Ministerial
Regulations No. 23 (B.E. 2542)
Issued under the Patent Act B.E. 2522
..
By
virtue of Section 4 of the Patent Act B.E. 2522 and Section 42 of the
Patent Act (No.3) B.E. 2542, the Minister of Commerce hereby issues the
Ministerial Regulations as follows:
Clause 1 The
Ministerial Regulations No. 12 (B.E. 2535) issued under the Patent Act
B.E. 2522 shall be repealed.
Clause 2 The
fees shall be as follows:
(1)
An application for a patent for an |
1,000
Baht |
(2)
An application for a patent for a design |
500
Baht |
|
An
application for a petty patent |
500
Baht |
(3)
Applications for design patents for the same design which are filed
at the same time in a number of ten or more applications |
4,500
Baht |
(4)
Publication of a patent application |
500
Baht |
(5)
A request for patent examination |
500
Baht |
(6)
An opposition to a patent application |
500
Baht |
(7)
A patent or petty patent |
1,000
Baht |
(8)
Annual fees for invention patents: |
|
|
Fifth
year |
2,000
Baht |
|
Sixth
year |
2,400
Baht |
|
Seventh
year |
3,200
Baht |
|
Eighth
year |
4,400
Baht |
|
Ninth
year |
6,000
Baht |
|
Tenth
year |
8,000
Baht |
|
Eleventh
year |
14,000
Baht |
|
Twelfth
year |
13,200
Baht |
|
thirteenth
year |
16,400
Baht |
|
fourteenth
year |
20,000
Baht |
|
fifteenth
year |
24,000
Baht |
|
sixteenth
year |
28,400
Baht |
|
seventeenth
year |
33,200
Baht |
|
eighteenth
year |
38,400
Baht |
|
nineteenth
year |
44,000
Baht |
|
twentieth
year |
50,000
Baht |
|
or
payment of all annual fees in one payment |
280,000
Baht |
(9)
Annual fees for design patents: |
|
|
fifth
year |
1,000
Baht |
|
sixth
year |
1,300
Baht |
|
seventh
year |
1,900
Baht |
|
eighth
year |
2,800
Baht |
|
ninth
year |
4,000
Baht |
|
tenth
year |
5,500
Baht |
|
or
payment of all annual fees in one payment |
15,000
Baht |
(10)
Annual fees for petty patents: |
|
|
fifth
year |
1,500
Baht |
|
sixth
year |
3,000
Baht |
|
or
payment of all annual fees in one payment |
4,000
Baht |
(11)
Fees for the extension of the term of petty patents: |
|
|
first
extension |
12,000
Baht |
|
second
extension |
18,000
Baht |
(12)
An application for the registration of a license |
500
Baht |
(13)
An application to record the assignment of a patent or petty patent |
500
Baht |
(14)
An application for conversion of a patent or petty patent |
200
Baht |
(15)
A licensing certificate |
1,000
Baht |
(16)
A substitute of a patent, petty patent or licensing certificate |
100
Baht |
(17)
An appeal against an order or decision of the Director-General |
1,000
Baht |
(18)
Certifying copies of documents |
|
|
of
more than ten pages, each document |
100
Baht |
|
of
not more than ten pages, each page |
10
Baht |
(19)
Any other application |
100
Baht |
For
the purpose of this Clause, “ applications for design patents for the
same design which are filed at the same time in a number of ten or more
applications” refer to applications for design patents for designs with
identical main features and different minor features.
Main features refer
to design features with apparently distinctive characteristics.
Minor
features refer to design features without apparently distinctive characteristics.
Clause
3 The annual fees prescribed in these Ministerial Regulations shall
be applicable to the patents granted before the entry into force of the
Patent Act (No.3) B.E. 2542 until the expiration of the terms of such
patents.
Given on
September 24, 1999
(sign) Paitoon
Kaewtong
(Mr.Paitoon
Kaewtong)
Deputy Minister
of Commerce
Acting for
the Minister of Commerce
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