Argentina: official fees increase
On August 10, 2016, the National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina (INPI) published the Resolution 388 - E/2016 in the Official Gazette introducing the fee changes for the IP protection matters in Argentina.
Changes affect all basic fees for protection of inventions, utility models, industrial designs and trademarks, and are carried out in two stages.
The first step comprises the said fee changes with average increase rate of about 35%, which already entered into force on August 18, 2016. Next stage of fee raise is expected to take place in October, 2016.
The shortlist of the first-stage fee changes is represented below.
| Before August 18, 2016 | On and after August 18, 2016 | |
Official fee rate, ARS | Fees in USD, approx. | ||
Trademarks | |||
Search in all classes of products | 510 | 700 | 47 |
Search in all classes of services | 320 | 420 | 29 |
Filing an application (for TM size up to 6 cm wide and 6cm high) | 760 | 1000 | 67 |
Filing an application (additional fee for TM size larger than 6 cm wide and 6 cm high up to 1/3 of page) | 200 | 260 | 18 |
Filing an application(additional fee for TM size larger than 1/3 up to 2/3 of page) | 390 | 510 | 34 |
Filing an application (additional fee for TM size larger than 2/3 up to whole page) | 575 | 800 | 54 |
Renewal | 960 | 1300 | 88 |
Patents | |||
Filing an application, up to 10 claims | 2280 | 3000 | 202 |
Filing an application, for each additional claim | 110 | 150 | 10 |
Requesting early publication | 390 | 510 | 34 |
Requesting examination, up to 10 claims | 1910 | 2500 | 169 |
Requesting examination, for each additional claim | 110 | 150 | 10 |
Utility Models | |||
Filing an application, up to 10 claims | 1140 | 1500 | 101 |
Filing an application, for each additional claim | 55 | 75 | 5 |
Requesting early publication | 195 | 255 | 17 |
Requesting examination, up to 10 claims | 955 | 1250 | 84 |
Requesting examination, for each additional claim | 55 | 75 | 5 |
Industrial Designs | |||
Filing an application | 760 | 1000 | 67 |
Other Fees | |||
Assignment (Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Trademarks) | 390 | 510 | 34 |
Reduction for natural persons (Patents, Utility Models) | 60% | 50% | |
We will follow the course of amendments and inform you about second-stage fee changes coming into force in October, 2016, accordingly.
To get an actual quote please visit our quotation system. The fees for filing and registration of the IP types in Argentina have been duly updated.
Author: Lynda Miller