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GCCPO (Gulf Co-Operation Council patent Office)The GCC Patent Office (GCCPO) is an Intellectual Property Office that was established in 1992 under the auspices of the GCC and became operational in 1998. The GCCPO is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and serves not only to grant patents but also to: encourage research; stimulate economic growth, trade, and industry; facilitate technology transfer; and attract foreign investment (3). It has received more than 33,000 applications (4) between 1998 and 2017.Typically, there are three categories of costs involved in obtaining and maintaining a patent through to expiry with the GCCPO: official fees, attorney charges, and translation costs.A fairly straightforward fee structure has been adopted by the GCCPO; there are no official fees for excess claims or excess pages at the time of filing. Likewise, there are no official fees for requesting the examination of excess independent claims or for the publication of excess pages at the time of grant.Read more here: medium.com/@quantifyip/the-gccpo-a-valuable-gateway-to-patenting-in-the-middle-east-c71037b54432Quantify IPQuantify IP provides worldwide current and future projected Intellectual Property costs through an increasing wealth of data sourced by our expert professionals and our firmly established industry links with Intellectual Property law firms and IP departments from around the globe.Our suite of products include Global IP Estimator, Global IP Estimator Online, Portfolio Estimator, Company Portfolios Revealed, and Global IP Directory, which are propelling Quantify IP's worldwide client-base into the future with the quickest, most adaptable and easy to use trademark and patent cost estimator software available.More than 70% of top law firms in USA and various fortune 500 companies regularly use our software to accurately predict their foreign filing cost and thereby planning their budget.quantifyip.com/Tags: global ip strategizer, cost estimation, quantify ip, portfolio costs, docketing, pct, epo, uspto, oman, qatar, united arab emirates, foreign filing, kuwait, filing cost, saudi arabia, trademarks, gccpo, middle east, patenting cost and gulf cooperation council