Patent Validation in the CZ and SK
Carefree validation of your patents including translation
- We take care of all administrative work associated with patent validation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- We monitor the relevant deadlines, fill out the necessary documents and handle the communication with the authorities.
- Thanks to our experience with intellectual property protection and our own team of Czech and European patent attorneys, we oversee the quality of your validated rights.
- We timely alert you about the payment of maintenance fees (annuities) for your entire portfolio.
Translations of patent applications are done by our in-house translation team – which easily handles translations from English, German, French or Spanish.
Official validation fees
Czech Republic
Official fees for patent validation in the Czech Republic are:
- 80 EUR (standard period)
- 120 EUR (extended period)
The costs needed for the translation must also be added to the official fees. This is individual and depends, for example, on the language of the translation and the length of the patent application.
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Slovakia
Official fees for patent validation in Slovakia are:
- 58 EUR (standard period)
- 162 EUR (extended period
The costs needed for the translation must also be added to the official fees. This is individual and depends, for example, on the language of the translation and the length of the patent application.
Ask for a cost estimateAre you interested in carefree validation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
You often ask:
The processing time of patent validation in the Czech Republic varies, but it usually takes several weeks from the submission of the translation and the required documents.
The main milestones include submitting the translation to the Czech Industrial Property Office (IPO), paying the validation fees, completing the necessary formalities, and receiving the decision confirming that the validation has been completed.
To validate a European patent in the Czech Republic, it is necessary to submit the required translation to the Czech Industrial Property Office (Czech IPO) and pay the official validation fee.
The formal requirements include filing the Czech translation of the specification and patent claims, ensuring that all mandatory documents are complete, and settling the corresponding fee.
It is also essential to ensure that the translation is submitted within 3 months from the date of the European patent grant, as required by Czech law.
Yes — in countries outside the Unitary Patent system (e.g., CZ, SK, PL), validation must be carried out individually in each state.
However, in participating EU member states, we can secure protection via the Unitary Patent, which replaces individual national validations with a single, unified right.
How does our collaboration work?
You inform us in writing
where do you want to validate (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
We send you the required documents
which we will need to supplement, along with a cost estimate.
We prepare the documents for filing
we translate the patent applications and handle all administration associated with validation.
We will contact you before the next annual period
and renew your rights, if you decide so.
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