Fees
Basic fees | Fee in euros |
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Filing of a patent application by the originator or co-inventors* |
30 € |
Filing of a patent application by an applicant other than the originator or by applicants who are not identical to the co-inventors* |
60 € |
Submission of a request for a search within the priority period* |
116 € |
Publication of a patent application before the statutory deadline* |
20 € |
Filing a request for a full examination of a patent application (up to 10 asserted claims)* |
116 € |
* for electronic submissions it is possible to apply a fee discount pursuant to § 6 of Act No. 145/1995 Coll. on Administrative Fees, as amended
Administrative fees - patents, European patents with effects for the Slovak Republic
Administrative fees are paid according to the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 145/1995 Coll. on Administrative Fees, as amended (zákona Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky č. 145/1995 Z. z. o správnych poplatkoch v znení neskorších predpisov), to the account of the Office (účet úradu).
Item 1 | |
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An application for a retrial or an application for a review of a decision outside the appeal procedure before a public authority, if the latter is |
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1. a natural person | 25 € |
2. a legal person or a natural person authorised to do business | 250 € |
Note The The fee paid under this heading shall be refunded if the retrial is granted or if the application for review of the decision outside the appeal procedure is granted in full |
Item 214 | |
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(a) Issue of a specimen copy, extract from registers, files or official documents referred to in this Part of the Tariff, for each page, even for each page commenced |
4 € |
(b) Application to take a professional examination or an aptitude test to practise as a patent attorney |
50 € |
Item 215 | |
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The submission of an application in proceedings under this Part of the Tariff for |
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a) continuation of proceedings | 66 € |
b) restoration to the previous state |
166 € |
c) the second and any subsequent extension of the time limit |
20 € |
d) the issue of a certificate of priority, for each certificate |
20 € |
Item 216 | |
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a) Filing a patent application |
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1. the originator or co-originators |
30 € |
2. applicants other than the originator or applicants who are not identical to the co-authors |
60 € |
b) Submission of an application for |
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1. additional granting of priority |
66 € |
2. additional recognition of a priority document |
66 € |
3. publication of a patent application before the time limit prescribed by law |
20 € |
4. registration in the Register of the transfer or assignment of the rights of a patent application to another applicant or of the transfer or assignment of a patent to another proprietor |
30 € |
5. the registration of another originator, applicant or owner in the Register or the deletion of an originator, applicant or owner from the Register |
20 € |
6. the registration of the licence agreement or the registration of its termination in the register, for each patent application or patent |
20 € |
7. registration of the compulsory licence or registration of its revocation in the register |
20 € |
8. registration of the lien in the register or its deletion from the register, for each patent application or patent |
20 € |
9. the registration of litigation or the registration of its termination in the Register, for each patent application or patent |
20 € |
10. the registration of the execution or the registration of its termination in the register, for each patent application or patent |
20 € |
(c) Filing of a request for a complete examination of a patent application |
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1. up to 10 asserted patent claims |
116 € |
2. for each additional patent claim filed |
20 € |
d) Issue of the patent deed |
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1. up to 10 machine-written pages or drawings |
66 € |
2. for each additional machine-written page or drawing |
10 € |
(e) Filing an application for a supplementary protection certificate |
166 € |
f) Extension of the period of validity of the supplementary protection certificate pursuant to a special provision 47) |
100 € |
g) Filing of a request for modification of the term of validity of the supplementary protection certificate |
50 € |
h) Submission of a request for a search within the priority period |
116 € |
Liberation Applications pursuant to Act No 92/1991 Coll. on the conditions for the transfer of State property to other persons, as amended, are exempt from the fee pursuant to point (b) of the fourth paragraph of this item. |
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Notes 1) The Office shall levy a fee under subparagraph c) of this item at half the appropriate rate where an international-type search report has been carried out by the Office of the Visegrad Patent Institute pursuant to an international treaty48) or a priority search has been carried out in the the patent application process. 2. The fee referred to in point d) of this item shall be payable within two months from the date of receipt of the request by the Office. |
Item 216a | |
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a) a Conversion of an European patent application into a national patent application, a national utility model application or a national utility certificate application pursuant to Articles 135(2) and 140 of the European Patent Convention, for each State |
20 € |
b) Publication and making available to the public the translation of the patent claims or the corrected translation of the patent claims and notification in the Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic |
10 € |
c) Publication and making available of a translation or a corrected translation or a translation of an amended version of the European patent |
116 € |
d) Publication and disclosure of the submitted translation of the European patent file within the additional time limit |
232 € |
Item 217 | |
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a) Submission of an application for designation |
166 € |
b) Filing a petition for revocation of a patent |
200 € |
c) Application for revocation of a European paten |
200 € |
d) Application for revocation or amendment of a supplementary protection certificate |
200 € |
Item 220 | |
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a) For acts of the Office in connection with the filing of an international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty |
66 € |
b) For acts of the Office relating to the late submission of a translation |
130 € |
c) For acts of the Office relating to late payment of the international filing fee and the international search fee |
50% international filing fee |
d) For sending archival and search copies to the International Bureau, unless the Bureau is the competent receiving Office |
30 € |
e) For renewal of the right of priority |
166 € |
Maintenance fees - patents, European patents with effects for the Slovak Republic
Maintenance fees shall be paid according to the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 495/2008 Coll. on the fee for maintaining the validity of a patent, on the fee for maintaining the validity of a European patent with effects for the Slovak Republic and on the fee for maintaining the validity of a supplementary protection certificate for pharmaceuticals and plant protection products and on amendment and supplementation of certain acts, as amended (zákona Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky č. 495/2008 Z. z. o poplatku za udržiavanie platnosti patentu, o poplatku za udržiavanie platnosti európskeho patentu s účinkami pre Slovenskú republiku a o poplatku za udržiavanie platnosti dodatkového ochranného osvedčenia na liečivá a výrobky na ochranu rastlín a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov), to the account of the Office (účet úradu).
Item 1 | |
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Maintenance fee for a patent, maintenance fee for a European patent for |
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a) 3rd year |
66 € |
b) 4th year | 82,50 € |
c) 5th year | 99,50 € |
d) 6th year | 116 € |
e) 7th year | 132,50 € |
f) 8th year | 149 € |
g) 9th year | 165,50 € |
h) 10th year | 199 € |
i) 11th year | 232 € |
j) 12th year | 265,50 € |
k) 13th year | 298,50 € |
l) 14th year | 331,50 € |
m) 15th year | 365 € |
n) 16th year | 398 € |
o) 17th year | 464,50 € |
p) 18th year | 531 € |
q) 19th year | 597 € |
r) 20th year | 663,50 € |
PCT fees
NOTICE
The IPO SR draws the attention of applicants to the illegal collection of fees (Filing Fee or International Search Fee with the invoice name Registration of the International Patent Application or Registration of the International Patent) by unauthorized persons.
For more information, please visit: http://www.upv.sk/?upozornenie-pre-verejnost
If you are unsure, please contact your agent or the IPO SK:
infocentrum@indprop.gov.sk
Head I
1. Application fee for filing an international PCT application |
66 € |
2. Fee for the priority document |
20 € |
3. For acts of the Office in connection with the late submission of the translation |
130 € |
4. For acts of the Office relating to late payment of the international filing and international search fee |
50% international filing fee |
5. For sending the archival and search copy to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization if the Bureau is not the competent receiving office |
30 € |
6. For the acts of the Office connected with the restoration of the right of priority |
166 € |
The applicant shall pay the application fee within one month of the filing of the international application. In the case of electronic filing, the administrative fees shall be reduced by 50 %.
The administration fees (application fee for filing an international PCT application with the Office of the Industrial Property of the Slovak Republic, fee for the priority document) shall be paid by transfer from an account in a monetary institution or by postal order to the deposit account of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic in Banská Bystrica (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") kept in the State Treasury. On the payment document please indicate: IBAN - SK49 8180 0000 0070 0006 0750 BIC (SWIFT): SPSRSKBA Constant symbol - 0558
Variable symbol
The variable symbol is the identification of the payment. The variable symbol is always made up of a ten-digit numeric code.
This code for international PCT applications starts from the left with the one-digit prefix 3. For example:
Application PCT/SK2005/000005 has the variable symbol 3000052005 |
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Application PCT/SK2007/050001 has the variable symbol 3500012007. |
Fees for the production of priority documents shall be payable on written demand by the Authority and shall be payable within 15 days from the date of receipt of such demand.
In order to identify the payment, the fee payer shall enter the variable symbol indicated in the Authority's written request.
For more detailed information on the composition of the variable symbol (Podrobnejšie informácie o zložení variabilného symbolu).
7. International Filing Fee |
1378 €1,2 |
over 30 pages (per page) |
16 € |
8. Review fee |
1775 € |
1The international filing fee is reduced by the following amount if the international application is filed in accordance with the administrative directives:
- in electronic form: €207,
- in electronic form, where the text of the description, claims and annotation is coded in character format: 311 €
2If the international application is filed by a natural person, the international filing fee shall be reduced by 90 %. Only the applicant who is the sole and beneficial owner at the time of filing is entitled to the above reduction and is not obliged to assign, grant, transfer or license to another party who is not entitled to the fee reduction. If there is more than one applicant, all applicants must meet the above criteria.
The international filing fee + EUR 0,05 (foreign bank fee) must be paid by the applicant within one month from the date of filing of the international PCT application.
The international search fee + EUR 0,05 (foreign bank fee) must be paid by the applicant within one month of the date of filing of the PCT international application at the receiving office.
The international filing fee and the search fee shall be paid to the Office of the Slovak Republic to the following account set up by the Treasury:
Account number: | IBAN:SK96 8180 0000 0070 0006 0777 |
SWIFT: SPSRSKBA |
Head II
1.preliminary examination fee /za predbežný prieskum/: |
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- carried out by the European Patent Office |
1830 € |
- carried out by the Visegrad Patent Institute |
900 € |
2. handling fee/ manipulačný poplatok |
185 € |
Those fees shall be paid directly to the International Preliminary Examining Authority chosen by the applicant to carry out the international preliminary examination. For citizens of the Slovak Republic and persons having their domicile or registered office in the Slovak Republic, the competent authority for international preliminary examination is the European Patent Office (only if the international search is carried out or has been carried out by the European Patent Office) or the Visegrad Patent Institute.
Fees shall be paid to the European Patent Office into a bank account:
Commerzbank AG
Promenadeplatz 7
80273 Mníchov, Nemecko
IBAN: DE20 7008 0000 0333 8800 00
BIC: DRESDEFF700
The fees of the Visegrad Patent Institute shall be paid into a bank account:
UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt.
Szabadság tér 5-6
1054 Budapest, Maďarsko
IBAN: HU19 1091 8001 00000087 8975 0008
BIC: BACXHUHB