israeli-patent-guide

File a request form, specification with description, claims, abstract, and drawings with the Israel Patent Office, in Hebrew or English. Foreign applicants must appoint an Israeli patent attorney as address for service. Substantive examination is queued automatically and included in the NIS 2,402 filing fee.

National phase entry in Israel must occur within 30 months from the earliest priority date, not the PCT filing date. If the application was not published in English, a verified English translation is required, extendable by the Registrar up to three months.

No. Under current Israeli law any public disclosure before the filing date destroys novelty, including disclosures by the inventors themselves. A 12-month grace period is proposed in the pending Amendment 15 bill but is not in force.

Individuals, companies or partnerships with prior-year turnover not exceeding NIS 10 million, recognized higher-education institutions, and their wholly-owned technology transfer companies qualify. The reduction applies only to the filing and notice-of-acceptance fees on a first application for that invention.

Under sections 64A-64Q, a PTE request must be filed within 90 days of marketing registration. The extension matches the shortest extension granted in recognized countries, is capped at 5 years, and total protection ends no later than 14 years from the first foreign marketing approval.

Not for defence-related inventions. Under section 98, inventions concerning weaponry or of military value require prior written permission from the Minister of Defence, or an Israeli filing followed by a six-month wait. This commonly affects cyber, drone, and communications startups.