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1 Schedule of Fees and Charges Effective: 1st January Postal Address Patent Attorney s Bureau B & Co. 12 Kropivnitskogo Street Kyiv 04, Ukraine Phone/Fax: +380 (044) contact@b-a-co.com Web:

2 PATENTS No Designation of operations Official Fee (Ukrainian Hryvnia UAH) Agent s Fee (EURO) 1 Filing an application for an invention Ø 1 to 3 claims each claim in excess of Claiming convention priority 3 Requesting an extension of the term for the submission of payment of the filing fee (per 2 months) 4 Requesting an extension of term for filing a translation of a PCT application (per 2 months) 5 Filing a request for the reinstatement of the missed term for the entry into the PCT national phase in Ukraine 6 For the extension of the priority rights by two months (in case if the term for claiming a priority was missed) 7 Extension of the term for filing a request for claiming a priority by 2 months 8 Extension of the term for the submission of a copy of a priority application by 2 months 9 Extension of the term for filing a Ukrainian translation of a priority application by 6 months 10 Filing amendments in the application: Ø for each additional claim if submission of a request about amendments results in additional claims Ø for each additional independent claim if submission of a request about amendments results in new subject matters Introducing changes of the Ø applicant s name; Ø applicant s address; Ø address for correspondence; Ø agent; Ø agent s address

3 12 Introducing changes in the applicant s name (due to an assignment, transfer, etc.) Requesting a term extension (per 6 month) 14 Reinstatement of a missed term (per 6 month) 15 Requesting the publication of an application before the expiration of the 18 months term 16 Filing a request for substantive examination Ø first independent claim Ø each additional independent claim 17 Forwarding a formal communication, official letter etc. to an applicant by 18 Review and forwarding of the Official Actions to an applicant (+ translation cost) 200 (+ translation cost) 19 Filing a request for an extension of term for the filing of a response to an official action, requesting examination, submitting payment receipts (per 6 month) 20 Reinstating a missed term 21 Preparing a response to an official letter or action Filing a response to an official letter or action 23 Filing an appeal with the Chamber of appeals against a decision of the Examining Authority Converting a patent application into a utility model application (minimum charge) 25 Converting an application for a short (declarative) patent to an application for a full patent Printing fee Ø additional fee for every page over Patent grant (paid in USD to the State Treasury) USD 200 Maintaining a patent in force (annuities payment) 2 1 Minimum fee

4 1 st - 2 nd years rd year 4 th year th year 60 6 th year th year th year th - 14 th years 2 15 th 25 th years Penalty for late payment of annuities % 28 Requesting a patent term extension (for pharmaceutical patents/ patents for plant or animal protection means) Introducing changes on the applicant s initiative to the State Register and Letter Patent Registering a License Ø first patent Ø each additional patent 31 Registering an Assignment of Rights Ø first patent Ø each additional patent Introducing changes to a registered license or assignment contract 33 Requesting an extract from the Register of Patents 2 The patent term is calculated from the filing date. No maintenance fees are required for pending applications. The first annuity for the current year of the patent term is due after publication of the mention of grant. 3 The term of a pharmaceutical patent or a patent for plant / animal protection means may be extended by 5 years

5 UTILITY MODELS No Designation of operations Official Fee (Ukrainian Hryvnia UAH) Agent s Fee (EURO) 1 Filing an application for a utility model Ø 1 to 3 claims Ø each claim in excess of Claiming convention priority 3 Making amendments in the application: Ø for each additional claim if submission of a request about amendments results in additional claims Ø for each additional independent claim if submission of a request about amendments results in new subject matters Converting a utility model application into a patent application 80 5 Translating and forwarding a formal communication, official letter etc. to an applicant Filing a request for a term extension (for each full and non-full month) 7 Reinstating a missed term 8 Preparing a response to an official letter or action Filing a response to an official letter or action 10 Printing fee Ø additional fee for every page over Patent grant USD 1 12 Preparing documents for the registration of a license agreement (for one patent) Ø for each patent over one Publication of amendments to the information about the grant of a license in the State Register 14 Preparing documents for the registration of an assignment of patent rights (for one patent) Ø for each patent over one 1 15 Requesting an extract from the Register of Patents

6 16 Introducing changes in the Register of Patents on the applicant s initiative (filing a request for making corrections in a Letters Patent) Annuities 1 st 2 nd years rd year 4 th year 0 5 th year 60 6 th year th year th year th year 2 10 th years 2 within 6 months after expiration of the due date an annuity may be paid with a % fine + %

7 INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS No 1 Designation of operations Filing an application for an industrial design Ø first design Ø 2 to 10 designs (each) more than 10 designs (each) Official Fee (Ukrainian Hryvnia UAH) Agent s Fee (EURO) 3 Claiming convention priority 4 Requesting an extension of the term for the submission of payment of the filing fee (for each full and non-full month) 5 Filing amendments to application documents for an industrial design Introducing changes of the Ø applicant s name; Ø applicant s address; Ø address for correspondence; Ø agent; Ø agent s address 7 Requesting change of the applicant s name (if this change occurred due to an assignment, transfer, etc.) 8 Translating and forwarding a formal communication, official letter etc. to an applicant (+ translation cost) 9 Preparing a response to an official letter or action 1 10 Filing response to an official letter or action Requesting a term extension (for each full and non-full month) Requesting reinstatement of a missed term (for each full and nonfull month between the date of expiration of this term and the date of filing the request) 13 Filing an appeal, with the Chamber of appeals, against a decision of the examining authority 14 Printing fee (per each representation in a variant for which protection has been granted, in black-and-white) Extra fee for the print in colour (per representation) Patent grant USD 1 16 Introducing changes on the applicant s initiative to the State Register and a Letter Patent 800

8 17 Registering a License Ø first patent Ø each additional patent 18 Registering an Assignment of Rights Ø first patent Ø each additional patent Introducing changes to a registered license 20 Annuities 1 st 2 nd years 3 rd year th year th year th year th year th year th year th year th year th year th 15 th years 3300 within 6 months after expiration of the due date an annuity may be paid with a % fine +%

9 TRADE & SERVICE MARKS No Designation of operations 1 Filing an application for a trade or service mark Ø one class Ø each class over one Ø for filing a mark in colour Filing an application in the name of more than one applicant Ø one class each class over one Official Fee (Ukrainian Hryvnia UAH) Agent s Fee (EURO) Claiming convention priority 40 3 Filing a divisional TM application Filing amendments to application documents for trade or service marks Introducing changes of the Ø applicant s name; Ø applicant s address; Ø address for correspondence; Ø agent; Ø agent s address 6 Requesting change of the applicant s name (if this change occurred due to an assignment, transfer, merging, etc.) 7 Translating and forwarding a formal communication, official letter etc. to an applicant 80 (+ translation cost) 8 Preparing and filing a response to an official letter or action Filing a request for a term extension (for each full and non-full month) 11 Reinstating a missed term 12 Filing a response to a provisional refusal Certificate grant USD Publication of the information about grant of a certificate if a trademark is published in black-and-white Ø additional fee for the publication of a colour representation of a mark 1 /1 class 16 Introducing changes on the applicant s initiative, to the State Register and Certificate Certificate renewal (additional 10 years) on behalf of one owner Ø per one class Ø per each additional class over one 1 Minimum fee

10 18 Certificate renewal (additional 10 years) on behalf of more than one owner 130% 2 19 Late renewal 1% Filing an appeal with the Chamber of Appeals against a decision of the Patent Office Registering a License 2 Ø additional certificate over one 22 Registering an Assignment of Rights 2 Ø additional certificate over one 23 Introducing changes to a registered agreement of rights/license 24 Translation of the list of goods/services into Ukrainian (per words) 16

11 TRADEMARK SEARCH TYPE OF SEARCH 7 business days Cost per additional class over one Official fee (UAH) Agent s fee ( ) Official fee (UAH) Agent s fee ( ) 2 Word search Device search Word & device search

12 GENERAL FEES No Agent s Fee Designation of operations (EURO) 1 Attorney s work / one hour Requesting a duplicate patent or certificate 3 Translation from English, German, French (per words) 16 Translation into English, German, French (per words) 20 4 Typing (per page) Ø Russian, Ukrainian Ø English, German, French 5 Copies (per page) 0,40 6 Prints (per 1 set of documents) 20 0,5 1,0 Designation of operations Banking fees, post and office expenses Agent s Fee (EURO) per invoice 1 Minimum fee

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