Fees for Patent in Bulgaria
How to form the fees for Patent in Bulgaria?
Fees for Patent in Bulgaria shall be paid for all actions before the Bulgarian Patent Office. The fees are in compliance with a tariff accepted by the Council of Ministers. When formulating the preliminary price of a patent, it is necessary to anticipate some features that affect pricing. The Law on Patents and Registration of Utility Models provides reductions under specific conditions contrary to the price of a trademark, for which such reductions are not available. The main factors in determining the preliminary price of a patent for an invention are the type of applicant and the number of inventions.
Fees for Patent in Bulgaria
/according to the type of applicant/
The applicant for patent applications is the person who becomes a patent holder upon the grant of a patent. If the applicant is also an inventor of the application, he can enjoy a 50% discount on fees for: filing an application, examination and appeal. The same facilitated regime can be used by micro and small enterprises under the Small and Medium Enterprises Act, state or municipal schools, state higher schools or academic research organizations on a state budget.
Fees for Patent in Bulgaria
/according to the number of inventions/
When calculating the price of a patent in advance, it is necessary to take into account the number of inventions. The Patent Office is considering two cases: one invention and a group of inventions. In terms of the number of inventions, the assessment of the number of independent claims is decisive. Any patent application involving an independent claim is considered to relate to one invention. If the application has more than one independent claim, then we are talking about a group of inventions. The final number of all claims also affects the price of the patent, as for each claim after the 10th additional fees are paid.
Declaration of readiness for license
It is extremely important when pricing the patent application to pay attention to the filing of a Declaration of readiness for license. In this case, the applicant (regardless of the type) has a 50% discount on all fees for the procedure and grant. If we add the previous reduction, the cost of filing the application reduces dramatically.
Procedure in the Bulgarian Patent Office
Expenditures for state fees can be distributed and paid in stages, but without missing the deadlines set by law. The procedure for granting a patent in Bulgaria goes through various stages (which we have described in detail on the page for “patent in Bulgaria“). The Bulgarian Patent Office examines the formal requirements of the patent application and performs a preliminary examination and examination of the admissibility of legal protection.
The patent application shall be published on the 18th month following its filing. This is followed by search and examination for the presence of novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability. When the application meets the requirements for patentability, a patent is granted.
List of Fees for Patent in Bulgaria
Official fees regarding Patent Application
(before the Bulgarian Patent Office)
Fees for Filing and Publication of a Patent in Bulgaria
| Filing of an application for a patent for invention – 22 €
– each patent claim after the 10th – 11 €
| Claiming of priority (each priority) – 11 €
| Formality check – 22 €
| Preliminary examination and patent application admissibility
– for one invention – 77 €
– for group of inventions – 93 €
| Filing of a request for patent search, examination and publication – 93 €
Fees for Granting and Publication of a Patent in Bulgaria
| Grant of patent – 36 €
| Publication for application in Official Bulletin of the Bulgarian Patent Office – 36 €
| Publication in the Official Bulletin of the patent description, claims and drawings (up to 10 pages) – 42 €
– for each additional page after the 10th – 6 €
| Publication in Official Bulletin of independent claims – 26 €
List of Fees for Patent Annuity in Bulgaria
Official annuity fees regarding Patent in Bulgaria
(before the Bulgarian Patent Office)
Annual maintenance fees regarding the patent shall be paid each patent year starting from the filing date of the patent application. Payment of the patent annuity for each subsequent patent year shall be settled in advance and no later than on the last day of the month, in which the preceding patent year expires. In case of failure to observe the deadline for the payment of the annuity, the patent shall remain in force, provided that the patent owner pays the due fee at twice the rate within six months following the expiration of that term.
| 1st year – 22 €
| 2nd year – 22 €
| 3rd year – 22 €
| 4th year – 22 €
| 5th year – 72 €
| 6th year – 93 €
| 7th year – 113 €
| 8th year – 139 €
| 9th year – 195 €
| 10th year – 256 €
| 11th year – 307 €
| 12th year – 358 €
| 13th year – 410 €
| 14th year – 461 €
| 15th year – 512 €
| 16th year – 563 €
| 17th year – 614 €
| 18th year – 665 €
| 19th year – 767 €
| 20th year – 870 €
