INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
CZ Czech Republic
New fee rates and legal provisions
The Czech Industrial Property Office has informed us that the Czech Law No. 634/2004 Coll. on administrative fees concerning industrial property rights has been passed, thus finalising the legislative process that was still pending at the time of printing the 12th edition of our information brochure "National Law relating to the EPC".
Applicants and proprietors of European patents with effect in the Czech Republic are advised that the provisions of the above-mentioned law apply from 16 January 2005. The fee amounts indicated in the 12th edition of our information brochure "National law relating to the EPC" remain unchanged except with regard to the following items:
1. Fee for the publication of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC: CZK 500
Fee for the publication of amended translations of the claims: CZK 500
2. Fee for the publication of translations of the European patent specification pursuant to Article 65 EPC: CZK 2 000
Fee for the publication of amended translations of the European patent specification: CZK 100
3. Fee for the filing of translations of the European patent specification within the extended time limit: CZK 3 000
Updating of the information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of the EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC" (12th edition) are asked to make the appropriate amendments in Tables III.B, columns 2 and 9, and IV, columns 3, 10 and 11.