Q: We are a Japan company who intend to file a patent application at Vietnam, through PCT route claiming priority of our national patent application filed at the Japan patent office on December 21, 2012.
A: Thank you for your letter. As your requirement, we would like to advise you on fee for entering a PCT patent application in Vietnam as hereafter:
|
Works |
Official fees (US$) |
Agency fee (US$) |
| 1. Filing application for patent application (*) |
10.7 |
120.00 |
| – Additional charge for a specification more than 06 pages: 14 |
9.80 |
14.00 |
| – Additional fee for the 2nd and each subsequent independent claim (03 claims) |
32.10 |
120.00 |
| 2. Claiming priority right (for each earlier priority) |
36.40 |
40.00 |
| 3. Request for substantive examination inclusive of information search (*) |
32.00 |
30.00 |
| – Additional charge for each additional independent claim from 2nd one (03 claims) |
90.00 |
60.00 |
| 4. Publication of patent application (*) |
7.30 |
30.00 |
| 5. Granting patent for invention (including Register and Publication)(*) |
22.00 |
40.00 |
| Additional charge for each additional independent claim from 2nd one (03 claims) |
18.30 |
30.00 |
| 6. Translation of patent specification and other materials (6.5USD per 100 words, from English to Vietnamese) (about 7741 words) |
|
503.16 |
| Actual communication fee |
|
40 |
| Subtotal |
258.60 |
1027.16 |
| 5%VAT of attorney’s fee |
|
51.35 |
| Total |
1337.11 |
|
The above is our advice of documents and fees for filing a patent in Vietnam. Should you have any inquiry, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to hearing your official instruction soon.
