Convention Application
A convention application is a patent application relating to an invention disclosed no earlier than 12 months before the date of filing an application for a patent filed in Finland.
Requirements
Priority Document
When priority has been claimed, the applicant must, within 16 months of the date for which priority is claimed, file with the patent office a certificate issued by the patent authority, as well a copy of the priority application.
Translation
The description, claims, abstract, and text in the drawings must be in Finnish. If an English, Swedish, German, or Russian version of the application is available, patent agents of Compatent may perfom the translation work.
Power of Attorney
The Patent Agency Compatent who is acting as the representative appointed by the applicant, must prove its authorization. To that end, the Patent Agency Compatent may provide you with a pre-filled Power of Attorney to be signed by the applicant.
Application Fee
The applicant shall pay the official application fees (see the Filing Costs section below).
Processing
Convention applications are made and processed in the same manner as "normal" national applications. There is no actual difference between the two types of applications except that the convention application has an earlier priority date.
Filing Costs
(as of 1 Octoberl 2010)
- Official filing fee 350 Euro
- Official fee for each claim in excess of ten (10) 40 Euro
- Agency fee which is the professional fee for the handle of the filing (flat fee) 405 Euro
- Agency fee for translation 0,22 Euro per unit
(A unit is considered 8 characters in the translation)
Note: For translations, the description must be in Finnish, but the claims must be in both Finnish and Swedish.