Financial intervention in patent procurement procedures, including official fees: first filing, extension of protection at national/regional and international (PCT) levels, response to official communications, grant and validation costs.
Subvention level 50%
Validity: 4 years or 3 years for extensions, for all patents of the same family
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Financial intervention in specific services aimed at supporting SME’s innovation strategy:
Eligible services, subsidies at 75%:
-Novelty searches,
-Freedom-to-practice searches, -opposition searches,
-State of the Art searches,
-Landscaping, competitive watches, Invention Mining
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Financial intervention in specific consultancy missions of legal nature (patents, trademarks, designs, domain names, agreements, trade secrets,..) excluding payment of official fees.
Basic subvention level 40%, extendable up to 60%
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Subsidies constitute a financial aid scheme aimed at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).