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Introduction Abbreviations National legal bases Filing of European patent applications pursuant to Article 75, paragraphs 1(b) and 2, EPC Rights conferred by a European patent application after publication pursuant to Article 93 EPC (Article 67 EPC) Filing of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC Filing of translations of the patent specification under Article 65 EPC Authentic text of a European patent application or European patent (Article 70 EPC) Payment of renewal fees for European patents Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents Payment of fees Registering a transfer, licences and other rights in respect of a European patent in the national patent register Miscellaneous

Contracting States

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom

Extension States

Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Latvia
Lithuania
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Romania
Serbia and Montenegro Slovenia


National legal basis

Filing patent applications

Rights conferred

Translations of claims

Tranlations of patent specifications

Authentic text

Renewal fees

Conversion

Payment of fees

Registering a transfer

Miscellaneous 

 

Contracting State
France

Contracting State

France

1 National provisions

Fees Ord. of 24.12.01

2 Accounts

Payments to be made to "Au nom de l’Agent comptable de l’Institut national de la propriété industrielle"

26bis, rue de St Pétersbourg

75800 PARIS CEDEX 08

Paierie Générale Paris

16-18, rue Notre Dame des Victoires

75002 PARIS

Code banque : 10071

Code guichet : 75200

Clé de RIB: 60

Account No. 20001000008

IBAN:

FR76 1007 1752 0020 0030 0000 860

BIC: BDFEFRPPXXX

3 Methods of payment

a) cash payment

(b) postal cheque

(c) bank cheque

(d) postal money order (mandat-lettre)

(e) postal money order (mandat-carte)

(f) transfer to Giro account

Note: As quickest payment method INPI recommends that payments be made as indicated under (b) to (e).

Art. 5 Fees Ord. of 24.12.01

4 Date considered as the effective payment date

3(a) date of payment, at INPI

3(b) - (d) if forwarded by post: date of posting (postmark);

if delivered by hand: date of receipt at INPI

3(e) date on which postal money order is issued (as stamped by post office)

3(f) date on which credited to the Giro account indicated in column 2

Art. 5 Fees Ord. of 24.12.01

 


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