– Registration of United Kingdom Patents Ordinance, 1977.

– Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), since July 19, 2013.
– Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act, since February 5, 2022.

Type of patents: patents granted in Europe may be registered in Kiribati.

Applicant: the owner of a European patent.

Filing requirements:
1. Application;
2. Authorization of agent;
3. Certified copy of the specification and drawings of the European patent;
4. Copy of official filing fee detail.

Examination: none.

Opposition: none.

Duration: ten years, extendible to a maximum of twenty years.

Assignment: should be recorded.

Working: not required.