Fees for search services
The fees for our search services and other products subject to VAT are based on decisions taken by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) under a decree of the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
The search services are paid against invoice. Therefore, give an invoicing address and your personal identity code, Finnish Business ID or VAT number in your order.
Read more about our search services.
These commercial fees include VAT 24%.
Hourly charged searches
Novelty search, report on the state of the art, freedom to operate report, validity search and information search, with an hourly charge.
| Service | Basic price (€) | VAT 24 % | Selling price (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic fee | 170.00 | 40.80 | 210.80 |
| Fee for work per hour | 130.00 | 31.20 | 161.20 |
Online preliminary examination of the invention
| Service | Basic price (€) | VAT 24 % | Selling price (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic fee, includes 90 minutes of examination | 325.00 | 78.00 | 403.00 |
| Additional fee for each extra 15 minutes of examination after the 90 minutes included in the basic fee | 32.50 | 7.80 | 40.30 |
Fixed-price searches and additional services
| Service | Basic price (€) | VAT 24 % | Selling price (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-price novelty search | 950.00 | 228.00 | 1178.00 |
| Patentability report | 950.00 | 228.00 | 1178.00 |
| Comment on the contents of cited documents | 325.00 | 78.00 | 403.00 |
| Video conference per hour | 130.00 | 31.20 | 161.20 |
| Copies of documents, per file | 5.00 | 1.20 | 6.20 |
Invoicing and delivery charge
Invoicing charge is added to the price of all services.
| Service | Basic price (€) | VAT 24 % | Selling price (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invoicing charge | 6.50 | 1.56 | 8.06 |
| Delivery charge (for delivery by post) | 5.50 | 1.32 | 6.82 |
In addition, you can order other search services from our Patent Advisory Service, for example:
- name search, for a report on the patent applications and patents of a company or private person in different countries
- patent family search, for a report on the countries where patent protection has been sought for the same invention
- international monitoring of competitors, for checking at regular intervals and by agreement what patent and utility model applications your business competitors have filed, if the applications have resulted in patents etc.
- monitoring of domestic patent applications, for monitoring the patent applications of a selected company in Finland or the patent applications filed within a specific technical field.
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