An invention shall be regarded as involving an inventive step if, to a person skilled in the art, it
is not obvious from the prior art.
Prior art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a
written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the filing date of the patent
application in Morocco or abroad, and for which priority has been validly claimed.”
“Article 27 ‐ By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 26 above, the disclosure of the
invention shall not be taken into consideration in the following cases:
(1) If it takes place in the 12 months preceding the filing date of the patent application and
was carried out, authorized or obtained by the owner of the patent application.
(2) If it is the result of the publication, after the date of filing, of a previous patent application
that is the direct or indirect result of an obvious abuse in relation to the applicant or his/her
predecessor in title.
(3) Due to the fact that the applicant or his/her predecessor in title had displayed the
invention at official, or officially recognized, international exhibitions organized in one of the
countries of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property.
However, in this last case, the display of the invention must be declared when the application
is filed.”
“Article 28 – An invention is considered industrially applicable if it has a specific, substantial
and credible utility.”
“Article 34 – The description of the invention shall include:
(1) Indication of the technical domain to which the invention relates;
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(6) Indication of the way ................................... or the nature of the invention.
The description of the invention shall describe the invention in a sufficiently clear and
complete way by disclosing enough information to enable a person skilled in the art, without
excessive experimentation, to carry out the invention known to the inventor on the date of
filing.
A claimed invention is sufficiently supported by the information disclosed if that information
reasonably demonstrates to a person skilled in the art that the applicant was in possession of
the invention claimed, on the date when the patent application was filed.”
“Article 44 – The application files ................................. a time period of 18 months. This period
of time shall begin from the filing date of these applications or the date of priority, in the case
of claimed priority.