MINISTERIAL REGULATIONS No. 23 (B.E. 2542)
Issued under the Patent Act B.E. 2522
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Clause 1 The Ministerial Regulations No. 12 (B.E. 2535) issued under the Patent Act B.E. 2522 shall be repealed.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