Addendum 1 to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers
of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 14th 2002, N357
1. The present Regulations on Patent Fees shall determine the manner of payment of the Patent fees (hereinafter Fees), as well as grounds for exemptions, reduction of the amount of fees or reimbursement for conduct of any relevant in law activities on rendering legal protection of the invention, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer and database software, topology of integrated circuits.
2. Payment of the fees shall be conducted by transfer of the sum required to the account of the Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter Patent Office) and reconfirmed by the payment documents.
3. The payment document to confirm the payment shall contain registration number of the application or the patent, description and specifics of the process the fee was paid for. Where the number is not attached to the application yet, the document together with the description of the process the fee was paid for shall contain title of the invention, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer programs and databases, topology of integrated circuits, as well as the name of the actual inventor or the applicant.
4. Conformation of the amount of the fees paid to that determined shall be done on the ground of the documents submitted.
5. Where no submission of required documents to confirm the payment of fees on legal protection of the invention, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer programs and databases, topology of integrated circuits, no relevant in law activities shall be done.
6. Where the document confirms the payment of the application fee either the fee for conduct of the state examination that is less than that determined for filling application and conduct of the examination of the group of inventions, utility models, embodiments of the industrial designs, the examination shall be conducted with regard to those inventions, utility models, embodiments of the industrial designs that are selected by the applicant either, where no selection, to those that run first in the order of arrangement of the invention, utility model or description of the industrial designs with the fees paid for.
Where the document confirms the payment of the application fee either the fee for conduct of the state examination that is less than that determined for filling application and conduct of the examination of the trademark or service mark, the examination shall be conducted with regard to those classes of international classification of goods for registration of the marks selected by the applicant with the fee paid for.
The applicant is entitled, within 3 months since the Patent office sent the Notification for paying the balance of the fee, to pay the sum needed.
7. Where, within 3 months since the date of the sending examiners decision, no document has been submitted to confirm payment of the fee required for registration, publication and issue of document of title, above procedures shall not be carried out. The document to confirm payment of the fee can be submitted within 3 months since above mentioned 3-term expired. In this case the amount of the fee shall be more by 50%.
8. Where application fee is paid, it is not subject to reimbursement.
9. Other fees paid may be reimbursed, by the request of the applicant e.g. the person to pay the fee, if their amount exceeded those determined either when the activity paid for was not carried out.
10. The surplus of the amount paid, by the request of the applicant, can be credited to pay the fees that are allowed to be covered by the date of the request submission.
11. Entities and individuals that are residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall pay the fee in national currency. Entities and individuals that are non-residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall pay the patent fees in US dollars either in any hard currency in translation against US dollar, if otherwise is not provided by international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
12. Banking services on fee reimbursement are covered by the person who paid the fee.
13. Individuals including overseas regardless of their residence shall pay 25% of the amount determined.
14. Non-commercial organizations, regardless of their location shall pay 30% of the amount determined.
15. Small-scale enterprises (according to the Main Classification of the enterprises types) regardless of their location shall pay 50% of the amount determined.
16. Status of the applicant stipulated in clauses 13, 14 and 15 is determined according to the legislation of the country-location (residence) of the applicant.
Clauses 13, 14 and 15 shall also cover a group of applicants where all applicants are from the category of people mentioned in these clauses.
If applicants of the group are from different categories then the highest rate of each category shall be utilized.
Applicants that are entitled to the reduced fees shall submit appropriate documents to confirm this right.
17. Disabled from group II and III, school and college students, postgraduates who are sole actual inventors of the inventions, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer programs and database, topology of integrated circuits and requesting a protection document for themselves either being the sole possessor of rights for the protection document for the inventions, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer programs and database, topology of integrated circuits shall pay the fee at the rate of 12.5% of the fee stipulated in clauses 1.1 - 1.3, 2.1 - 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 of the Patent Fees rates.
Veterans of the War 1941-1945 either those equated to them as well as disabled from group I who are sole actual inventors of the inventions, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer programs and database, topology of integrated circuits and requesting a protection document for themselves either being the sole possessor of rights for the protection document for the inventions, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, trademark registration, service marks, appellations of origin of the goods, computer programs and database, topology of integrated circuits shall be exempted from fees.
Reduction of the amount of the fee or exemptions stipulated in this clause shall be granted on the request of the applicant, the owner of the protection document, with legal grounds being the copies of the following documents:
- Certificate of the Veteran of War 1941-1945 either one equivalent to him
- Certificate to confirm work (service) while the War in the rear;
- Certificate of medical-labor expert commission
- Certificate issued by Educational institution.
18. While making a license or assignment contract, no agreement on reduction of the amount of fees shall be stipulated.
