Fees applicable to utility models and improvement certificates
| Different taxes | New taxes in CFA francs (1 euro = 655.957) |
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| 1- Taxes for obtaining a utility model: | ||||||
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| (a) Filing of a utility model (paper) | 20.000 | |||||
| b) Filing of improvement certificate | 25.000 | |||||
| c) Priority claim, by priority | 25.000 | |||||
| (d) Publication of an application for registration of a utility model or improvement certificate | 30.000 | |||||
| (e) Publication of the certificate of registration of a utility model or improvement | 10.000 | |||||
| (f) Opposition and claim of ownership 170 000 | ||||||
| g) Examination of the request 25 000 | ||||||
| (h) Registration of the utility model certificate | 20.000 | |||||
| i) Supplement for claim beyond the 10th | 45.000 | |||||
| j) Fee for length of descriptive memorandum • Beyond 10 pages, per undivided tranche of 10 pages 10,000 |
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| k) Filing of the divisional application • NB: in terms of fees, divisional applications are subject to the same fees as initial applications |
20 000 | |||||
| l) Correction of material error on the form before publication, by material error | 18.000 | |||||
| (m) Correction of material error after publication, by material error | 20.000 | |||||
| n) Modification by page of the description or drawing plates or abstract | 20.000 | |||||
| o) Modification of a claims page following the deletion 18,000 of one or more claims |
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| (p) Amendment or addition of a new claim | 45.000 | |||||
| (q) Conversion of a patent application into an application for registration of a utility model or improvement certificate. |
50.000 | |||||
| (r) Conversion of an application for an improvement certificate into an application for registration of a utility model | 20.000 | |||||
| 2- Maintenance taxes in force | ||||||
| a) Annuities relating to the utility model • From the 2nd to the 5th annuity 20,000 • From the 6th to the 10th annuity 35,000 |
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| b) Tax for late payment of annuity | 10.000 | |||||
| 3- Restoration taxes rights | ||||||
| • For fault attributable to the agent • For other circumstances beyond the control of the holder • Publication fee for decisions to restore a utility model, by decision |
260 000 100 000 30 000 |
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| 4- Taxes concerning the Special Register of Utility Models • Tax for registration in the Special Register of Utility Models • Tax for issuing a copy of the decision for any registration |
50 000 15 000 |
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| 5-Research report | ||||||
| (a) Search for filing of an application for registration of a utility model or an improvement certificate | 25.000 | |||||
| (b) Search for a utility model registration or improvement certificate | 25.000 | |||||
| (c) Utility model portfolio search | 30.000 | |||||
| d) Documentary research on the state of the art | 100.000 | |||||
| 6- Taxes for obtaining information | ||||||
| . Up to 10 pages or plates . Above 10 pages or plates per page or additional plates |
15 000 5 000 |
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| b) Certified copy: . Of a registration decision. . Of a decision of opposition, restoration, claim of ownership, rejection, appeal, arbitration. . |
20.000 20 000 |
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| c) Issuance of a copy of a document, decision or certificate concerning a Utility Model | 5.000 | |||||
| (d) Issuance of a duplicate of a decision to register a utility model or an improvement certificate | 35.000 | |||||
| e) Issuance of a statement of registration in the Special Register of Utility Models | 35.000 | |||||
| f) Certified copy of a printed Utility Model booklet . From 1 to 10 pages . Beyond 10 pages, in undivided installments of 10 pages |
15 000 2 000 |
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| (g) Issuance of an annuity payment statement | 35.000 | |||||
| (h) Fee for communication of copies of originals of an application for registration of a utility model: . From 1 to 10 pages: . Beyond 10 pages, in undivided increments of 10. |
10.000 |
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| (i) Other information on a Utility Model | 15.000 | |||||
| 7- Appeal fees, per appeal | ||||||
| Appeal fees, per appeal | 250.000 | |||||
| 8 – Extension fees: . From a new member State to OAPI . From OAPI to a new State . Supplement for late extension requests from a new State to OAPI or from OAPI to a new State . Fee for correction of material errors noted on an extension form |
150 000 |
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| 9- Other fees . Change of representative, by utility model application . Fee for processing and transmitting an international PCT application (OAPI receiving office) to the International Bureau (WIPO/Geneva) |
90 000 50 000 |
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