INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES/ EXTENSION AND VALIDATION STATES
ES Spain
New fee rates
By Law No. 24/2015 of 24 July 20151 some patent fees payable to the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office have been changed.
Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Spain are advised that from 1 April 2017 the following rates apply:
1. Publication of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC: EUR 107.80 for translations on paper, EUR 91.63 in electronic form
2. Publication of translations of the patent specification under Article 65 EPC:
EUR 320.93 plus EUR 12.90 for each page of the translation in excess of 22 for translations on paper, EUR 272.79 plus EUR 10.97 in electronic form
3. Renewal fees:
| EUR |
|---|---|
3rd year |
18.48 |
4th year |
23.06 |
5th year |
44.11 |
6th year |
65.10 |
7th year |
107.47 |
8th year |
133.78 |
9th year |
167.88 |
10th year |
216.06 |
11th year |
270.82 |
12th year |
317.98 |
13th year |
365.05 |
14th year |
412.56 |
15th year |
440.59 |
16th year |
458.85 |
17th year |
490.00 |
18th year |
490.00 |
19th year |
490.00 |
20th year |
490.00 |
4. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents:
Filing fee: EUR 100.38 (EUR 85.32 for electronic filings)
Fee for each priority: EUR 19.65 (EUR 16.70 for electronic filings)
5. Registering transfers, licences and other rights: EUR 13.24 for each entry (EUR 11.25 in electronic form)
Registering a change of the applicant's/patentee's name: EUR 16.38 for each entry (EUR 13.92 in electronic form)
EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of this brochure (17th edition) should amend Tables III.B, column 2, IV, column 5, VI, column 1, VII, column 2, and IX, column 4, accordingly.
1 BOE Núm. 177 of 25 July 2015, 62765.