| Algeria | Yes | Absolute | No provisions | As to form only | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Bahrain | Yes | Relative | Within 60 days from publication date | As to form, novelty and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Cyprus | Yes | Absolute | No provisions | As to form only | 20 years from filing date with an extension of 5 years for patents related to medicinal and pharmaceutical products | Within 4 years from the date of grant |
| Egypt | Yes | Absolute | Within 60 days from publication date | As to form, novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Ethiopia | No | Relative | Within 60 days from publication date | As to form, novelty, and industrial applicability | 15 years from filing date and can be extended for a further period of 5 years if proof is furnished that the invention is properly worked in Ethiopia | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Gaza | No | Absolute | Within 2 months from publication date | As to form and patentability | 16 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| India | Yes | Absolute | Within 1 year from publication date | As to novelty, form, and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Iran | Yes | Absolute | At any time after grant of the patent | No examination | 20 years from filing date | Within 5 years from the date of grant |
| Iraq | Yes | Absolute | At any time after grant of the patent | As to form, novelty and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date; Patents granted for inventions relating to drugs, and pharmaceutical compounds shall be valid for a period of 10 years, renewable for two periods of 5 years each | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Jordan | Yes | Relative | Within 3 months from publication date | As to form, novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date, whichever period lapses later |
| Kuwait | Yes | Local | No provisions | No examination | 20 years from filing date | Not granted |
| Lebanon | Yes | Absolute | Oppositions to any granted patent may be filed before the Court | As to form only | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Libya | Yes | Local | Within 2 months from publication date | As to form only | 15 years from filing date renewable for a further period of 5 years; Patents connected with food-stuffs or drugs or pharmaceutical compositions shall be valid for a period of 10 years | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Morocco | Yes | Absolute | No provisions | As to form and to patentability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Oman | Yes | Absolute | Within 120 days from publication date | As to form and novelty | 20 years from date of grant | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Pakistan | Yes | Relative | Within 4 months from publication date | As to form and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Qatar | Yes | Absolute | Within 2 months from grant date | As to form | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from date of grant |
| Saudi Arabia | Yes | Relative | Within 90 days from publication date | As to form, novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability | 20 calendar years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Sudan | Yes | Absolute | No provisions | As to form only | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Syria | Yes | Absolute | Within 6 months from the publication date | As to form, novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability | 15 years from filing date for patent granted according to the old law | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date, whichever period lapses later |
| Tunisia | Yes | Relative | Within 2 months from publication date | As to form, novelty and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant or 4 years from the filing date |
| Turkey | Yes | Relative | Within 6 months from grant | As to form, novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability | 20 years for independent patents and 10 years for utility patents | Within 3 years following the publication date of the patent |
| United Arab Emirates | Yes | Absolute | Within 60 days from publication date | As to form, novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years after grant |
| West Bank | No | Absolute | Within 2 months from publication date | As to form and patentability | 16 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
| Yemen | Yes | Relative | Within 90 days from publication date | As to form and novelty | 20 years from filing date | Within 3 years from the date of grant |
