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Decree No. 2001-836 of April 10, 2001, on the amounts of the royalties payable for patents

The President of the Republic,

On a proposal by the Minister of Industry,

Considering Law No. 82-66 of August 6,1982, on Standardization and Quality, notably Articles 4 and 17 thereof,

Considering Law No. 2000-84 of August 24, 2000, on Patents,

Considering Decree No. 82-1314 of September 24, 1982, on the organization and operation of the National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property, notably Article 11 thereof,

Considering Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998, on the amounts of the royalties payable for industrial property,

Considering the advice of the Minister of Finance,

Considering the advice of the Administrative Tribunal,

Decrees as follows:

1. The amounts of the royalties payable for patents and provided for in Articles 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 37, 38, 52, 54, 61, 62 and 63 of the aforesaid Law No. 2000-84 of August 24, 2000, shall be as specified in the table annexed to this Decree.

2. The royalties referred to in Article 1 of this Decree shall be collected according to the procedures provided for in Table D annexed to the aforesaid Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998.

3. All earlier provisions contrary to those of this Decree, notably Table A annexed to the aforesaid Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998, are repealed.

The amounts of the above fees shall be understood to be before value-added tax.

4. The Ministers of Finance and Industry shall be responsible, each in so far as he is concerned, with the implementation of this Decree, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic.

Tunis, April 10, 2001 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

ANNEX

Amounts of fees payable for patents

Type of operation Amount in dinars

Filing of the patent application and first annual fee 140

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Claim of the priority of an earlier filing 30 Claim as from the eleventh 30 Amendment of a claim 24 Correction of clerical errors (of expression or transcription), per page 36 Resumption of substantive examination of the application 100 Withdrawal of a patent application 40 Extract from the National Register of Patents 16 Copy of a patent or patent application file 16 Annual fees to keep the patent or patent application in force: — from the 2nd to the 5th — from the 6th to the10th — from the 11th to the 15th — from the 16th to the 20th

50 per annum 130 per annum 265 per annum 500 per annum

Late payment of an annual fee within the period of grace, by month of lateness

1/12 of the annual fee payable

Renunciation of the patent 40 Appeal for reinstatement 100 — Recording of a seizure — Recording of confirmation of a seizure — Recording of lifting of a seizure

40 40 40

Recording of an assignment or transfer of a patent application or patent

200

— Recording of a license agreement 100 — Recording of an amendment to a license agreement 100 — Recording of the renewal of a license agreement 100 — Recording of any act effecting amendment of a registered patent application or patent

40

Note: Translation by the International Bureau of WIPO.