INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
PT Portugal
New fee rates
By Order No. 12 326/2006 (2nd series)1 of 12 June 2006 some patent fees of the Portuguese Patent Office have been changed.
Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Portugal are advised that from 1 July 2006 the following rates apply:
1. Filing of European patent applications with INPI:
filing fee EUR 64.87
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 54.05
Provisional protection, if no priority of a Portuguese patent or utility model application has been claimed:
filing fee EUR 64.87 + provisional protection fee EUR 54.05 = EUR 118.92
In the case of corrections, a special fee is charged amounting to EUR 10.81.
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 64.87
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 64.87 + national validation fee EUR 54.05 = EUR 118.92
In the case of corrections, a special fee is charged amounting to EUR 10.81.
4. Renewal fees:
| EUR |
|---|---|
1st year |
30.26 |
2nd year |
36.75 |
3rd year |
41.07 |
4th year |
49.73 |
5th year |
60.54 |
6th year |
79.99 |
7th year |
92.97 |
8th year |
108.11 |
9th year |
129.73 |
10th year |
162.16 |
11th year |
190.27 |
12th year |
216.21 |
13th year |
259.46 |
14th year |
302.70 |
15th year |
345.94 |
16th year |
389.19 |
17th year |
432.43 |
18th year |
475.67 |
19th year |
518.91 |
20th year |
562.15 |
5. Conversion of European patent applications or patents:
new publication fee: EUR 54.05
fee for the 11th and each subsequent claim: EUR 10.81
examination fee: EUR 216.21
6. Registering a transfer, licences and other rights:
assignment fee: EUR 86.48
licence fee: EUR 86.48
compulsory licence fee: EUR 162.16
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 Despacho n° 12 326/2006 (2a série) de 12 de Junho de 2006, Diário da República II, n° 113/2006, 8523.