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Fees

Basic fees   Fee in euros   

Filing of a patent application by the inventor or co-inventors*

50 €

Filing of a patent application by an applicant other than the inventor or by applicants who are not identical to the co-inventors*

100 €

Submission of a request for a search within the priority period*

150 €

Publication of a patent application before the statutory deadline*

30 €

Filing a request for a full examination of a patent application (up to 10 asserted claims)*

170 €

* 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 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

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

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

(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

10 €

(b) Application to take a professional examination or an aptitude test to practise as a patent attorney

80 €

(c) Filing an appeal against the decision of the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

100 €

 

Item 215

The submission of an application in proceedings under this Part of the Tariff for

a) continuation of proceedings 80 €

b) restoration to the previous state

200 €

c) the second and any subsequent extension of the time limit

30 €

d) the issue of a certificate of priority, for each certificate

20 €

 

Item 216

a) Filing a patent application

1. the inventor or co-inventors

50 €

2. applicants other than the inventor or applicants who are not identical to the co-inventors

100 €

b) Submission of an application for

1. additional granting of priority

70 €

2. additional recognition of a priority document

70 €

3. publication of a patent application before the time limit given by law

30 €

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

40 €

5. the registration of another originator, applicant or owner in the Register or the deletion of an originator, applicant or owner from the Register

30 €

6. the registration of the licence agreement or the registration of its termination in the register, for each patent application or patent

30 €

7. registration of the lien in the register or its deletion from the register, for each patent application or patent

30 

8. the registration of litigation or the registration of its termination in the Register, for each patent application or patent

30 €

9. the registration of the execution or the registration of its termination in the register, for each patent application or patent

30 €

(c) Filing of a request for a complete examination of a patent application

1. up to 10 asserted patent claims

170 €

2. for each additional patent claim filed

30 €

d) Issue of the patent deed

110 €

e) Filing an application for a supplementary protection certificate

250 €

f) Extension of the period of validity of the supplementary protection certificate pursuant to a special provision 47)

200 €

g) Filing of a request for modification of the term of validity of the supplementary protection certificate

70 €

h) Submission of a request for a search within the priority period

150 €

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.

 

Notes

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 treaty 48) or a priority search has been carried out in the the patent application process.

 

Item 216a

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

30 €

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

20 €

c) Publication and making available of a translation or a corrected translation or a translation of an amended version of the European patent

150 €

d) Publication and disclosure of the submitted translation of the European patent file within the additional time limit

300 €

 

Item 217

a) Submission of an application for designation

200 €

b) Filing a petition for revocation of a patent

250 €

c) Application for revocation of a European paten

250 €

d) Application for revocation or declaration of invalidity of a supplementary protection certificate

250 €

 

Item 220

a) For acts of the Office in connection with the filing of an international application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

90 €

b) For acts of the Office relating to the late submission of a translation

170 €

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

40 €

e) For renewal of the right of priority

210 €

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

Maintenance fee for a patent, maintenance fee for a European patent for

a) 3rd year

80 €
b) 4th year 100 €
c) 5th year 120 €
d) 6th year 140 €
e) 7th year 160 €
f) 8th year 180 €
g) 9th year 200 €
h) 10th year 240 €
i) 11th year 280 €
j) 12th year 320 €
k) 13th year 360 €
l) 14th year 400 €
m) 15th year 440 €
n) 16th year 480 €
o) 17th year 560 €
p) 18th year 640 €
q) 19th year 720 €
r) 20th year 800 €

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

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

 

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:

  1. in electronic form: €207,
  2. 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



1.preliminary examination fee /za predbežný prieskum/:

 

- 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