New fee rates

By Resolution No. 1123/2014 of 23 May 2014 regarding fees and Statement of Rectification No. 622/2014 published on 19 June 2014[ 1 ], some patent fees of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property have been changed.

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Portugal are advised that from 1 July 2014 the following rates apply:

1. Filing of European patent applications with INPI:

Transmittal fee: EUR 20.90 if filed on paper

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

Fee for provisional protection: EUR 52.25 if filed online, EUR 104.50 if filed on paper

Correction of the translation of the patent claims: EUR 26.13 if filed online, EUR 52.25 if filed on paper

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

Fee for national validation: EUR 52.25 if filed online, EUR 104.50 if filed on paper

Correction of the translation of the patent: EUR 26.13 if filed online, EUR 52.25 if filed on paper

4. Renewal fees:

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

Filing fee: EUR 104.50 if filed online, EUR 209 if filed on paper

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

Filing fee: EUR 104.50 if filed online, EUR 209 if filed on paper

Examination fee: EUR 78.38 if filed online, EUR 156.75 if filed on paper

7. Registering a transfer, licence or other right:

Transfer fee: EUR 104.50 if filed online, EUR 130.63 if filed on paper

Licence fee: EUR 88.82 if filed online, EUR 104.50 if filed on paper

Compulsory licence fee: EUR 10.45 if filed online, EUR 20.90 if filed on paper

Users of this brochure (16th 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.