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GCC Patent Office
The
GCC
Patent Office
is a
regional
patent office
based in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
, within the
Secretariat
General of the
Gulf Cooperation Council
. It was
established
in
1992
and began
operations
in 1998. The GCC
Patent
Office
grants
patents
valid in all GCC
member states
. The first GCC
patent
was
granted
in
2002
. As of 2013, it
employed
about
30
patent examiners
.