Handling fees and payment instructions

The handling fee has to be paid in advance and the receipt must be enclosed with the notification. The receipt, or a bank statement, must show the following details:

• The payer
• The recipient (National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, NBPR)
• The account number to which the money was transferred (NBPR’s bank account)
• The bank’s archive number
• The sum paid in euros
• Remember also to write any of the following in the message field: Business ID, company name, or the record number of your notification.
  

You can pay the handling fees

• online from your personal computer
• at a bank
• by using a payment ATM
• at our client service in Helsinki; at Local Register Offices (‘maistraatti’); or at some Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres).

Payment details

How to pay fees at NBPR, ELY Centres or Local Register Offices

If you deliver your notification in person to our client service, Arkadiankatu 6 in Helsinki, you can pay the handling fee

• by debit card, or
• by any of the following credit cards: Visa, Visa Electron, OK, Eurocard, Mastercard, Diners Club, or American Express.

You can also pay the handling fee at Local Register Offices or at some ELY Centres when submitting the notification. However, you should check the method of payment beforehand with these offices.