How much does it cost to register a patent

To apply for a patent, two types of fees must be considered: the fee of the application and the fee associated with the maintenance of the right.

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National patent

Guarantees the protection of the invention for a maximum period of 20 years from the date of the application.

Application fees

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Renewal- fees

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Common Fees

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Topography of semiconductor goods

The topography of a semiconductor product is the set of related images, whether fixed or coded, that represent the three-dimensional arrangement of the layers of which the product is composed. Each of these images has the arrangement, or part of the arrangement, of a surface of the same product at any stage of its manufacture.

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Renewal fees - For each year

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Provisional patent application

It allows to ensure priority in a registration of an invention, quickly and without great formal requirements. After making this provisional request, you have up to 1 year to convert it into a definitive order.

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Supplementary protection certificate

AIt allows to extend for a further 5 years the validity of the patent for medicines or phytopharmaceutical products.

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Renewal fees

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Utility model

It guarantees the protection of an invention for a maximum period of 10 years from the date of the application. Cannot be used to protect all types of invention.

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Renewal- fees

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Fees updated in accordance with the Declaration of Amendment nº 32/2019, published in Diário da República, 1ª Série - Nº 126 - of 4th July 2019, to the - Ministerial Order nr.201-A/2019, published in Diário da República, 1ª Série - Nº 123 - of 1st July 2019 (Portuguese only).