This web page
features
the minimum attorney's fees for applications and cases involving
Patents,
Utility Models and Designs
as prescribed by
the Intellectual Property Association of
the
Philippines [IPAP],
the most reputable
organization of lawyers and practitioners engaged in
intellectual
property
law in the Philippines, of which Chan
Robles
is a member.
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MINIMUM ATTORNEY'S FEES
FOR
PATENTS, UTILITY MODELS AND
DESIGNS
CASES
AS OF MARCH 01, 1998
[As Prescribed by the
Intellectual
Property Association of the Philippines]
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| 1. Filing
of original application:
[b] For utility model........................................................................................US$ 350.00 [c] For design................................................................................................US$ 350.00 |
| 2. Preparation of formal drawings per sheet:...............................................................US$ 80.00 |
| 3. Claiming convention priority...................................................................................US$100.00 |
| 4. Late filing of formal documents for each application................................................US$ 100.00 |
| 5. Request for substantive examination.....................................................................US$ 100.00 |
| 6. Amendment or correction during first examination..................................................US$ 100.00 |
| 7. Amendment after final action by examiner..............................................................US$ 250.00 |
| 8. Conversion to another kind of application, i.e., invention to utility model [min.]........US$ 200.00 |
| 9. Response to official action [min.]............................................................................US$ 150.00 |
| 10. Petition for revival of abandoned application........................................................US$ 250.00 |
| 11. Request for certification documents......................................................................US$ 100.00 |
| 12. Recordal of assignment, licensing or similar document.........................................US$ 150.00 |
| 13. Submission of retyped amended specification and claims.....................................US$ 100.00 |
| 14. Conference or Interview with examiner not exceeding one[1] hour....................US$ 250.00 |
| 15. Request for extension of time to respond to official action.....................................US$ 100.00 |
| 16. Securing and transmitting each original letters patent...........................................US$ 100.00 |
| 17. Payment of publication fee of granted patent........................................................US$ 100.00 |
| 18. Request for amendment or correction of letters patent.........................................US$ 150.00 |
| 19. Payment of annual fees.......................................................................................US$ 150.00 |
| 20. Monitoring due date for payment of annual fees...................................................US$100.00 |
| 21. Reinstatement of a lapsed patent [min.]................................................................US$ 300.00 |
| 22. Specific search and report for each class or subject............................................US$ 150.00 |
| 23. General search and report for each class or subject...........................................US$ 200.00 |
| 24. Recordal of the change of name of the patentee of the letters patent....................US$ 150.00 |
| 25. Request for extension of term of design registration.............................................US$ 300.00 |
| 26. Appeal
to the Director from the final action of the examiner,
including preparation of appeal brief [min.]..........................................................US$ 500.00 |
| 27. Other services not covered by the foregoing list...................................................US$100.00 |
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