
✅ Central African Republic
A single OAPI UNION Patent application is sufficient to obtain patent protection in these countries.
Advantages of OAPI UNION Patent Application
✅ One application provides patent registration in 17 member countries for 20 years
✅ Fast and easy registration process
✅ More cost-effective patent application
✅ Easy processing with a single language and currency
✅ Simplified procedures through a single patent office handling the processes
The OAPI UNION Patent offers significant advantages, especially for companies and individual inventors seeking broad protection in the African region.
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