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PATENT FEES
The list of procedures for which patent fees are collected, fee amount and the date of payment as well as the grounds for exemption from fee payment and reduction of fee amount or refund are prescribed by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus “On Patent Fees”.
List and amount of fees levied for patenting of inventions
(an extract from the Decree “On Patent Fees”)
List of legally significant procedures |
Fee amount |
In the base values |
In US dollars |
Filing of an application: |
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for one invention |
0,5 |
100 |
when a group of inventions, additionally for each invention above one |
0,2 |
40 |
an Eurasian application |
1,0 |
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Claiming of convention priority |
0,25 |
50 |
Prior publication of data on an application |
0,5 |
100 |
Lodging of a petition for patent examination: |
in respect of one invention |
3,0 |
600 |
additionally for each dependent item of the claims above ten |
0,1 |
20 |
additionally for each independent item of the claims above one |
2,4 |
480 |
Insertion of supplements, amendments and more precise definitions into application materials on the initiative of an applicant |
0,2 |
40 |
Insertion, on the initiative of an applicant or on the request of examiners, of amendments into claims presupposing: |
including of items absent in the claims initially filed and taken for examination |
0,2
and additionally
0,2
for each new independent item of the claims |
40
and additionally
40
for each new independent item of the claims |
including of items into the claims after lodging of a petition for patent examination |
0,2
and additionally
2,4
for each new independent item of the claims,
additionally
0,1
for each new dependent item of the claims above ten |
40
and additionally
480
for each new independent item of the claims,
additionally
20
for each new dependent item of the claims above ten |
Lodging of a petition for extension of the term for replying to a request (for each month requested): |
up to 3 months inclusive from the date of expiration |
0,1 |
20 |
from 3 to 6 months inclusive from the date of expiration |
0,2 |
40 |
over 6 months from the date of expiration |
0,5 |
100 |
Registration in the State Register, grant of a patent |
0,1 |
200 |
Fees are transferred to the clearing account of the National Center of Intellectual Property.
A payment document should refer only to one application and contain the registration number of the application or the title of an invention as well as the name of a procedure for which payment has been made.
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