1 National provisions

Fees Reg.

2 Accounts

Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum

Swiss Post, PostFinance

3030 Bern

Account No. 30-4000-1

BLZ: 9000

IBAN: CH68 0900 0000 3000 4000 1

SWIFT: POFI CH BE

3 Methods of payment

(a) debit from a current account with the IPI

(b) payment or transfer to Giro account

(c) postal money order

(d) delivery or remittance of cheques drawn on a banking institution in Switzerland and made out to the IPI

(e) cash payment

Art. 4 Fees Reg.

4 Date considered as the effective payment date

3(a) to (d) date on which credited to an account of the IPI

3(d) payment by cheque is valid only if the cheque is paid on presentation by the bank on which it is drawn.

3(e) date of receipt of payment at the IPI

If a payment is credited after the date indicated by the IPI, an earlier date is considered as receipt of payment if evidence is supplied by the stamp of the Swiss Post Office on the payment voucher, the giro voucher, the postal money order or by an equivalent document of a Swiss Post Office.

If a payment order carries a value date after the time limit fixed by the IPI it is not possible to claim the evidence mentioned above.

Art. 6 Fees Reg.