Amounts and
time limits of payment of patent fees
| No | |
Time limits of payment | Amount (lei) | Amount ($) |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1. | Filing a patent application with OSIM | 3 months of date of filing | 180,000 | 30 |
| 2. | Beginning of the national phase of the international patent application | upon entering the national phase | 180,000 | 30 |
| 3. | Publication of the international patent application after 18 months of the date of filing or of the claimed and accepted date of priority, where appropiate | 6 months of the date of filing or 3 months of the date when the recognized priority was claimed | 300,000 | 50 |
| 4. | a) Publication
of the patent application before the expiry of 18 months of the filing or
of the date of the claimed and recognized priority
b) Publication
of the patent application after ending its "secret" or "not- available-for-public-inspection"
status |
simultaneously
with the request for publication within 3 months of the date said status was ended |
600,000
300,000 |
100
50 |
| 5. | a)
Publication of the Romanian translation of the international patent application
that entered the national phase in Romania, 18 months of the date of entering
the national phase or 6 months of the same date b)
Publication of the Romanian translation of an international patent application
that entered the national phase in Romania, before the expiry of the time
limit for legal publication c) Publication in Romanian of the claims of the European patent application extended to Romania |
3
months of the date of entering the national phase simultaneously
with the request of publication simultaneously with filing the patent application |
300,000
360,000 |
50
80 60 |
| 6. | a) Publication
of the amendments of the national patent application or the international
patent application that entered the national phase upon the publication
of the application b) Publication in Romanian of an amended version of the claims of the European patent application extended to Romania, that was published according to item 4 lett. c) |
simultaneously
with filing the amendments simultaneously with the request of publication |
60,000
180,000
|
10
|
| 7. | Drawing up and publishing the search report | 18 months of the date of filing | 600,000 | 100 |
| 8. | Drawing up and publishing a search report for an international patent application that entered the national phase in Romania | 18 months of the date on which the national phase was entered | 300,000 | 50 |
| 9. | Examination
of the patent application and decision making within 18 months of the date
of filing: a)
when the description, claims and drawings are not in excess of 20 pages
and the number of claims is not higher than 10; b) for each
page of description, claims and drawings exceeding the number provided
at item a) c) for each claim in excess of the number provided at item a) |
3
months of the date of filing |
3,600,000
48,000
90,000 |
600
8
15 |
| 10. | Examination
of the patent application and decision making within 18 months of the date
of payment: a)
when the description, claims and drawings are not in excess of 20 pages
and the number of claims is not higher than 10 |
after the 3rd month until the 30th month of the date of filing inclusively, without exceeding the period of 3 months from the written request of examination | 2,400,000 30,000
60,000 |
400 10 |
| 11. | Printing of
the description, claims and drawings and issuance of the patent having up
to 10 pages - for each additional page |
within 12 months of the date of the publication of the decision to grant | 600,000
30,000 |
100
5 |
| 12. | Publication
of the Romanian translation of the extended European patent having up to
10 pages - for each additional page |
simultaneously with filing the translation | 600,000
30,000 |
100
5 |
| 13. | Publication
of the Romanian translation of the amended claims of the extended European
patent, having up to 10 pages - for each additional page |
simultaneously with filing the translation | 300,000
30,000 |
50
5 |
| 14. | Appeal | simultaneously with filing the contestation | 900,000 | 150 |
| 15. | Revocation request | simultaneously with filing the request | 1,800,000 | 300 |
| 16. | Priority
claiming a)
simultaneously with filing the patent application b) for an
international application that has entered the national phase in Romania
c) within
2 months of the date of filing of the patent application
|
3 months
of the date of filing the application simultaneously
with entering the national phase |
300,000
300,000
|
50
50
200 |
| 17. | Issuance of a priority certificate | simultaneously with filing a request for the issuance of a priority certificate | 120,000 | 20 |
| 18. | Transmittal of the international patent application from OSIM as a receiving office to the WIPO International Bureau | until the 13th month of the date of priority | 300,000 | 50 |
| 19. | Maintaining the secrecy of a patent application for periods of one year each | simultaneously with requesting secrecy for the first year and respectively, one month before the end of the period paid for, for each of the coming years | 600,000 | 100 |
| 20. | Maintaining
the "not-available-for- public-inspection" status a) of a patent application for periods of one year each b) of the inventors, for an unlimited period of time |
simultaneously
with requesting this status for the first year and respectively, one month
before the end of the period paid for, for each of the coming years
simultaneously with registering this status |
600,000
300,000 |
100
50 |
| Maintenance in force of the patent for every year of protection starting with the date of filing i.e. for the | according to Article 12 | |
||
| - 1st year | 300,000 | 50 | ||
| - 2nd year | 480,000 | 80 | ||
| - 3rd year | 660,000 | 110 | ||
| - 4th year | 840,000 | 140 | ||
| - 5th year | 1,020,000 | 170 | ||
| - 6th year | 1,200,000 | 200 | ||
| - 7th year | 1,320,000 | 220 | ||
| - 8th year | 1,440,000 | 240 | ||
| - 9th year | 1,560,000 | 260 | ||
| - 10th year | 1,680,000 | 280 | ||
| - 11th year | 1,800,000 | 300 | ||
| - 12th year | 1,920,000 | 320 | ||
| - 13th year | 2,040,000 | 340 | ||
| - 14th year | 2,220,000 | 370 | ||
| - 15th year | 2,400,000 | 400 | ||
| - 16th year | 3,000,000 | 500 | ||
| - 17th year | 3,000,000 | 500 | ||
| - 18th year | 3,000,000 | 500 | ||
| - 19th year | 3,000,000 | 500 | ||
| -20th year | 3,000,000 | 500 | ||
| 22. | Maintenance
in force of the patent for improvement a) over the term of validity of the patent it is improving b) over the period following the expiry of the term of validity of the patent it is improving |
the
same time limit as provided for by item 21 |
- 50%
of the fee provided for by item 21 of this annex
-the same amount as providedfor by item 21 |
|
| 23. | Revalidation of patent | upon filing the revalidation request | 1,800,000 | 300 |
| 24. | Completion
of the patent application by a) late filing of claims and/or drawings b) filing the Romanian translation |
upon
filing upon filing |
60,000
600,000 |
10
100 |
| 25. | Registration
of changes in the legal status of the patent aplication or patent for invention
a)
assignment, licence, legal or testamentary succession b) cancellation
of acts provided for by lett. a) c) other changes related to acts provided for by lett.a), exclusion or co-option of an inventor, full name, designation or address of applicant, entitled person or owner, change of professional representative, etc. |
upon getting
the assignment, licence, legal or testamentary succession registered with
OSIM simultaneously with registering the document revealing the new situation |
240,000 150,000 |
40 25 |
| 26. | The certification and issuance of an official document such as a receipt or copy | upon filing the request | 60,000 | 10 |
| 27. | The publication of an error list signalling errors made by the applicant, the person entitled to patent or the patent owner | upon filing the request | 90,000 | 15 |