New fee rates
By Decree SFS 2009:1155 of 19 November 20091, certain Swedish Patent and Registration Office fees have changed.
Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Sweden are advised that from 1 January 2010 the following rates apply:
1. Publication or correction of translations of the claims under Article 67(3) EPC (provisional protection): SEK 500
2. Publication or correction of translations of European patent specifications under Article 65 EPC (validation):
SEK 1 400, plus SEK 175 for the ninth and each subsequent page of the translation (including any drawings)
3. Renewal fees:
| SEK |
|---|---|
1st year2 |
300 |
2nd year2 |
400 |
3rd year |
500 |
4th year |
900 |
5th year |
1 200 |
6th year |
1 500 |
7th year |
1 700 |
8th year |
2 000 |
9th year |
2 300 |
10th year |
2 600 |
11th year |
2 900 |
12th year |
3 200 |
13th year |
3 500 |
14th year |
3 800 |
15th year |
4 100 |
16th year |
4 400 |
17th year |
4 700 |
18th year |
5 000 |
19th year |
5 300 |
20th year |
5 600 |
4. Registering transfers, licences and other rights:
transfers, licences and other rights: SEK 500
adjoining rights (usufruct), pledging (mortgage assignment): SEK 500 (unchanged)
EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of this brochure (14th edition) should amend Tables III.B, columns 2 and 6, IV, column 5, VI, column 1, and IX, column 4 accordingly.