Applicable taxes for patents and addition certificates
Title IMaterial applicable taxesPatents and addition certificates |
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Different taxes |
F.CFA taxes
(1euro = 655.957 F.CFA) |
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1- Taxes for obtaining patents and addition certificates |
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a) Patent filing covering the first year |
225.000 | |||||
b) Deposit of addition certificate |
285.000 | |||||
c) Priority claim, by priority |
63.000 | |||||
d) Publication of a patent or a certificate of addition |
365.000 | |||||
e) Supplement by claim beyond the 10th |
45.000 | |||||
f) Length of the descriptive memory: |
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| From 11 to 20 pages typed or drawing plates (A4 format) | 120.000 | |||||
| From 21 to 30 pages or plates | 300.000 | |||||
| From 31 to 40 pages or plates | 600.000 | |||||
| Beyond, at the rate of 80,000 F.CFA per slice of 10 pages or indivisive plates | ||||||
g) Modification or rectification of hardware errors |
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| By modification or error | 40.000 | |||||
h) Formulation taxes proposed during the technical examination |
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| Concerning the title | 35.000 | |||||
| Regarding the description, by page | 20.000 | |||||
Regarding claims: |
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| By independent claim | 75.000 | |||||
| By dependent claim | 25.000 | |||||
Regarding figures or chemical formulas: |
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| By figure or chemical formula | 35.000 | |||||
| Concerning the abbreviated | 50.000 | |||||
i) Transformation of a request for a certificate of addition to a patent application |
105.000 | |||||
2 - Taxes for the maintenance of patents in force: |
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a) Annities relating to the patent |
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| From the 2nd year to the 5th year, per year | 220.000 | |||||
| From the 6th year to the 10th year, per year | 375.000 | |||||
| From the 11th year to the 15th year, per year | 500.000 | |||||
| From the 16th year to the 20th year, per year | 650.000 | |||||
b) Supplement for late payment of annuity (s) |
70.000 | |||||
3 -taxes of rights restoration (late payment of annuities or deposit excluding priority) |
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| Fault attributable to the depositor | 375.000 | |||||
| Fault attributable to the agent | 650.000 | |||||
| Publication tax of catering decisions, by decision | 600.000 | |||||
4 - Taxes concerning the special patent register: |
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a) Registration in the Special Patent Register |
265.000 | |||||
b) deliverance from a copy of any registration in the RSB |
60.000 | |||||
5 - Research taxes: |
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a) Search for deposit or registration in the RSB |
110.000 | |||||
b) Documentary research on the state of the technique |
120.000 | |||||
c) Research on a patent, an addition certificate |
110.000 | |||||
6 - Taxes for obtaining information: |
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a) Direction of an official copy of the description and drawings or the priority documents of a patent application or an addition certificate |
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| Up to 10 pages or plates | 60.000 | |||||
| Above 10 pages or boards (per page or additional board) | 15.000 | |||||
b) The state of registrations in the special register of patents or addition certificates |
80.000 | |||||
c) Deliverance of a duplicate of a part or a certificate concerning an invention patent or an addition certificate |
55.000 | |||||
d) authentication of a patent printed booklet or a certificate of addition |
55.000 | |||||
e) issuance of a statement of annuities |
110.000 | |||||
f) Communication of originals of patents or addition certificates |
30.000 | |||||
7 - Appeal tax, by appeal |
960.000 | |||||
8 - Extension taxes: |
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From OAPI to a new Member State |
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| Patents | 125.000 | |||||
| Addition certificates | 50.000 | |||||
From a new Member State to OAPI |
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| Patents | 250.000 | |||||
| Addition certificates | 300.000 | |||||
| Supplement for request for late extension of a new State to OAPI or OAPI to a new State | 70.000 | |||||
| Correction of hardware errors on the extension form | 25.000 | |||||
9 - Other taxes: |
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| Change of agent, by patent application | 90.000 | |||||
