Apply In-Person:

1. To get a temporary patent protection certificate, applicant has to visit the intellectual property protection department at the MOCI office.
2. For Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) office contact click here: Contact link
3. Applicant has to visit the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) and obtain the application form from the respective officer.
4. Now complete the form with necessary information and make sure you have all the documents in hand that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. After filling the form, attach the documents mentioned in the required documents section below with the completed application form.
6. Check the application form and then submit it to the respective officer in the intellectual property protection department in the MOCI office. The address is mentioned in the office locations & contacts section below.
7. Now the authorities will verify your application and validate the submitted documents.
8. After verification process, the applicant will be later requested to collect the temporary patent protection certificate on a specified date.

• Copy of Qatari ID card.
• Copy of commercial registration.
• Copy of establishment ID card.

Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department - Head Office
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Twin Towers, Lusail, Qatar
Phone: 16001
Phone:+974 4012 2222
Fax: 44945308
E-mail: info@moci.gov.qa
Website: MOCI Website

• Companies and institution who have commercial registration and establishment ID card are eligible to apply.

• No fees are required for this service.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

The processing time is between three to five days. This time may vary depending on the availability and correctness of the information provided.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type=’website’>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the ‘&’ inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url‘http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M’ Video ID is ‘Y0US7oR_t3M’.

• Applicant shall submit a request to the intellectual property protection department in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) to issue a temporary patent protection certificate.
• The service is used to protect a patent before a patent registration request is submitted to the Department, so that the inventor does not lose the novelty term when submitting the original request to the department within a period not exceeding six months from the date of showcasing the invention at exhibitions.

• Name of the applicant.
• Address.
• Phone number.
• Email ID.
• Qatar ID card number.
• Commercial registration number.

• To get a temporary patent protection certificate one must apply for this service.

• The Ministry has the authority to abandon the candidate or take any official action against forgery or manipulation of data by the applicant.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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