{"id":1583,"date":"2019-06-02T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.bittner-patent.eu\/translations-and-renewal-fees\/"},"modified":"2019-06-02T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:23:01","slug":"translations-and-renewal-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bittner-patent.eu\/en\/translations-and-renewal-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Translations and Renewal Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1583\" class=\"elementor elementor-1583 elementor-867\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3ea67f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3ea67f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05aea03\" data-id=\"05aea03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c85da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60c85da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A granted European Patent is a bundle of national patents for the respective contracting states of the European Patent Convention (EPC). For the maintenance of the patent national patent offices of the contracting states request\u00a0<u>renewal fees on a yearly basis<\/u>\u00a0(usually starting with the 3rd year after the filing of the application).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41e4aad5 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41e4aad5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d568e70\" data-id=\"d568e70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a928ddc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a928ddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fees<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf89cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdf89cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/bittner-patent.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/info-fees-300x232.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bittner-patent.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/info-fees-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/bittner-patent.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/info-fees.png 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dc5f859\" data-id=\"4dc5f859\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7a1939 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"1c7a1939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe fees increase year by year by about 10 to 20%.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e74054 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"52e74054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe patent owner can abandon the patent by not paying the fees.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595a6ac2 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"595a6ac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the IT industry usual patent life time is around 10 to 12 years.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6e0a56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6e0a56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be1e963\" data-id=\"be1e963\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e3bab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45e3bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The following table gives an overview of\u00a0<\/span><u style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">the cumulative fees<\/u><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0for a selection of EPC contracting states with regards to a patent life time of 10, 12, 15 and 20 years, respectively. The numbers correspond to rounded Euro amounts. Exchange rate fluctuations for Non-Euro states as well as inflation effects are not taken into account (as of February 2012). There is no guarantee for the correctness of the data.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41d91b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41d91b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8772448\" data-id=\"8772448\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ae58c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5ae58c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Translations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f5b56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74f5b56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Under the London agreement some contracting states at least partially waived their translation requirements into the respective national languages and, therefore, low or no translation costs are to be expected for those states. Assuming that the European Patent Application is filed in English, the left column of the following fee table indicates:\u00a0<br \/>*\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0No further translations required<br \/>**\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Translations required for the claims only<br \/>***\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Translations required for the description and the claims<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc5e7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fc5e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table width=\"529\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p>Contracting State<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>10<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>12<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>15<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>*<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpma.de\/docs\/service\/formulare\/allgemein\/a9510.pdf\">Germany (DE)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.400<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>5.200<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>13.200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>*<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inpi.fr\/fr\/brevets\/la-vie-de-votre-brevet\/maintenir-son-brevet-en-vigueur.html\">France (FR)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0800<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.300<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a05.600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>*<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipo.gov.uk\/types\/patent\/p-manage\/p-renew.htm\">UK (GB)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0700<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.300<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.400<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a05.400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>*<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ige.ch\/patente\/gebuehrenfristen\/schweizausland.html\">Switzerland (CH) \/ Liechtenstein (LI)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.000<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.200<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a03.500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>*<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovation.public.lu\/fr\/publications\/propriete-intellectuelle\/brevets\/brevet-guide-deposant\/index.html\">Luxemburg (LU)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0600<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0800<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.400<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a02.500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>**<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/iprights.dkpto.org\/patent--utility-model\/prices-and-payment.aspx\">Danmark (DK)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.600<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.300<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>3.700<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a06.700<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>**<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prv.se\/en\/Patents\/Fees-and-payment\/National-applications-and-patents\/\">Sweden (SE)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.400<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.100<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>3.400<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a06.400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>**<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agentschapnl.nl\/en\/node\/108293\">Netherlands (NL)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.600<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>5.000<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>11.000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>***<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patentamt.at\/Media\/Infoblatt_Jahresgebuehren2011.pdf\">Austria (AT)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.800<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>5.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>12.300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>***<\/p><\/td><td width=\"203\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oepm.es\/export\/sites\/oepm\/comun\/documentos_relacionados\/Tasas\/Tasas_PatentesNac_ModelosUtilidad_2012.pdf\">Spain (ES)<\/a><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0800<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>1.200<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>2.200<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>\u00a04.900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>Groups of states<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>10<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>12<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>15<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p><strong>20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>*<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>DE, FR, GB, CH\/LI, LU<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>4.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>7.400<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>13.700<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>30.200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"41\"><p>**<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>DK, SE, NL<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>4.500<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>7.000<\/p><\/td><td width=\"71\"><p>12.100<\/p><\/td><td 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