‘Is this invention valuable to my business?'  If the answer is ‘Yes', then they should consider seeking patent protection to protect their rights.

What can be patented

Engineers and scientists have been lodging patents around the world to protect the value of their inventions for hundreds of years.

Companies and individuals can seek patent protection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by either filing a national Saudi patent application or by filing a GCC patent application. The later route is a cost efficient vehicle for seeking protection in all Gulf Cooperation Council member states. Patent protection can be sought for “novel” and “inventive” technologies including construction systems, manufacturing processes, machines and manufactured products. An improvement to an existing technology may also be an invention that can be protected by a patent if the improvement is also novel and inventive (and not obvious to a technician in that field).