INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING STATES/ EXTENSION AND VALIDATION STATES
PT Portugal
New fee rates
By Resolution No. 1123/2014 of 23 May 2014 regarding fees and Statement of Rectification No. 622/2014 published on 19 June 20141, some patent fees of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property have been changed.
Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Portugal are advised that from 1 July 2014 the following rates apply:
1. Filing of European patent applications with INPI:
Transmittal fee: EUR 20.90 if filed on paper
2. Publication of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC:
Fee for provisional protection: EUR 52.25 if filed online, EUR 104.50 if filed on paper
Correction of the translation of the patent claims: EUR 26.13 if filed online, EUR 52.25 if filed on paper
3. Publication of translations of the patent under Article 65 EPC:
Fee for national validation: EUR 52.25 if filed online, EUR 104.50 if filed on paper
Correction of the translation of the patent: EUR 26.13 if filed online, EUR 52.25 if filed on paper
4. Renewal fees:
| EUR |
|---|---|
3rd year |
0 |
4th year |
0 |
5th year |
51.53 |
6th year |
77.29 |
7th year |
103.06 |
8th year |
154.59 |
9th year |
309.17 |
10th year |
360.70 |
11th year |
360.70 |
12th year |
412.23 |
13th year |
463.76 |
14th year |
515.29 |
15th year |
566.81 |
16th year |
566.81 |
17th year |
669.87 |
18th year |
669.87 |
19th year |
721.40 |
20th year |
721.40 |
5. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents:
Filing fee: EUR 104.50 if filed online, EUR 209 if filed on paper
6. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national utility model applications or utility models:
Filing fee: EUR 104.50 if filed online, EUR 209 if filed on paper
Examination fee: EUR 78.38 if filed online, EUR 156.75 if filed on paper
7. Registering a transfer, licence or other right:
Transfer fee: EUR 104.50 if filed online, EUR 130.63 if filed on paper
Licence fee: EUR 88.82 if filed online, EUR 104.50 if filed on paper
Compulsory licence fee: EUR 10.45 if filed online, EUR 20.90 if filed on paper
EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of this brochure (16th edition) should amend Tables II, column 5, III.B, columns 2 and 6, IV, columns 5 and 8, VI, column 1, VII, column 2 and IX, column 4 accordingly.
1 Diário da República, 2ª Série – n° 116 de 19 de junho de 2014.