NL Patent Office

Fees

This page gives you an overview of all fees of NL Patent Office.

These fees are compliant with Dutch Patent Law. All amounts are calculated in euro.
 

Fees for application and novelty search as of 5 June 2008	euro
Fee for filing a patent application:
- online	80
- on paper	120
Fee for a request for the institution or continuation into the state of art	100
Fee for a request for the institution or continuation of an international search into the state of art	794

Annual fees as of 5 June 2008
In order to maintain a patent in the Netherlands, an annual fee must be paid to NL Patent Office. The first payment is due at the start of the fourth year after the application has been filed. There is a fixed annual fee per year, depending upon the year after the application was filed. The last day upon which the annual fee (without increase) can be paid is the last day of the month in which the patent application that resulted in the patent has been filed.
 

Year	Fee amount	Fine [2]		Year [1]	Fee amount	Fine
1st year	-	-		21st year	1.600	800
2nd year	-	-		22nd year	1.800	900
3rd year	-	-		23rd year	2.000	1.000
4th year	40	20		24th year	2.200	1.100
5th year	100	50		25th year	2.400	1.200
6th year	160	80		26th year	1.300	-
7th year	220	110
8th year	280	140
9th year	340	170
10th year	400	200
11th year	500	250
12th year	600	300
13th year	700	350
14th year	800	400
15th year	900	450
16th year	1.000	500
17th year	1.100	550
18th year	1.200	600
19th year	1.300	650
20th year	1.400	700

[1] From the 21st year annual fees are due for Supplementary Protection Certificates.

[2] Payment after the due date is possible within six months after the due date. However, this means that a fine of 50 percent of the valid annual fee will be charged.

Other fees
 

Transmittal fee for an international application	50
Fee payable on filing a translation into the Dutch language of a European patent granted for the Netherlands	25
Fee for filing a supplementary protection certificate	544
Fee for filing a request for the restoration in the prior state	161
Fee for an advisory report concerning the applicability of the grounds for nullification for a patent	340
Fee for a request made by the applicant and inventor jointly in order to improve or delete the family name, Christian names and residence of the inventor in the application	22
Fee for registration of license agreements	27
Fee for registration of a deed of assignments	27
Fee for registration of changes of name for a patent or a patent application	11
When the change of name refers to more than 5 patents or patent applications, the fee payable for each subsequent patent or patent application shall be:	5
Fee for a certified copy if the international application	9
Fee for certified extracts form data of the patent register for each patent (application)	9
Fee for certified copies of payment notifications	9
Fee for a priority document	9

Paying on and after the expiry date
In order to maintain a patent in the Netherlands, an annual fee must be paid to NL Patent Office. The first payment is due at the start of the fourth year after the application has been filed. There is a fixed maintenance fee per year, depending upon the year after the application was filed. The last day upon which the annual fee (without increase) can be paid is the last day of the month in which the patent application that resulted in the patent has been filed. However:

• If the patent has been granted to a divisional patent application, the month of filing the original patent application shall be the determining factor.
• If the patent is granted in or after the fourth year, the initial payment shall be due immediately if the day/month upon which the patent has been granted is the same as or falls before the day/month upon which the application has been submitted.

If you wish to pay the annual fee for a patent that has not yet been granted, NL Patent Office would prefer you to state the day upon which the patent shall be granted. Late payment is permitted up to six months after the day upon which the payment is due. If that is the case, an increase of 50 percent of the annual fee applicable at that time shall be due. There is however an exception: If the first annual fee has to be paid within a period of two months after the day upon which the patent has been granted, the amount can still be paid on the last day of the month in which this period ends without being subject to an increase. If an annual fee with a penalty is not paid within six months after the date upon which the patent expires, the patent shall expire irrevocably.

Bank accounts
Fees can be paid on our bank account.

Payments can be addressed to: NL Patent Office, Patentlaan 2, 2288 EE Rijswijk (ZH), The Netherlands.