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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
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1. Application fee for filing an international PCT application |
90 € |
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2. Fee for the priority document |
20 € |
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3. For acts of the Office in connection with the late submission of the translation |
170 € |
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4. For acts of the Office relating to late payment of the international filing and international search fee |
50% international filing fee |
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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 |
40 € |
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6. For the acts of the Office connected with the restoration of the right of priority |
210 € |
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 %.
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, to the account of the Office.
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7. International Filing Fee |
1 417 €1,2 |
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over 30 pages (per page) |
16 € |
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8. Review fee |
1 845 € |
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: 213 €,
- in electronic form, where the text of the description, claims and annotation is coded in character format: 320 €
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
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1.preliminary examination fee /za predbežný prieskum/: |
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- carried out by the European Patent Office |
1830 € |
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- carried out by the Visegrad Patent Institute |
900 € |
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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