Saudi Arabia recorded a strong increase in patent applications in 2025, with filings by individuals and institutions rising sharply
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clean energy
UAE University wins US patent for CO2 battery that turns emissions into clean energy
UAE University secures US patent for breakthrough CO2 battery that converts emissions into clean energy
acquisition attempts
Muslim dating app Muzz accuses Tinder of aggressive intimidation tactics
The world’s largest Muslim dating app Muzz lost its trademark in a UK appeal against global dating conglomerate and Tinder and Hinge’s owner Match Group
acquisition attempts
Muslim dating app Muzz sued by Tinder after rejecting $35 million buyout offer for third time
Match Group, the parent company of Tinder and Hinge, is allegedly suing Muzz after three failed attempts to acquire the dating platform
intellectual property
Global intellectual property filings reached new records in 2021: WIPO
Data published in WIPO’s latest World Intellectual Property Indicators report showed innovators filed 3.4 million patent applications globally last year
DEWA
DEWA’s new patent to boost UAE energy security by ‘solving major challenge’ in flow batteries
This is the fifth patent to be filed by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s Research and Development Centre
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Abdulla Alshehhi
UAE company behind ambitious icebergs project wins patent from the UK
National Advisor Bureau Limited seeks to tow icebergs from Antarctica to the Fujairah coast as new sources of fresh water in the region
desalinate seawater for drinking
Kuwait scientists receive desalination patent in the US
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research scientists managed to reduce the hydraulic pressure needed for seawater desalination
Arab world
Saudi Arabia leads Arab world in patents
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and Saudi Aramco account for the bulk of Saudi patents in 2017
