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Schedule of charges in Belarus
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| Patents for Inventions |
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| Services and Procedures |
Official fee, USD$ |
Filing an invention application
- PCT National phase application
- for each invention in excess of one (group of inventions)
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100
100
40 |
| Claiming convention priority1,2 |
50 |
| Accelerated publication (before the expiration of 18 months) |
100 |
Substantive examination of an application relating to one invention3
- Each new independent claim
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600
480 |
| Additional claims fee for each dependent claim in excess of ten4 |
20 |
| Completion, specification or correction of any element of the application on the applicant's initiative |
40 |
| Additional claims fee for each new claim until a request for substantive examination has been filed
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40 |
Requesting an extension of a time limit for response to the examiner's action (for each month):
- Up to 3 months from the date of expiration of a set period for response
- From 3 to 6 months
- More than 6 months
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20
40
100 |
| Registration each invention in the State Register |
200 |
Annuities |
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| From the 1st to the 3rd year |
100 |
| From the 4th to the 6th year |
150 |
| From the 7th to the 11th year |
200 |
| From the 12th to the 14th year |
400 |
| From the 15th to the 17th year |
600 |
| From the 18th to the 20th year |
800 |
| 1Except an entering into national phase application in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| 2 Failure to observe a time limit for entering the national phase fee |
200 |
| 3 The amount of the examination fee shall be reduced by 50% where the applicant presents a copy of the international search report or international preliminary examination report established in the application for invention by any International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. |
| 4 Additional examination fee in respect of an application relating to a group of inventions, 80% of the amount of the basic examination fee for each independent claim in excess of one. |
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| Patents for Utility models |
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Filing an utility model application
- for each utility model in excess of one (group of utility models)
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200
30 |
| Claiming Convention priority |
50 |
| Amendment or correction of any element of the application on the applicant's initiative |
30 |
Extension of a time limit for response to the examiner's action (for each month)
- up to 3 months from the date of expiration of a set period for response
- from 3 to 6 months
- more than 6 months
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20
40
100 |
| Registration each utility model in the State Register |
200 |
| Annuities |
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| From the 1st to the 3rd year |
80 |
| From the 4th to the 6th year |
120 |
| From the 7th to the 8th year |
200 |
Transformation of an utility model application (or patent) into an invention application (or patent)
- for each independent claim in excess of one
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100
40 |
| Transformation of an invention application or an industrial design application into a utility model application |
50 |
| Renewal of a patent for utility model |
400 |
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| Patents for Industrial Designs |
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Filing an industrial design application
- for each alternative form in excess of one where the application filed relates to 2 or more alternative forms of an industrial design
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50
20 |
Examination of an industrial design application
- for each alternative form of an industrial design
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500
40 |
| Completion, specification or correction of any element of the application on the applicant's initiative |
40 |
Extension of a time limit for response to the examiner's action (for each month)
- up to 3 months from the date of expiration of a set period for response
- from 3 to 6 months
- more than 6 months |
20
40
100 |
| Registration each industrial design in the State Register |
200 |
| Annuities |
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| From the 1st to the 3rd year |
50 |
| From the 4th to the 6th year
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80 |
| From the 7th to the 8th year |
100 |
| From the 9th to the 11th year |
150 |
| From the 12th to the 15th year |
200 |
| Renewal of a patent for industrial design |
400 |
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| Trademarks |
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Filing fee for 3 classes of goods or services listed in the International Classification of Goods or Services
- for each additional class, above 3
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200
40 |
| Substantive examination fee |
400 |
| Additions, specifications or corrections in materials of the application for registration of a trade mark |
50 |
| Separation of the application for registration of a trade mark |
50 |
| Prolongation of the time limit for response to inquiry of preliminary expert examination |
30 |
| Transformation of the application for the collective mark into the application for a trade mark |
50 |
| Repeated examination |
50 |
Prolongation of the time limit for filing a request for carrying out repeated examination (for every 2 months):
- up to 6 months from the date of expiration of the time limit established for submission of objection
- from 6 about 12 months
- from 12 about 18 months
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40
100
150 |
Extension of a time limit for response to the examiner's action (for each 2 months):
- up to 6 months from the date of expiration of a set period for response
- from 6 to 12 months
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40
100 |
| Registration of a trade mark in the State register of trade marks, publication of data on registration and granting of a trade mark certificate
a collective mark
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200
800 |
| Transformation of a collective mark into a trade mark |
200 |
| Division of registration of a trade mark by distribution of the goods concerning which the trade mark is registered |
200 |
Renewal of validity of the term of registration
- for a trade mark
- for a collective mark
|
800
1000 |
Fee for 6 months extension of the expired term of validity of registration
- for a trade mark
- for a collective mark
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400
500 |
| Domain name registration under “.by” |
50 |
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| Eurasian Patents |
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Filing a patent application
- for one claim
- for each claim above one |
800
70 |
| Claiming convention priority |
500 |
Examination of one independent claim
- of all other independent claims |
800
600 |
| Letters Patent grant |
500 |
| Submission of an International Search Report reduces official filing fees by 25% |
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| Other fees |
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| Amendment in any official register or protection document (patent for invention, patent for utility model, industrial design patent, trademark certificate, certificate attesting the patent owner's status as inventor) |
200 |
| Duplicate of any protection document in case the protection document is lost |
150 |
| Registration of a license contract |
100 |
| amendments to the registered license contract |
50 |
| Registration of an assignment agreement in respect of any patent for invention, utility model or industrial design or trademark certificate for each patent or certificate specified in the assignment agreement |
200 |
| Open license fee |
40 |
| Examination Appeal Board |
| appeal against a decision taken on the substantive examination about refusal in acceptance to consideration of the application for a trade mark |
300 |
| appeal against a decision of substantive examination about exception of the goods for which registration of a trade mark was asked, from the list, given by the applicant |
400 |
| appeal against a decision to refuse the grant of a patent for invention, utility model or industrial design, taken on the substantive examination, and also against a decision to refuse the registration of a trademark, taken on the reconsideration |
700 |
| opposition against the grant of a patent for invention, utility model or industrial design, and also against the registration of a trademark |
800 |
| applications for a recognition of a trade mark as well-known in Belarus |
800 |
| Extract from any official register |
30 |
| Restoration of a right determined by a time limit |
100 |
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