History: Bahrain is member of the Gulf Cooperation Council which passed a common patent regime for its membership in 1993 (see GCC).

Membership: WIPO

Provisions until now: The GCC ordinance prohibits patents of plant and animal varieties, and biological processes for their production.

SOURCES - Alan Jacobs (ed.), Patents Throughout the World, Clark, Boardman & Callaghan, New York, release #51 of November 1995