1. Law & Conventions: Israel Patent Law 1967, Paris Convention, Stockholm Text, Strasbourg Agreement. Israel is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (POWER FORM)  .

2. Patentability: A product or process which is new, useful and susceptible of industrial or agricultural application and which involves an inventive step. Methods of therapeutic treatment of the human body as well as new varieties of plants or animals are not patentable, with the exception, however, of microbiological organisms not derived from nature.

3. Novelty : Universal novelty requirements apply.   (POWER FORM)

4. Filing Requirements: Specification in English language, power of attorney simply signed (no legalization required), priority documents and drawings, all on A4 paper. The minimum requirements for filing is the specification only, while the other documents can be filed after the initial filing.  (POWER FORM)

5. Examination & Prosecution: Examination normally occurs approximately three years following filing. The application is published only after allowance.

6. Oppositions: Oppositions may be filed within 3 months of the date of publication.

7. Renewals: Renewal fees are paid before the expiration of the sixth, tenth, fourteenth and eighteenth year, counting from the date of application. Where the prosecution of the application continues for more than six years, e.g. in consequence of an opposition, or for any other reason, the renewal fees become payable only upon grant of the patent. There is a six month grace period for the payment of renewal fees, with fine.

The duration of a patent is twenty years, provided that renewal fees are timely paid.