Validation of European patent in Bulgaria
What is validation of European Patent in Bulgaria?
The European Patent Office (EPO) may after an examination procedure, proceed with the grant of a European patent. There is currently, no tool available for the European patent to be valid after granting in all countries. This applies to both the member states of the European Patent Convention (EPC) and the EU member states. The effect of a European patent is obtained through a procedure called “Validation of a European patent”. The granted European patent needs to be validated in the separate territories of interest. This can only be done in EPC member states. The European patent may be valid in Bulgaria for a period of up to 20 years from the date of filing the application. For validation of a European patent in Bulgaria, provisions of national legislation are provided. (learn more about European patent in Bulgaria)
What are the provisions for validation in Bulgaria?
∴ A translation of claims, description and drawings into Bulgarian language must be filed within 3 months before the Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO). The deadline starts from the date of publication of mention of grant the European patent (B1) in the Official Bulletin of the European Patent Office (EPO)
∴ It is necessary to pay a fee for publication of the description, claims and drawings of the translated European patent in the Official Bulletin of the Bulgarian Patent Office within the above-cited 3-month term.
∴ It is obligatory for patent holders without a permanent address or registered office on the territory of Bulgaria to authorize a patent representative.
∴ Annual fees for maintaining the patent shall be paid for each patent year following the year in which the European Patent Office has published the mention of the grant the European patent.
CONTENT OF TE SERVICE
Validation of a European patent in Bulgaria
by “BV&Ko”
Engineering Patent Law Office “BV & Ko” can prepare the necessary translation into Bulgarian language of the description, patent claims and drawings of the granted European patent. Our law firm has highly qualified translators – specialists in various fields of technology. The quality of the performed translations is checked and guaranteed by registered representatives in industrial property. The experience of the BV&Ko team, acquired during the performance of numerous validations of European patents, assists in the following of deadlines, preparation and filing of the request for validation of the European patent on the territory of Bulgaria before the national patent office. We will complete all the necessary actions regarding the validation of a European patent well before the deadline. We will inform you in due time about the performed actions. You can also contact us for urgent requests for translation and validation of a European patent.
What is included in the service
“Validation of a European patent in Bulgaria”
by “BV & Ko”?
1. PREPARATION OF PERSONALIZED OFFER
For each individual case, in the engineering patent law firm “BV & Ko” we will prepare an individual offer without hidden fees, containing our fee for the service, the official fees and the fee for translation.
2. WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS
We will not request payment without the explicit receipt of instructions for starting work and before submitting the request for validation to the Bulgarian Patent Office.
3. PROVIDING OF TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
Thanks to our staff and the experience gained, we at BV & Ko are able to perform the necessary specialized technical translations in-house, which in turn guarantees high-quality translation at a reasonable price.
4. PREPARATION AND FILING OF REQUESTS FOR VALIDATION
The preparation and filing of the necessary documents for validation of the European patent in Bulgaria, according to the technical requirements, is the only and entirely our professional commitment.
5. REPRESENTATION BY PATENT ATTORNEY
We are giving exclusive attention to the Validation of the European Patent in Bulgaria and that is the reason to stand with our personal names before the Bulgarian Patent Office.
6. MONITORING OF DEADLINE
We take care of monitoring the validation deadlines of the European patent in Bulgaria as a personal responsibility, which is why we have a reliable monitoring system for all deadlines, including validation deadlines.
