New fee rates

By Resolution No. 780/2017 regarding fees, published on 22 August 2017,^[ 1 ] some patent fees of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) have been changed.

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Portugal are advised that from 1 September 2017 the following rates apply:

1. Filing of European patent applications with INPI:

Transmittal fee: EUR 21.04

2. Publication of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC:

Fee for provisional protection: EUR 52.57 if filed online, EUR 105.16 if filed on paper

Correction of the translation of the patent claims: EUR 26.30 if filed online, EUR 52.57 if filed on paper

3. Publication of translations of the patent under Article 65 EPC:

Fee for national validation: EUR 52.57 if filed online, EUR 105.16 if filed on paper

Correction of the translation of the patent: EUR 26.30 if filed online, EUR 52.57 if filed on paper

4. Renewal fees:

5. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents:

Filing fee: EUR 105.16 if filed online, EUR 210.31 if filed on paper

6. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national utility model applications or utility models:

Filing fee: EUR 105.16 if filed online, EUR 210.31 if filed on paper

Examination fee: EUR 78.88 if filed online, EUR 157.73 if filed on paper

7. Registering a transfer, licence or other right:

Transfer fee: EUR 105.16 if filed online, EUR 131.45 if filed on paper

Licence fee: EUR 89.38 if filed online, EUR 105.16 if filed on paper

Compulsory licence fee: EUR 10.52 if filed online, EUR 21.04 if filed on paper

EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"

Users of this brochure (17th edition) should amend Tables II, column 5, III.B, columns 2 and 6, IV, columns 5 and 8, VI, column 1, VII, column 2 and IX, column 4 accordingly.