Estados Unidos de América

Bahrein, Reino de

Patentes (incluida la protección de variedades vegetales)

17. Please describe in detail the rights provided to patent holders under the patent law of Bahrain and cite to the relevant provisions of law.

Article 11(2) provides that the patent holder shall have the following rights: "Where the subject matter of a patent is a product: the patent holder has the exclusive right to prevent third parties not having the holder's consent from the acts of making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes that product. Where the subject matter of a patent is a process: the patent holder has the exclusive right to prevent third parties not having the holder's consent from the acts of using the process, and from the acts of: using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for those purposes the product obtained directly by that process." Article 22 of the draft Law also provides that the patent holder shall have the right to wholly or partially assign, or transfer by succession, the patent and to conclude licensing contracts.