INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
LV Latvia
New national fee rates in euros
Latvia will introduce the euro as its sole currency as from 1 January 20141, and the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia has informed us of its new patent fees in that currency.
Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Latvia are therefore advised that from 1 January 2014 the following rates apply:
1. Publication or correction of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC: EUR 35.57
2. Publication or correction of translations of the patent specification under Article 65 EPC: EUR 49.80 (if filed on paper) or EUR 35.57 (if filed electronically)
3. Renewal fees:
| EUR |
|---|---|
3rd year |
85.37 |
4th year |
128.06 |
5th year |
142.29 |
6th year |
149.40 |
7th year |
170.74 |
8th year |
213.43 |
9th year |
256.12 |
10th year - 15th |
320.15 |
11th year - 20th |
426.86 |
4. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents:
filing fee: EUR 106.74
5. Registering transfers, licences and other rights: EUR 42.69 per patent
EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of this brochure (15th edition) should amend Tables III.B, column 2, IV, column 5, VI, column 1, VII, column 2, and IX, column 4, accordingly.
1 Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 957 of 24 September 2013 amending the Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 824 of 4 December 2007 on state fees for legal protection of inventions.