Article 65 of the Saudi Patents Law

المادة 65 من نظام براءات الاختراع · الفصل السادس: أحكام ختامية

The article provides for publishing the Patents Law in the Official Gazette and putting it into effect thirty days after the date of its publication.

Official text (Arabic)

This article has not been amended since the law was issued.

ينشر هذا النظام فى الجريدة الرسمية، ويعمل به بعد ثلاثين يوما من تاريخ نشره.

This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers

Article 65 explained in plain English

This article sets when the Law becomes effective, and ties it to two things: its publication, and the passing of a set period after publication.

Publication: the Law is published in the Official Gazette.
Entry into force: it takes effect 30 days after the date of its publication, not from the date it was issued.

The Law is therefore not applied as soon as it is published; 30 days pass between publication and its entry into force, and its provisions begin to apply to those addressed by them from the date it takes effect.

The date of entry into force is linked to Article 64:

Article 64, which provides that the Law replaces the Patents Law issued by Royal Decree No. (M/38) dated 10/6/1409 AH, and that its provisions apply to patent applications and patents in force.

The article does not state the date of publication itself, so anyone who needs to fix the date of entry into force precisely should refer to the date the Law was published in the Official Gazette and add 30 days to it.

Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.

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