Fees for Trademarks, Patents and Design

Here you find an overview of prices and fees for registration or application of trademarks, designs and patents, as well as other costs.

Fees - price list for trademarks


Application fee for trademarks	Amount
Application fee including registration for one class	NOK 3 800
Additional fee for each extra class	NOK 1000

Renewal fee for trademarks (every 10 years)	Amount
Renewal fee for one class	NOK 3 400
Additional fee for each extra class	NOK 1 300
Additional fee for late payment of renewal fee	NOK 550

Other fees for trademarks	Amount
Application to alter a registered trademark	NOK 1 200
Opposition against someone else's registered trademark	free
Administrative review of a trademark	NOK 4 000
Request from a third party that a mark be invalidated	NOK 1 900
Dividing an application, one class	NOK 2 900
Dividing an application, additional fee for each extra class	NOK 750
Resumption fee	NOK 550
Notification of change in ownership	free
Notification of change in name and address	free

International registration of trademarks	Amount
Clearance fee payable to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office for the processing of an application for international trademark registration	NOK 800

Fees - price list for guarantee or certification marks


Application fee for guarantee or certification marks	Amount
Application fee including registration for one class	NOK 4 000
Additional fee for each extra class	NOK 1 650

Renewal fee for guarantee or certification marks (every 10 years)	Amount
Renewal fee for one class	NOK 5 150
Additional fee for each extra class	NOK 2 100
Additional fee for late payment of renewal fee	NOK 1 200

Fees - price list for responsibility marks


Application fee for responsibility marks	Amount
Application fee including registration	NOK 1 000

Renewal fee for responsibility marks (every 10 years)	Amount
Renewal fee	NOK 700
Additional fee for late payment of renewal fee	NOK 300

Other fees for responsibility marks	Amount
Administrative review of registration for responsibility mark	NOK 2 500
Resumption fee for responsibility mark	NOK 500

Fees - price list for designs


Application fee for designs	Amount
Application fee	NOK 2 470
Multiple registration fee for each design in excess of one	NOK 1 690
Fee for supplementary search for each design	NOK 900
Storage fee for each model stored by NIPO	NOK 1 200

Renewal fee for designs (every 5 years)	Amount
Renewal fee for first renewal	NOK 3 770
Renewal fee for second renewal	NOK 4 550
Renewal fee for third renewal	NOK 5 330
Renewal fee for fourth renewal	NOK 6 500
Multiple registration fee for each design in excess of one to be renewed	NOK 1 690
Storage fee for each model stored by the Norwegian Industrial Property Office	NOK 1 200
Additional fee for late payment of renewal fee	NOK 550

Other fees for designs	Amount
Resumption fee	NOK 550
Administrative review of a design registration	NOK 4 000
Clearance fee for international application to WIPO	NOK 800
Notification of change of ownership	free

Fees - price list for patents


Applicaton fee for patents	Amount
Companies with more than 20 full-time employees (or equivalent)	NOK 6 050
Companies with 20 or less full-time employees (or equivalent) (small company or private person)	NOK 1 100
Additional fee for each patent claim in excess of ten	NOK 325

Application to extend a PCT application to Norway	Amount
Companies with more than 20 full-time employees (or equivalent)	NOK 6 050
Companies with 20 or less full-time employees (or equivalent) (small company or private person)	NOK 1 110
Additional fee for each new patent claim over ten	NOK 330

Fees for granting a patent	Amount
Basic fee	NOK 1 600
Additional fee for each page in excess of 14*	NOK 330
Additional fee for each new patent claim over ten	NOK 330

* with the exception of claims translated into Norwegian for English language applications, and for sequence lists, which are exempt from the page fee

Annual fees for patents (maximum 20 years - 5 year extension for SPC)	Amount
1st fee year	NOK 910
2nd fee year	NOK 910
3rd fee year	NOK 910
4th fee year	NOK 1 760
5th fee year	NOK 2 150
6th fee year	NOK 2 600
7th fee year	NOK 2 860
8th fee year	NOK 3 320
9th fee year	NOK 3 710
10th fee year	NOK 4 160
11th fee year	NOK 4 550
12th fee year	NOK 5 010
13th fee year	NOK 5 460
14th fee year	NOK 5 850
15th fee year	NOK 6 310
16th fee year	NOK 6 760
17th fee year	NOK 7 150
18th fee year	NOK 7 540
19th fee year	NOK 8 060
20th fee year	NOK 8 450
21st fee year (SPC)	NOK 8 450
22nd fee year (SPC)	NOK 8 450
23th fee year (SPC)	NOK 8 450
24th fee year (SPC)	NOK 8 450
25th fee year (SPC)	NOK 8 450
26th fee year (SPC)	NOK 8 450
Additional fee for late payment of annual fee	NOK 700

Other fees for patents	Amount
First resumption	NOK 550
Second resumption	NOK 1 950
Request for administrative review of a patent	NOK 8 800
Request for administrative patent limitation	NOK 7 000
Application for SPC	NOK 2 200
Extension of SPC	NOK 2 000
Opposition filed within nine months	free
Opposition filed after ordinary deadline (nine months)	NOK 5 500
Notification of change in ownership	free
Mortgage registration for one patent, patent application or patent licence	NOK 500
Additional fee for each patent, patent application or patent license to be registered as security for the same mortgage claim	NOK 100
Registration of licences and change of ownership	free

Fees for validating EP patents

Document type at EPO	Type of validation/document	Deadline for sending inn request	Amount*
A1/A2	Publication of application (provisional protection)	None	NOK 0
A8	Correction in bibliographical data for A1/A2	None	NOK 0
A9	Correction in claims for A1/A2	None	NOK 0
B1	Validating patent	3 months from granting at EPO	NOK 7 150
B2	Amended patent after opposition	3 months from publication at EPO	NOK 7 150
B3	Amended patent after limitation/ review	3 months from publication at EPO	NOK 7 150
B8	Correction in bibliographical data on the first page for B1/B2/B3	None	NOK 0
B9	Correction in claims and possibly description for B1/B2/B3	None	NOK 1200

* Payment deadline is normally one (1) month from when the invoice is sent.

Accumulated annual fees for divisional patent applications

This list of fees is used for divisional patent applications. An applicant may request that a patent application be divided into one or more new applications if several inventions are described in the parent application. The applicant must then pay the total annual fees for the divided application calculated from the filing date for the original application up to and including the last annual fee payable.


Accumulated annual fees for divisional patent applications (maximum 20 years)	Amount
1-3 fee year	NOK 2 730
1-4 fee year	NOK 4 490
1-5 fee year	NOK 6 640
1-6 fee year	NOK 9 240
1-7 fee year	NOK 12 100
1-8 fee year	NOK 15 420
1-9 fee year	NOK 19 130
1-10 fee year	NOK 23 290
1-11 fee year	NOK 27 840
1-12 fee year	NOK 32 850
1-13 fee year	NOK 38 850
1-14 fee year	NOK 44 160
1-15 fee year	NOK 50 470
1-16 fee year	NOK 57 230
1-17 fee year	NOK 64 380
1-18 fee year	NOK 71 920
1-19 fee year	NOK 79 980
1-20 fee year	NOK 88 430

Fees for filing PCT applications


Fees for filing PCT applications	Amount
Transmittal fee	NOK 800
International novelty search carried out by Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)	NOK 20 880
International novelty search carried out by Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV)	NOK 20 880
International novelty search carried out by European Patent Office (EPO)	NOK 20 880
International filing fee	NOK 15 630
Additional fee per sheet in excess of 30	NOK 180
Fee for issue and forwarding of priority documents, if any, per priority document	NOK 300
Filing XML files in non-character coded format with attachment in for example PDF format (when using ePCT-Filing)	NOK 2 350
Filing XML files in character coded format (incl. application form, description, claims and abstract)(when using ePCT-Filing)	NOK 3 520
Additional fee for late payment	50 % of the amount due

Fees for international type search (ITS) for a national patent application

Fees for international type search (ITS)	Amount
Fee for international type search (ITS) carried out by Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)	NOK 5 125
Additional fee for each claim in excess of 10	NOK 250
Fee for international type search (ITS) carried out by Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV)	NOK 6 950
Additional fee for each claim in excess of 10	NOK 125
Fee for international type search (ITS) carried out by European Patent Office (EPO), for first applications	NOK 14 374
Fee for international type search (ITS) carried out by European Patent Office (EPO), for all other applications	NOK 22 459

Other fees


Fees for priority documents and certified copies	Amount
Priority documents and certified copies (per document)	NOK 300

Fees - preliminary searches

Trademarks Delivery time: normally 5 working days. Express delivery: normally 48 hours.	Amount
Similar trademarks (hourly rate)	NOK 1 300
Registrability assessment	NOK 3 500
Addition for each class exceeding one	NOK 625
Express delivery - similar trademarks (hourly rate)	NOK 2 200
Express delivery - registrability assessment	NOK 7 000

Designs

Delivery time: normally 5 working days.

Amount

Ownership rights search

NOK 2 600

Addition for each extra design in the same class

NOK 625

Patents

Delivery time: normally 10 working days.

Amount

Hourly rate (we provide an estimate on request)

NOK 1 300

Search session with expert help (fixed price for two hour search)

NOK 2 600

Regulations

Regulation on fees

Fees for Trademarks, Patents and Design

Fees - price list for trademarks

Application fee for trademarks

Renewal fee for trademarks (every 10 years)

Other fees for trademarks

International registration of trademarks

Fees - price list for guarantee or certification marks

Application fee for guarantee or certification marks

Renewal fee for guarantee or certification marks (every 10 years)

Fees - price list for responsibility marks

Application fee for responsibility marks

Renewal fee for responsibility marks (every 10 years)

Other fees for responsibility marks

Fees - price list for designs

Application fee for designs

Renewal fee for designs (every 5 years)

Other fees for designs

Fees - price list for patents

Applicaton fee for patents

Application to extend a PCT application to Norway

Fees for granting a patent

Annual fees for patents (maximum 20 years - 5 year extension for SPC)

Other fees for patents

Fees for validating EP patents

Accumulated annual fees for divisional patent applications

Accumulated annual fees for divisional patent applications (maximum 20 years)

Fees for filing PCT applications

Fees for filing PCT applications

Amount

Fees for international type search (ITS) for a national patent application

Fees for international type search (ITS)

Other fees

Fees for priority documents and certified copies

Fees - preliminary searches

Trademarks

Designs

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Regulations