Thailand Law Forum: Patent Act B.E. 2522

Ministerial Regulations No. 23 (B.E. 2542)

Issued under the Patent Act B.E. 2522
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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Clause 1 The Ministerial Regulations No. 12 (B.E. 2535) issued under the Patent Act B.E. 2522 shall be repealed.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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