New fee rates

By the new State Fees Act of 10 December 2014^[ 1 ] some patent fees payable to the Estonian Patent Office have been changed.

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Estonia are advised that from 1 January 2015 the following rates apply:

1. Publication of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC: EUR 32

2. Publication and correction of translations of the European patent under Article 65 EPC: EUR 45

Surcharge for extension of the time limit for filing the translation: EUR 32

3. Renewal fees:

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

Filing fee: EUR 225 + EUR 13 for the 11th and each subsequent claim

Conversion into a national application for a utility model:

Filing fee: EUR 105

5. Registering transfers, licences and other rights: EUR 32

EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"

Users of this brochure (16th edition) should amend Tables III.B, column 2, IV, columns 5, 8 and 9, VI, column 1, VII, columns 2 and 5, and IX, column 4, accordingly.