Eritrea: Patent

Eritrea does not currently maintain a formal patent registration system. Potential inventors cannot file patent applications locally, and there are no official patent examination procedures.

• There is no recognized process to grant patent rights.
• Enforcement options are extremely limited and rely on general civil protections.
• Without a local body to protect inventions, many creators rely on de facto methods to keep their inventions confidential or to seek protection in other jurisdictions.

In this context, most technical innovations in Eritrea are not covered by the typical statutory patent rights seen elsewhere.