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1 Protecmark Schedule of and Charges (January 2015) 1 ProtecmarK Rey Don Jaime, 2-2º - P.O. Box ELDA (Alicante) Spain Telf Fax info@protecmark.com Schedule of and Charges 2015 ADVANCE PAYMENT SPANISH TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES Identical Trademark Search Report Free Report of the Registry situation of an applied or granted expedient Free Availability Search Report 1 st class -- 79,00 79,00 Each additional class search (in the same application) -- 55,00 55,00 Search of previous Spanish Graphic Trademark registrations by visual resemblance ,00 147,00 Search of previous Spanish, International, and Community Graphic Trademark registrations by visual resemblance (Up to 3 classes) (check for any additional class) ,00 199,00 Trademark search by owner -- 95,00 95,00 Trademark application in one class (electronic) 122,89 228,11 351,00 Additional classes in the same application 79,61 204,39 284,00 Claiming a convention priority ,13 105,00 Response to an Office action ,00 150,00 Filing an Opposition 37,15 152,85 190,00 Response to a refusal for Opposition ,00 150,00 Appeal against Office decision 75,62 224,38 300,00 Appeal against grant (+ a study of the arguments) 75,62 224,38 300,00 Obtaining the Certificate of Registration+maintenance+vigilance ,00 150,00 Maintenance, and vigilance per additional class -- 50,00 50,00 Renewal (includes the obtention of the Renewal Certificate of Registration, maintenance, and vigilance) 142,28 244,72 387,00 Renewal additional classes in the same expedient 95,52 205,48 301,00 Assignment 1 st expedient 33,75 139,25 173,00 Each additional expedient 33,75 19,25 53,00 Change of ownership 1 st expedient 16,54 136,46 153,00 Each additional expedient 16,54 19,46 36,00 COMMUNITY TRADEMARKS OHIM Trademark Search Report (+ a viability report) (FREE) Identical Trademark Search Report in all the EU member states, in the Community and International Registry (Up to 3 classes) ,00 650,00 CTM Application for 3 classes (electronic) 900,00 349, ,00 Each additional class 150,00 140,00 290,00 Claiming a convention priority -- 60,00 60,00

2 Protecmark Schedule of and Charges (January 2015) 2 Refusal for Office decision ,00 310,00 Filing an Opposition 350,00 275,00 625,00 Each additional class -- 95,00 95,00 Negotiations with agents for Opposition ,00 190,00 Trademarks restrictions or any class renunciation ,00 160,00 Response to an Opposition ,00 310,00 Appeal against an Office decision 800,00 400, ,00 Obtaining the Certificate of Registration+maintenance+vigilance for 3 classes ,00 235,00 Maintenance, and vigilance per additional class -- 90,00 90,00 Transformation of National Application 200,00 150,00 350,00 CTM Renewal for 3 classes (electronic) 1.350,00 240, ,00 Renewal of each additional class 400,00 150,00 550,00 Maintenance, and vigilance for 3 classes 200,00 200,00 Maintenance, and vigilance per additional class 90,00 90,00 Assignment 1 st expedient ,00 210,00 Assignment of each additional expedient -- 53,00 53,00 Change of ownership 1 st expedient ,00 210,00 Change of ownership for each additional expedient -- 53,00 53,00 Application for License Registration 200,00 190,00 390,00 SPANISH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS Application for 1-10 Designs 63,68 317,32 381,00 Application for Designs 55,73 263,27 319,00 Application for Designs 46,28 247,72 294,00 Application for Designs 37,03 216,97 254,00 Application for Designs 29,65 199,35 229,00 Claiming a priority 7,59 92,41 100,00 Certificate of Registration, maintenance ,00 100,00 Refusal for Office Decision ,00 210,00 Refusal for Opposition with modifications 19,91 251,09 271,00 Refusal for Opposition ,00 210,00 Response to an Appeal ,00 360,00 For any additional variation -- 90,00 90,00 Filing an Opposition 37,15 250,85 288,00 Appeal against Office decision 75,62 315,38 391,00 Assignment 1 st expedient 33,75 164,25 198,00 For any additional expedient 33,75 29,25 63,00 Change of ownership 1 st expedient 14,06 161,94 176,00 For any additional expedient 14,06 26,94 41,00 Renewal of 1-10 designs 82, ,00 Renewal of designs 65,77 244,23 310,00 Renewal of designs 52,60 232,40 285,00 Renewal of designs 42,09 208,91 251,00 Renewal of designs 33,66 200,34 234,00

3 Protecmark Schedule of and Charges (January 2015) 3 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DESIGNS Application for a Community Design + Publication 350,00 249,00 599,00 Each additional Community Designs Application from 2nd to10th + Publication 175,00 125,00 300,00 Each additional Community Design Application + Publication from 11th onwards 80,00 70,00 150,00 Refusal for Office decision ,00 210,00 Refusal for Opposition with modification ,00 270,00 Refusal for Opposition ,00 210,00 Appeal against Office decision 800,00 300, ,00 Declaration of Nullity Application 350,00 300,00 650,00 Assignment 1 expedient 200,00 150,00 350,00 Change of ownership 1 expedient 150,00 150,00 CDR Renewal for the 1 st 5 years 90,00 209,00 299,00 CDR Renewal for the 2 nd 5 years 120,00 209,00 329,00 WATCHING SERVICES Registration of an expedient for a ten-year period ,00 150,00 Renewal of an expedient for a five-year period ,00 100,00 Annual Renewal of an expedient -- 30,00 30,00 Incorporation of new expedients -- 60,00 60,00 SPANISH PATENTS Inventions Search by owner -- from 195,00 Inventions Search by object -- from 150,00 Patent Application (Includes revision of the patent s description and figures) 63,68 486,32 550,00 Claiming a convention priority 19,85 87,15 107,00 Refusal for Office decision 36,11 231,89 268,00 Request for urgent handling (entails the Request for the International Search Report I.E.T) 40,68 119,32 160,00 I.E.T Application 587,78 152,22 740,00 Filing an Opposition or making observations to others 37,15 262,85 300,00 Response to I.E.T. and observations of others (to the owner s choice) ,00 420,00 Request for previous examination 334,62 215,38 550,00 Response to a refusal or Opposition 36,11 359,89 396,00 Appeal against Office Refusal 75,62 374,78 450,00 Appeal against grant (+study of the arguments) 75,62 449,38 525,00 Obtaining the Certificate of Registration 26,46 134,54 161,00

4 Protecmark Schedule of and Charges (January 2015) 4 (without annuities) SPANISH UTILITY MODELS Utility Model Application (Includes revision of the description and figures) 63,68 486,32 550,00 Response to Office Decision 36,11 231,89 268,00 Filing an Opposition or making observations to others 37,15 262,85 300,00 Response to Office Refusal or Opposition 36,11 359,89 396,00 Appeal against Office Refusal 75,62 374,38 450,00 Appeal against grant (+ study of the arguments) 75,62 449,38 525,00 Obtaining the Certificate of Registration (without annuities) 26,46 134,54 161,00 EUROPEAN PATENTS European Patent Application, descriptions and claims up to 35 pages (including application fees) (electronic) 120,00 710,00 830,00 For each additional page in excess of 35 15, ,00 Search fees 1.285, ,00 Each additional claim of 16 to , ,00 Each additional claim in excess of , ,00 Request for Examination 1.620, ,00 Designation fees 580, ,00 European Patent Grant 915,00 300, ,00 Translation into tarjet language (Each 100 words) -- 15,00 15,00 Payment of the 3rd annuity 465,00 60,00 525,00 Payment of the 4th annuity 580,00 60,00 640,00 Payment of the 5th annuity 810,00 60,00 870,00 Payment of the 6th annuity 1040,00 70, ,00 Payment of the 7th annuity 1155,00 70, ,00 Payment of the 8th annuity 1265,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 9th annuity 1380,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 10th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 11th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 12th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 13th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 14th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 15th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 16th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 17th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 18th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 19th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 Payment of the 20th annuity 1560,00 80, ,00 VALIDATION FROM EUROPEAN PATENTS (SPAIN) Validation in Spain of an European Patent (Up to 22 pages) 275,52 314,48 590,00 Each additional page in excess of 22 11, ,08

5 Protecmark Schedule of and Charges (January 2015) 5 Translation from English into Spanish (Each 100 words) -- 15,00 15,00 PCT Basic fee for the representation and/or filing of an international patent application with the EPO 950,00 950,00 Transmission fee 74, ,99 Transmittal fee (up to 30 pages) (01/04/2015) 1273, ,00 01Official fee per page from the 31st page (01/04/2015) 14, ,00 Basic fee for payment of the international search fee and transmittal of the international search report 1875,00 215, ,00 Claiming a priority ,00 100,00 Filing of a priority document 29,99 72,01 102,00 Please contact us for any further procedures not listed in this schedule. Very Important: All invoices will have a extra bank charge of 30 Euros. We do not issue invoices on behalf of their clients.

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