SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR AZERBAIJAN

(INURES WITH 01.01.2008)

DUTIES FOR PATENT INVENTIONS, UTILITY MODELS AND DESIGNS

 

Titles of juridical operations and payment term for them

Official fees
(AZN)1

I

II

III

1.1.

Application for invention, useful model and industrial design:

 

a) per invention, per useful model and per industrial design

10

b) additionally per more than one independent points of multi-element claim

7

c) additionally per more than  ten dependant point of multi-element claim

7

d) per additional more than  ten twenty industrial design

5

e) per additional more than 30 page of application text

1

1.2.

Request for priority in application (per priority)

7

1.3.

Amendments and additions to application’s materials upon expiration of first month since application

6

1.4.

Prolongation of response term to examination request: per month, not more than 12 months

5

1.5.

Publication of information about application before determined date

20

1.6.

Publication of information about application

6

1.7.

Petition-based informational search relevant to invention, useful model and industrial design

7

1.8.

Petition-based per se examination of application, relevant to invention, useful model and industrial design:

 

a) Per invention

50

b) Per useful model

40

c) Per industrial design

40

d) Additionally per each more than one independent point of multi-element claim

25

e) Additionally per each more than 10 dependent point of  multi-element claim

10

f) Per each additional exceeding 20-th industrial design

10

1.9.

Reformation of invention application into useful model application

5

1.10.

Reformation of useful model application into invention application

7

1.11.

Protest to Appeal Commission:

 

a) Against resolution of rejecting invention patent, useful model and industrial design

10

b) Against published application of invention, useful model and industrial design

6

c) Against granted patent of invention, useful model and industrial design

40

1.12.

Restoration of missed term:

 

a) For applicant’s protest to Appeal Commission, related to resolution rejecting granting of a patent

20

b) For applicant’s response to Appeal Commission, related to protest against published application

25

1.13.

Registration, patent issuing and publication for object of industrial property

 

a) Invention

10

b) Utility model

7

c) Industrial design

7

d) Per page exceeding 30-th one in description of patent with claim

1

1.14.

Studies on application’s materials after publication

10

1.15.

For issuing

 

a) Of a patent duplicate

7

b) Of a patent for partial cession of rights to other person

7

1.16.

Amendments to granted patent

7

1.17.

 

Registration of agreements on cession of rights on objects of industrial property:

 

a) Application of invention, useful model or industrial design, for each separately

10

b) Patent of invention, useful model or industrial design, for each separately

25

c) Several applications of invention, useful model or industrial design (per each application more than one)

10

d) Several patents on invention, useful model or industrial design (per each patent more than one)

10

1.18.

Registration of agreement on cession of right for using object of invention, useful model or industrial design:

 

a) Per application

10

b) For several applications

10

1.19.

Registration of license agreements related to:

 

a) One patent of invention, useful model or industrial design

25

b) Several patents of invention, useful model and industrial design (per each patent more than one)

20

1.20.

Amendments to registered agreements on cession of right or licensed agreements

10

1.21.

Consideration of assertions from prior user party for recognition of his rights

25

1.22.

Keeping a patent invention valid:

 

3-rd year

5

4-th year

8

5-th year

11

6-th year

14

7-th year

17

8-th year

20

9-th year

23

10-th year

26

11-th year

40

12-th year

44

13-th year

48

14-th year

52

15-th year

56

16-th year

60

17-th year

64

18-th year

68

19-th year

72

20-th year

76

1.23.

Keeping a useful model valid:

 

3-rd year

5

4-th year

8

5-th year

11

6-th year

14

7-th year

17

8-th year

20

9-th year

23

10-th year

26

1.24.

Keeping an industrial design patent valid:

 

3-rd year

5

4-th year

8

5-th year

11

6-th year

14

7-th year

17

8-th year

20

9-th year

23

10-th year

26

1.25.

Providing 12-months period, related to missed term of annual duty payment in year of patent maintenance

32

1. The duties are specified in Azerbaijan mantas (AZN). For foreign applicants invoices will be in USD at the rate at date of payment with payment period 15 days.

2. The specified official fees foresee the payment in determined amount for each missed month.