INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
NL Netherlands
New rates for renewal fees
Applicants and proprietors of European patents with effect in the Netherlands are advised that from 1 January 2003 the following new rates for renewal fees apply1:
| EUR |
|---|---|
1st year |
242 |
2nd year |
279 |
3rd year |
318 |
4th year |
353 |
5th year |
390 |
6th year |
443 |
7th year |
492 |
8th year |
541 |
9th year |
581 |
10th year |
624 |
11th year |
667 |
12th year |
726 |
13th year |
835 |
14th year |
897 |
15th year |
944 |
16th year |
992 |
17th year |
1 057 |
18th year and following |
1.106 |
The new amounts for the surcharge for late payment of renewal fees within the period of grace are as follows:
| EUR |
|---|---|
1st year |
121 |
2nd year |
139 |
3rd year |
159 |
4th year |
176 |
5th year |
195 |
6th year |
221 |
7th year |
246 |
8th year |
270 |
9th year |
290 |
10th year |
312 |
11th year |
333 |
12th year |
363 |
13th year |
417 |
14th year |
448 |
15th year |
472 |
16th year |
496 |
17th year |
528 |
18th year and following |
553 |
Updating of the information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of the EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC" (11th edition) are asked to make the appropriate amendments to the amounts of fees shown in Table VI, columns 1 and 3.
1 Staatsblad 2002, 570.