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Clause 1 The Ministerial Regulations No. 12 (B.E. 2535) issued under the Patent Act B.E. 2522 shall be repealed.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