Patent Renewal Fees for Lithuania

Photo by Maksim Shutov on Unsplash

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Lithuania

Shown are office fees and related facts for patents granted in or for Lithuania. For example national patents and European patents validated in Lithuania.

Patent protection in Lithuania can also be reached via the Unitary Patent (UP) system. With a Unitary Patent, only one UP Renewal Fee is paid, covering all participating countries.

Office Fees	LT
Total 20-year renewal fees	$ 4777
Grant Fee	$ 50

Requirements for EP grants	LT
Claims Translation	Lithuanian
Representation Needed?

IP Memberships (Selection)	LT
PC - Paris Convention
PCT - Patent Cooperation Treaty
EPC - European Patent Convention
EU - European Union
UPC - Unified Patent Court
London Agreement

Economic Factors	LT
GDP of 2021 in billion USD	66.45
Residents	2.8M
Official Currency	EUR
Schengen Area

Lithuania vs. other EPC member states

Total 20-year patent renewal fees for Lithuania, LT (red) relative to other EPC member states (blue). Note that patent renewal fees are to be paid annually and updated regularly. Not included are grant fees, translation costs, and representation costs (if applicable).

I. Requirements for Lithuania after EP grant

I.1 Translation requirements

A translation of the claims into Lithuanian must be supplied.

I.2 Professional representative

Legal or natural persons who have no residence, permanent place of business, registered branch or representative office in Lithuania, in the EEA or in an EPC contracting state must appoint a patent attorney who has been entered on the List of Patent Attorneys of Lithuania.

I.3 Period for filing the translation

3 months after the date on which the mention of the grant or maintenance in amended form of the European patent is published in the European Patent Bulletin.