INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
PT Portugal
New fee rates
By Order No. 699/20031 of 31 July 2003 some patent fees of the Portuguese Patent Office have been changed.
Proprietors of European patents with effect in Portugal are advised that from 1 August 2003 the following rates apply:
1. Filing of European patent applications with INPI: filing fee: EUR 60
2. Publication of translation of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC:
Provisional protection, if the priority of a Portuguese patent or utility model application has been claimed:
filing fee: EUR 60
Provisional protection, if no priority of a Portuguese patent or utility model application has been claimed: filing fee: EUR 60 + provisional protection fee: EUR 50 = EUR 110
In case of corrections, a special fee is charged amounting to EUR 10.
3. Publication of translation of the patent specification under Article 65 EPC
Validation of the European patent, if the priority of a Portuguese patent or utility model application has been claimed or if a translation of the claims has been filed with INPI for the purpose of provisional protection:
filing fee: EUR 60
Validation of the European patent, if no priority of a Portuguese patent or utility model application has been claimed or if no translation of the claims has been filed with INPI for the purpose of provisional protection:
filing fee: EUR 60 + national validation fee: EUR 50 = EUR 110
In case of corrections, a special fee is charged which may vary between EUR 10 and EUR 80.
4. Renewal fees:
| EUR |
|---|---|
1st year |
28 |
2nd year |
34 |
3rd year |
38 |
4th year |
46 |
5th year |
56 |
6th year |
74 |
7th year |
86 |
8th year |
100 |
9th year |
120 |
10th year |
150 |
11th year |
176 |
12th year |
200 |
13th year |
240 |
14th year |
280 |
15th year |
320 |
16th year |
360 |
17th year |
400 |
18th year |
440 |
19th year |
480 |
20th year |
520 |
5. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents
If the European patent application was filed with INPI:
new publication fee: EUR 50
fee for the 11th and each subsequent claim: EUR 10
examination fee: EUR 200
If the European patent application was not filed with INPI:
filing fee: EUR 110
fee for the 11th and each subsequent claim: EUR 10
examination fee: EUR 200
6. Registering a transfer, licences and other rights
Assignment fee: EUR 80
Licence fee: EUR 80
Compulsory licence fee: EUR 150
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 to the amounts of fees shown in Tables II, column 5, III.B, columns 2 and 9, IV, columns 3 and 10, VI, column 1, VII, column 2, and IX, column 4.
1 Portaria no 699/2003 de 31 de Julho, Diário I, Série-B No 175/2003, 4520.