Schedule of Fees and Charges Effective: 1st January 20 16 Postal Address Patent Attorney s Bureau B & Co. 12 Kropivnitskogo Street Kyiv 04, Ukraine Phone/Fax: +380 (044) 234 93 01 E-mail: contact@b-a-co.com Web: www.b-a-co.com
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 3 800 80 460 2 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 800 80 3000 11 Introducing changes of the Ø applicant s name; Ø applicant s address; Ø address for correspondence; Ø agent; Ø agent s address 60 60 60 60 60
12 Introducing changes in the applicant s name (due to an assignment, transfer, etc.) 80 13 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 e-mail Review and forwarding of the Official Actions to an applicant 3000 3000 2 (+ 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 2 1 22 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 1700 24 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 80 80 26 Printing fee Ø additional fee for every page over 15 200 10 20 27 Patent grant (paid in USD to the State Treasury) USD 200 Maintaining a patent in force (annuities payment) 2 1 Minimum fee
1 st - 2 nd years 300 3 rd year 4 th year 0 60 5 th year 60 6 th year 700 70 7 th year 800 80 8 th year 900 80 9 th - 14 th years 2 15 th 25 th years 3 3800 120 Penalty for late payment of annuities % 28 Requesting a patent term extension (for pharmaceutical patents/ patents for plant or animal protection means) 80 29 Introducing changes on the applicant s initiative to the State Register and Letter Patent 800 30 Registering a License Ø first patent Ø each additional patent 31 Registering an Assignment of Rights Ø first patent Ø each additional patent 200 200 32 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
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 3 800 80 2 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 800 80 80 Ø for each additional independent claim if submission of a request about amendments results in new subject matters 3000 4 Converting a utility model application into a patent application 80 5 Translating and forwarding a formal communication, official letter etc. to an applicant 130 1 6 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 130 1 9 Filing a response to an official letter or action 10 Printing fee Ø additional fee for every page over 15 11 Patent grant USD 1 12 Preparing documents for the registration of a license agreement (for one patent) Ø for each patent over one 200 10 30 1 13 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
16 Introducing changes in the Register of Patents on the applicant s initiative (filing a request for making corrections in a Letters Patent) 800 17 Annuities 1 st 2 nd years 300 3 rd year 4 th year 0 5 th year 60 6 th year 700 70 7 th year 800 70 8 th year 900 80 9 th year 2 10 th years 2 within 6 months after expiration of the due date an annuity may be paid with a % fine + %
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) 800 3 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 800 80 6 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 320 20 40 80 (+ translation cost) 9 Preparing a response to an official letter or action 1 10 Filing response to an official letter or action 60 11 Requesting a term extension (for each full and non-full month) 40 12 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) 1700 300 1 30 15 Patent grant USD 1 16 Introducing changes on the applicant s initiative to the State Register and a Letter Patent 800
17 Registering a License Ø first patent Ø each additional patent 18 Registering an Assignment of Rights Ø first patent Ø each additional patent 1 1 19 Introducing changes to a registered license 20 Annuities 1 st 2 nd years 3 rd year 200 4 th year 300 5 th year 4 60 6 th year 700 60 7 th year 900 60 8 th year 1200 80 9 th year 10 80 10 th year 1800 11 th year 1800 12 th year 1800 13 th 15 th years 3300 within 6 months after expiration of the due date an annuity may be paid with a % fine +%
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) 0 0 0 1300 1300 Agent s Fee (EURO) 300 300 60 2 Claiming convention priority 40 3 Filing a divisional TM application 1700 4 Filing amendments to application documents for trade or service marks 800 80 5 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 1 1 9 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 2 1 13 Certificate grant USD 200 1 14 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 800 17 Certificate renewal (additional 10 years) on behalf of one owner Ø per one class Ø per each additional class over one 1 Minimum fee 3000 300 20 200
18 Certificate renewal (additional 10 years) on behalf of more than one owner 130% 2 19 Late renewal 1% 300 20 Filing an appeal with the Chamber of Appeals against a decision of the Patent Office 1700 21 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
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 720 144-3 Device search 720 144-4 Word & device search 1440 288 -
GENERAL FEES No Agent s Fee Designation of operations (EURO) 1 Attorney s work / one hour 2 1 2 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) 30-40 per invoice 1 Minimum fee