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Basic feesFee in euros

Filing of a utility model application by the originator or co-inventors*

 34 €

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

 68 €

Opposition to the registration of a utility model*

 40 €

* for electronic submissions it is possible to apply a fee discount in accordance with § 6 of the Act of the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic 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

1. natural person

 16,50 €

2. a legal person or a natural person authorised to do business

 165,50 €

Note
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

 4 €

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

 50 €

 

Item 215

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

a) continuation of the 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 221

a) Filing of a utility model application

1. the originator or co-originators

 34 €

2. applicants other than the originator or applicants who are not identical to the co-authors

 68 €

b) Submission of an application for

1. deferment of publication of the application

 20 €

2. registration of the transfer or assignment of rights from the utility model application to another applicant or the transfer or assignment of the utility model to another owner

 30 €

3. the registration of another originator, applicant or holder in the Register or the removal of an originator, applicant or holder from the Register

 20 €

4. the registration of the licence agreement or the registration of its termination, for each application for a utility model or utility model

 20 €

5. the registration of the compulsory licence or the registration of its cancellation in the register, for each application for a utility model or utility model

 20 €

6. registration of the lien in the register or its deletion from the register, for each application for a utility model or utility model

 20 €

7. the registration of the litigation or the registration of its termination in the Register, for each utility model application or utility model

 20 €

8. registration of the execution or registration of its termination in the register, for each application for a utility model or utility model

 20 €

Liberation
Applications pursuant to Act No 92/1991 Coll., as amended, shall be exempt from the fee referred to in point (b) of the second paragraph of this item.
Item 222

a) Submission of an application for designation

 166 €

b) Opposition to the registration of a utility model

 40 €

c) Filing a petition for the deletion of a utility model from the Register of Utility Models

 80 €

 
Item 223

Extension of the validity of the utility model registration

1. for the first time in three years

 150 €

2. for the first time in three years within an additional period of six months from the expiry of the validity of the utility model

 300 €

3. for the second time in three years

 300 €

4. for a second time three years later, within an additional period of six months from the expiry of the utility model's validity

 600 €

Note
If a utility model is registered in the Register of Utility Models after the expiry of its term of validity, the renewal fee shall be payable, without application by the holder of the utility model, within two months of the issue of the certificate on the basis of a written request.

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: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% of the 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 administrative fees (filing fee for filing an international PCT application with the Office of the Industrial Property of the Slovak Republic, fee for drawing up a 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 at the State Treasury. On the payment document please indicate:IBAN - SK49 8180 0000 0070 0006 0750BIC (SWIFT): SPSRSKBAConstant 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 a one-digit prefix 3. For example:

Application PCT/SK2005/000005 has the variable symbol 3000052005

,
prihláška PCT/SK2007/050001 má variabilný symbol 3500012007.

 
Tento kód pre platby za vyhotovenie prioritných dokladov začína zľava buď jednomiestnym prefixom 1 pre patentové prihlášky, alebo jednomiestnym prefixom 2 pre prihlášky úžitkových vzorov, po ktorom nasleduje deväťmiestne číslo príslušnej prihlášky, ktoré prideľuje úrad. Napríklad:

patentová prihláška PP 777-2001 má variabilný symbol 1007772001,

utility model application PÚV 50017-2007 has the variable symbol 2500172007.

More detailed information on the composition of the variable symbol. (Podrobnejšie informácie o zložení variabilného symbolu).

7. International Filing Fee

 1233 €1,2

over 30 pages (per page)

 14 €

8. Research 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: 185 €,
  2. in electronic form, if the texts of the description, claims and annotation are coded in character format: 278 €

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 shall be entitled to the said reduction and shall not be obliged to assign, grant, transfer or license to another party who is not entitled to a reduction of the fee. 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) shall be paid by the applicant within one month from the date of filing of the international PCT 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. za predbežný prieskum /preliminary examination fee/:  

- carried out by the European Patent Office

 1830 € 

- vykonávaný Vyšehradským patentovým inštitútom

 900 € 

2. handling fee

 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.

The 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 shall be paid to the Visegrad Patent Institute into a bank account:

UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt.
Szabadság tér 5-6
1054 Budapest, Maďarsko
IBAN: HU19 1091 8001 00000087 8975 0008
BIC: BACXHUHB