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Schedule of fees for filing cases in the Benelux as of 1 April 2024
| Schedule of fees – prices in Euro (€) | Netherlands | Belgium | Luxembourg |
| Official Filing fee | 80 | 50 | 40 |
| Official Search fee | 100 | 300 | 0 *** |
| Official fee for requesting early publication | N.A. | N.A. | 49 |
| DOGIO service fee for filing of a patent application in the English language | 380 | 480 | 380 |
| DOGIO service fee for claim check | 140 | 140 | 140 |
| DOGIO service fee for reporting granted patent by mail | 120 | 120 | 120 |
| Aggregated minimum | 820 | 1090 | 780 |
| DOGIO service fee for late filing claims or DAS code | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| DOGIO service fee for filing certified priority document on paper | 150 | 150 | 150 |
| DOGIO service fee for adding inventor(s) and/or applicant(s) | 160 | 160 | 160 |
| Translation rate English>Dutch (EN>NL) per 100 words | 15 * | 15 * | N.A. |
| Translation rate English>German (EN>DE) per 100 words | N.A. | 15 * | 15 * |
| Translation rate English>French (EN>FR) per 100 words | N.A. | 16 * | 16 * |
* translation of English claims only is required
** translation of English description and claims is required
*** Short-Term case, i.e. patent lifetime of 6 years; for 20 years patent, Official Search fee: 450 Euro.
| European procedure | Actions | EURO | |
| Filing procedure | Official fee for Filing | 135.00 | per claim |
| Official fee for Search | 2210.00 | per claim | |
| Claims fee 16-50e claim | 275.00 | per page | |
| Official fees for claims 51st and further | 685.00 | hourly rate | |
| Pages fee > 36 p | 18.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for amending the EP application | 370.00 | hourly rate | |
| DOGIO fee for filing a European patent application, monitoring the deadlines and other services | 1000.00 | ||
| Examining procedure | DOGIO fee for performing a study of the search report and giving advice (1-2 XY-documents) | 495.00 | |
| DOGIO fee for performing a study of the search report and giving advice (3-6 XY-documents) | 735.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for performing a study of the search report and giving advice (7+ documents) | 980.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for amending a patent application in view of the search report, incl. filing said amendments | 370.00 | hourly rate | |
| DOGIO fee for filing a Request for Examination, incl. payment of the corresponding fees | 735.00 | ||
| Official examination fee (direct filing) | 1915.00 | ||
| Official examination fee (PCT entry) | 1915.00 | ||
| Official designation fee | 685.00 | ||
| Office action | DOGIO fee for forwarding Office Action and monitoring deadlines | 170.00 | |
| DOGIO fee for drafting a response to an Office Action and filing such response | 370.00 | hourly rate | |
| grant procedure | DOGIO fee for payment of the Grant fee and taking care of the translation of the claims | 550.00 | |
| Fee for translation of the claims from English into German and French | 830.00 | ||
| Official fee for grant and publication | 1080.00 | ||
| Official fees for pages over 35 | 18.00 | per page | |
| Other services | DOGIO fee for checking and forwarding the Patent Certificate (without courier costs) | 140.00 | |
| DOGIO fee for registering a change of name before the European Patent Office | 160.00 | ||
| Official fee for registering a change of name before the European Patent Office 110.00 | 120.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for registering a transfer of rights before the European Patent Office | 160.00 | ||
| Official fee for registering a transfer of rights before the European Patent Office | 120.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for studying the file – which change is applicable, checking of the documents and the actual data in the Register | 160.00 | hourly rate | |
| DOGIO fee for filing a request for withdrawal | 170.00 | ||
| Fee for appeal | 2925.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for filing appeal | 735.00 | ||
| Fee for opposition | 880.00 | ||
| DOGIO fee for filing opposition | 735.00 | ||
| Renewals | DOGIO fee for payment of the renewal fee, including monitoring the deadline | 85.00 | |
| Renewal fee for the 3rd year | 690.00 | ||
| Renewal fee for the 4th year | 845.00 | ||
| Renewal fee for the 5th year | 1000.00 | ||
| Renewal fee for the 6th year | 1155.00 |