Applicable taxes for patents and addition certificates
Title I: Taxes applicable in matters of patents and addition certificates
Label: Applicable taxes in terms of patents and addition certificates
New taxes in F. CFA (1euro = 655.957)
1- Taxes for obtaining patents and addition certificates
a) Patent (paper) deposit covering the first year
225 000
b) Additional certificate (paper)
285 000
c) Priority claim, by priority
75 000
d) Publication of a patent or certificate request
365 000
e) Publication of the patent or addition certificate
150 000
f) Opposition or claim of property
250 000
g) Examination of the request
250 000
h) issuance of the patent or the addition certificate
200 000
i) Supplement by claim beyond the 10th
65 000
j) Length of the descriptive memory
• 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 beyond, at the rate of 80,000 FCFA per undivided edge of 10 pages or plates
600 000
k) Filing of the divisional request NB: In terms of taxes, divisional requests are subject to the same taxes as initial requests
225 000
l) Correction of material errors:
• Error correction on the form before the publication (error of the depositor)
40 000
• Material error correction after publication
60 000
(Costrier error)
m) Modification of a page
• Modification of a page of the description, drawing boards or abbreviations
40 000
• Modification of a claims page following the deletion of one or more claims
40 000
n) Modification or addition of a claim
65 000
o) Transformation of a request for a certificate of addition to a patent application
105 000
p) Transformation of a request to register utility model in patent application
560 000
2- Taxes for the maintenance of patents in force
Annities relating to the patent
• Dela 2nd year at 5th year, per year
270 000
• From the 6th year to the 10th year per year
400 000
• Dela 11th year in the 15th year, per year
525 000
• From the 16th year to the 20th year, per year
675 000
• Supplement for late annuity payment (s)
70 000
NB patent validation taxes: validation taxes will be stopped in common agreement with the partners
PM
Publication tax of the validated patent
PM
3- Right's restoration taxes
• For fault attributable to the agent
650 000
• For other circumstances independent of the will of the holder
375 000
• Publication tax of catering decisions, by decision
60 000
4- Taxes concerning the special patent register
a) Registration in the Special Patent Register
265 000
b) issuance of a decision -making copy of any registration in the Special Patent Register
60 000
5 research taxes
a) Research on the filing of a patent or certificate of addition request
110 000
b) Research on a patent or a certificate of addition
110 000
c) Documentary research on the state of the technique
200 000
d) Research on the patent portfolio of a holder
120 000
6- Taxes for obtaining information
a) issuance of an official copy of the description and drawings or the priority documents of a patent application or an addition certificate
• up to 10 pages or plates
60 000
• Above 10 pages or boards (per page or additional board)
15 000
b) Certified copy of a patent or certificate of addition decision
80 000
c) Certified copy of a registration decision in the Special Patents or Certificate of Addition
80 000
d) Certified copy of a decision of opposition, restoration, claim of ownership, rejection, appeal, arbitration, etc.
80 000
e) the registration state in the special register of patents or addition certificates
110 000
f) duplicate of a decision to issue a patent or a certificate of addition
80 000
g) Certified copy of a patent booklet or addition certificate: from 1 to 10 pages beyond 10 pages, per undivided edge of 10 pages
55 000 10 000
h) issuance of a statement of annuities
110 000
i) Other information on a patent or a certificate of addition
110 000
j) Communication tax copy of originals of a patent application or a certificate of addition, fixed as below: from 1 to 10 pages; Beyond 10 pages, per undivided edge of 10 pages
30 000 2 500
7 - Appeal tax, by appeal
Appeal tax, by recourse
960 000
8- Extension taxes
• from OAPI to a new Member State - Patents
125 000
- Addition certificates
150 000
• from a new Member State to OAPI
- 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
Change of agent, by patent request for treatment and transmission of an international request PCT (OAPI Office receiver) to the International Office (OMPI/Geneva)
