Algeria’s patent amendment window is closing fast, and pending cases are exposed
Algeria’s patent office, INAPI, has sent a clear practice signal in mid-June 2026: amendment deadlines will now be enforced strictly rather than elastically. Industry reporting indicates that amendments to patent applications must, in principle, be filed within one month from the filing date, while PCT cases entering the Algerian national phase face a one-month window from national phase entry. After that, only minor error corrections are likely to be entertained, and substantive changes will be refused and kept out of the examination track.What makes this more than a technical diary...