PCT Applicant's Guide Lithuania EQE - Valid as from 31 Oct 2024

Materials for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE)
Special edition as of 31 October 2024, prepared for EQE candidates

Useful information

The PCT Applicant’s Guide is updated almost every week with information received by the International Bureau.

In case of question, please contact the Office or the International Bureau: pct.guide@wipo.int.

List of abbreviations used in this document:

Office: State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

List of currencies used in this document:

EUR (Euro)

Countries and Offices information:

The list of acronyms used for Offices is no longer shown as it has been integrated in the mouseover functionality for each ST.3 code shown in this document.
Refer to List of WIPO Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines formerly Annex K, List of country names and two-letter codes. It includes a list of short names and two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations and their Offices in documents relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is as set out in WIPO Standard ST.3.
Also refer to PCT Contracting States formerly Annex A.

Office profile

For more technical information about the Office, refer to ePCT Office profile.

PCT Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Incompatibilities

Rule 49ter.1(g)
Refer to the full list.

Office Closed dates

The Office is closed weekly on Saturday and Sunday

Additional closed dates can be consulted on the Office Closed dates page

International Phase

Annex B - Information on Contracting States or Intergovernmental Organization

Contracting State:

Lithuania

Two-letter code:

Name of Office:

State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

Location:

Kalvarijų g. 3
LT-09310 Vilnius
Lithuania

Mailing address:

Same as above

Telephone:

(370-5) 278 02 50

E-mail:

info@vpb.gov.lt

Website:

http://vpb.lrv.lt

Facsimile:

(370-5) 275 07 23

Does the Office accept the filing of documents by facsimile or the like means (PCT Rule 92.4)?

Would the Office accept evidence of mailing a document, in case of loss or delay, where a delivery service other than the postal authorities is used (PCT Rule 82.1)?

Yes

Is the Office prepared to allow applicants to make applications available to the WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS) (PCT Rule 17.1(b-bis)?

For further details, refer to:
https://www.wipo.int/das/en/participating_offices/details.jsp?id=12645

Yes, the Office is prepared to allow applicants to make national applications filed in electronic form available to the WIPO DAS

Competent receiving Office(s) for international applications filed by nationals or residents of this State:

EP,

IB,

Does national legislation restrict the filing of international applications with foreign Offices?

Refer to the Office

Competent designated (or elected) Office(s) for this State:

Refer to corresponding National Phase.

Types of protection available via the PCT:

European patents

Payment methods accepted by the Office:

As RO:
Bank transfer.
Currency: EUR
Bank details:
Correspondent Bank: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
Beneficiary's Bank: IBAN: LT714040063610000625, SWIFT: MFRLLT22.
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, Lukiskiu str. 2, 01512 Vilnius, Lithuania
Account holder: The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

Availability under the national law for an international-type search (PCT Article 15):

None

Provisional protection after international publication:

Designation made for the purposes of a European patent:

Provisional protection shall be effective in Lithuania as from the date on which the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania publishes the translation of the claims into Lithuanian (refer to Article 78 of the Patent Law of the Republic of Lithuania).

Information of interest if this Contracting State is designated (or elected)

Are there special provisions concerning the deposit of microorganisms and other biological material?

For a European patent

Refer to Annex B(EP)

Annex C - Receiving Office

Competent receiving Office for nationals and residents of:

Lithuania

Language in which international applications may be filed:

If the language in which the international application is filed is not accepted by the International Searching Authority (refer to Annex D), the applicant will have to furnish a translation (PCT Rule 12.3).

English,

Lithuanian

Language accepted for language-dependent free text in the sequence listing:

Same language as the international application (English or Lithuanian )

Language in which the request may be filed:

English

Number of copies required by the receiving Office if application filed on paper:

Does the receiving Office accept the filing of international applications in electronic form?

Where the international application is filed in electronic form in accordance with and to the extent provided for in Part 7 and Annex F of the Administrative Instructions, the total amount of the international filing fee is reduced (refer to “Fees payable to the RO”).

Where the international application contains a sequence listing as a separate part of the description, this should be furnished in accordance with Annex C of the Administrative Instructions, that is, in compliance with WIPO Standard ST.26 XML format; no fees are due for sequence listings filed in this format.

For the relevant notifications by the Office, refer to the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated 24 January 2013, pages 8 et seq., 13 September 2018, page 290, 11 November 2021, pages 190 et seq. and 4 August 2022, page 207.

Yes, the Office accepts electronic filing via EPO Online Filing or ePCT-Filing
Offline filings may be furnished on CD-R or DVD-R

Does the receiving Office accept the submission of pre-conversion documents and, if yes, in which format (Section 706 of the PCT Administrative Instructions)?

Yes, any format

Does the receiving Office accept incorporation by reference (PCT Rule 20.6)?

Yes

Does the receiving Office accept the submission of color drawings on an informal basis and transmit them to the International Bureau?

No, color photographs and color drawings are not accepted. The translation of the international application and any copy of drawings must comply with the physical requirements prescribed by the designated Office (PCT Rule 49.5(j)). Drawings shall be executed in durable, black, sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly thick and well-defined, lines and strokes without colorings.

Does the receiving Office accept requests for restoration of the right of priority (PCT Rule 26bis.3)?

Yes, the Office applies the “due care” criterion to such requests

Competent International Searching Authority:

EP,

Competent International Preliminary Examining Authority:

The Office is competent only if the international search is or has been carried out by that Office or by the Visegrad Patent Institute.

Fees payable to the RO:

Transmittal fee:

92 EUR

International filing fee:

1,381 EUR

Fee per sheet in excess of 30:

16 EUR

Reductions (under Schedule of Fees, item 4):

Electronic filing (the request in character coded format):

208 EUR

Electronic filing (the request, description, claims and abstract in character coded format):

311 EUR

Search fee:

Refer to
Annex D(EP)
Annex D(XV)

Fee for priority document (PCT Rule 17.1(b)):

23 EUR

Fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority (PCT Rule 26bis.3(d)):

115 EUR

Is an agent required by the receiving Office?

No, if the applicant resides in the EEA (European Economic Area)
Yes, if the applicant is a non-resident of the EEA

Who can act as agent?

Any patent attorney registered to practice before the Office

Waiver of power of attorney:

Waivers of powers of attorney do not apply (PCT Rule 90.4(e) and 90.5(d)) where the agent or common representative submits any notice of withdrawal during the international phase (PCT Rule 90bis.1 to 90bis.4, also refer to International Phase, paragraph 11.048).

Has the Office waived the requirement that a separate power of attorney be submitted?

Yes

Particular instances in which a separate power of attorney is required:

Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by, an agent or a common representative who was not indicated in the request form at the time of filing

Has the Office waived the requirement that a copy of a general power of attorney be submitted?

Yes

Particular instances in which a copy of a general power of attorney is required:

Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by, an agent or a common representative who was not indicated in the request form at the time of filing

Annex L - Deposits of Microorganisms and Other Biological Material

Requirements of designated and elected Offices

Only Offices whose applicable national law contains provisions concerning the deposits of microorganisms and other biological material are listed in Annex L. Unless otherwise indicated, deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before these Offices with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

For a list of these institutions refer to:

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/pdf/idalist.pdf (and the detailed requirements for each institution at: https://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/guide/section_d/subsection_c.html)

Notifications related thereto may be consulted under:

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/

Further information concerning the requirements of international depository authorities under the Budapest Treaty is available at:

http://www.wipo.int/budapest/en/guide/index.html

Time (if any) earlier than 16 months from priority date by which applicant must furnish:

— the indications prescribed in Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii):

None

— any additional indications:

At the time of filing (as part of the application)

Additional indications (if any) which must be given besides those prescribed in Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii) pursuant to notifications from the Office:

To the extent available to the applicant, relevant information on the characteristics of the microorganism

Additional information

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania with any depositary institution.

National Phase

The Office closed the national route

Refer to National Chapter(EP)

Processing

LT - Lithuania
State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania