Prices and Fees

Fees for IP Rights

Please note that the Danish Patent and Trademark Office has adjusted the fees for patents and DK/EP validations per 1st of January 2025. Read more

Patent

1. Application
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
b. Additional fee for each patent claim in excess of 10 DKK 300
2. International type searches (Patents Act, Section 9)
I. When Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) is Searching Authority:
a. Basic fee DKK 4,500
b. Additional fee for each patent claim in excess of 10 DKK 200
c. Handling fee DKK 500
Il. When the Swedish Patent Office (PRV) is Searching Authority:
a. Basic fee DKK 6,450
b. Additional fee for each patent claim in excess of 10 DKK 115
c. Handling fee DKK 500
IIl. When the European Patent Office (EPO) is Searching Authority:
a. Basic fee
1. For first filing DKK 10,555
2. For all other cases DKK 16,485
b. Handling fee DKK 500
3. Subsequent filing of Danish translation of international application
a. Basic fee DKK 1,100
4. Resumption
a. Basic fee DKK 700
5. Patent grant
a. Publication fee for grant of a Danish patent DKK 2,230
b. Additional fee for each patent claim for which no application fee has been paid DKK 300
6. Publication of amended Danish patent specifications
a. Basic fee DKK 2,230
7. Re-establishment
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
8. Renewal
1st fee year DKK 550
2nd fee year DKK 550
3rd fee year DKK 550
4th fee year DKK 1,225
5th fee year DKK 1,390
6th fee year DKK 1,555
7th fee year DKK 1,780
8th fee year DKK 2,010
9th fee year DKK 2,280
10th fee year DKK 2,560
11th fee year DKK 2,845
12th fee year DKK 3,120
13th fee year DKK 3,400
14th fee year DKK 3,680
15th fee year DKK 4,015
16th fee year DKK 4,350
17th fee year DKK 4,685
18th fee year DKK 5,025
19th fee year DKK 5,355
20th fee year DKK 5,690
Renewal fees paid later than on the due date will be increased by 20%. The fee is payable within 6 months from the due date.
9. Filing of opposition
a. Basic fee DKK 2,500
10. Administrative re-examination
a. Basic fee DKK 7,000
11. Appeal
a. Basic fee DKK 8,000

Patent PCT

1. Transmittal
a. Basic fee DKK 1,500
2. International search
I. When Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) is Searching Authority:
a. Basic fee DKK 13,760
b. If an earlier search from the Danish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic priority application is requested used in the international application, you can get a refund at 25%
c. If an earlier international search or an international type search carried out by NPI, PRV or EPO is requested used in the international application, you can get a refund at 50%
Il. When the Swedish Patent Office (PRV) is Searching Authority:
a. Basic fee DKK 13,760
b. If an earlier search from the Danish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic priority application is requested used in the international application, you can get a refund at 2800 SEK
c. If an earlier international search or an international type search carried out by NPI, PRV or EPO is requested used in the international application, you can get a respectively refund at 0%, 50% or 100%
IIl. When the European Patent Office (EPO) is Searching Authority:
a. Basic fee DKK 13,760
b. If an earlier international search or an international type search carried out by NPI, PRV or EPO is requested used in the international application, you can get a respectively refund at 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%
3. International fee
a. Filing fee (first 30 sheets) DKK 10,560
b. Remaing sheets (per sheet) DKK 120
Further possible reductions:
c. International applications handed in XML-format – not coded DKK 1,590
d. International applications handed in coded format DKK 2,380
8. Other fees
I. Late payment fee (PCT Rule 16bis.2) Variable
a. 50% of the international filing fee
II. Late furnishing of translation (accepted by the ISA) fee (PCT Rule 12.3) Variable
a. 25% of the international filing fee
III. Late furnishing of translation fee (PCT Rule 12.4) Variable
a. 25% of the international filing fee

DK-EP Validation

1. Publication of translations of European patent specifications
a. Basic fee DKK 2,230
2. Publication af changed translations of European patent specifications
a. Basic fee DKK 2,230
3. Resumption
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
4. Renewal
1st fee year DKK 550
2nd fee year DKK 550
3rd fee year DKK 550
4th fee year DKK 1,225
5th fee year DKK 1,390
6th fee year DKK 1,555
7th fee year DKK 1,780
8th fee year DKK 2,010
9th fee year DKK 2,280
10th fee year DKK 2,560
11th fee year DKK 2,845
12th fee year DKK 3,120
13th fee year DKK 3,400
14th fee year DKK 3,680
15th fee year DKK 4,015
16th fee year DKK 4,350
17th fee year DKK 4,685
18th fee year DKK 5,025
19th fee year DKK 5,355
20th fee year DKK 5,690
Renewal fees paid later than on the due date will be increased by 20%. The fee is payable within 6 months from the due date.
5. Administrative re-examination
a. Basic fee DKK 7,000
6. Appeal
a. Basic fee DKK 8,000

 

SPC

1. Application
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
2. Application for extension of certificate
a. Basic fee DKK 2,500
2. Resumption
a. Basic fee DKK 600
3. Re-establishment
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
4. Renewal fee for each fee year
a. Basic fee DKK 5,100
Renewal fees paid later than on the due date will be increased by 20%. The fee is payable within 6 months from the due date.
5. Administrative re-examination
a. Basic fee DKK 1,500
A fee of DKK 7,000 is payable in the case of re-examination of the basic patent.
6. Appeal
a. Basic fee DKK 4,000

Utility Model

1. Application
a. Basic fee DKK 2,000
2. Subsequent filing of Danish translation of international application
a. Basic fee DKK 1,100
3. Resumption
a. Basic fee DKK 400
4. Re-establishment
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
5. Renewal
For the 1st period DKK 2,000
For the 2nd period DKK 3,000
Renewal fees paid after expiry of the registration period concerned will be increased by 20%.
6. Examination before or after a registration
a. Basic fee DKK 4,000
7. Publication of notice of amended registration and publication of amended text
a. Basic fee DKK 1,100
9. Appeal
a. Basic fee DKK 5,000

Trademark

1. Application
a. Basic fee including one class DKK 2,000
b. Supplementary fee for the second class DKK 200
c. Supplementary fee for each additional class DKK 600
*A total of 45 classes
Fee for a specified search report DKK 700
2. Continuation of an international registration as a Danish trademark application
a. Basic fee DKK 1,500
3. Renewal (for renewals with a due date on or after the 1st of July 2019)
a. Basic fee including one class DKK 2,000
b. Supplementary fee for the second class DKK 200
c. Supplementary fee for each additional class DKK 600
Renewal fees incl. additional fees paid after expiry of the registration period concerned will be increased by 20%.
4. Request for division of an application or a registration
For each divisional application or registration DKK 2,000
5. Filing of an opposition
a. Basic fee DKK 2,500
6. Filing an administrative revocation
a. Basic fee DKK 2,500
7. Filing of an administrative revocation based on Sections 14(1)(2) and (4) of the Danish Trademarks Act
a. Basic fee No fee
8. Appeal
a. Basic fee DKK 4,000

Design

1. Application
a. Basic fee for one design DKK 1,200
b. Fee for each additional design included in the same application DKK 700
c. Supplementary fee for publication of each reproduction besides the first DKK 400
2. Resumption
a. Basic fee DKK 400
3. Supplementary search
a. Basic fee DKK 1,500
b. Supplementary fee for each additional design included in the same application DKK 900
4. Renewal
a. Basic fee DKK 2,200
b. Supplementary fee for each additional design included in the same application DKK 1,100
Renewal fees, incl. supplementary fees, paid after expiry of the registration period in concern, are increased by 20%
5. Administrative revocation per design, including designs contained in the same application
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
6. Publication of a registration in an amended form
a. Basic fee for one design DKK 400
b. Supplementary fee for publication of each reproduction besides the first DKK 400
7. Re-establishment (restitutio in integrum)
a. Basic fee DKK 3,000
8. Fee for filing an appeal
a. Basic fee DKK 4,000

Copy service

1. Confirmed copy of a patent-, utility model-, design- or trademark application
a. Basic fee DKK 300
2. Confirmed transcript of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office's case register
a. Basic fee DKK 300
3. Procurement of non-Danish publications
a. Database searches - price per publication DKK 100
b. Procurement directly from the relevant patent office - price per publication DKK 500
4. Express delivery
a. Basic fee DKK 200

Prices for Commercial Services

Commercial Services

All prices are in DKK incl. VAT.

Hourly rate DKK 1,750

Patent

    
     
Dialogue search    
The first 2 hours   DKK 3,500   
Each additional hour  DKK 1,750   
     
Patent searches – quote after hourly rate  DKK 1,750  per hour
     
Novelty Search                                Please request quote  
Validity Search Please request quote  
Clearance Search Please request quote  
Freedom to Operate Search  Please request quote  
     

Trademark

    
     
Dialogue search    
The first 2 hours   DKK 3,500   
Each additional hour  DKK 1,750   
     
Trademark Search in Denmark - including three classes          DKK 7,500   
Subsequent classes - per 10 classes                                                                                      DKK 781.25   
     
Logo Search  Please request quote   
     
Trademark Scan                                                                                             Please request quote   
Price calculated according to time used, database costs, number of countries and classes    
     
Trademark Identity Scan  Please request quote   
Price calculated according to time used, database costs, number of countries and classes    
     
MarkWatch (Trademark surveillance in Denmark) - one trademark  DKK 3,125  per year
Subsequent trademarks - per year                                                                                     DKK 2,250   
     
International Trademark Surveillance                                                           Please request quote  
     

Design

    
     
Dialogue search    
The first 2 hours   DKK 3,500   
Each additional hour  DKK 1,750   
     
DesDoc  DKK 781.25