The payment of fees must be effected in Canadian dollars. All payments must indicate the national application number if it is known (otherwise the international application number may be used), the name of the applicant and the category of fee being paid
Fees may be paid by any of the following means:
— by credit card;
— by cheque/money order;
— by debit to a client deposit account held by the Office;
— by bank or wire transfer
— by debit card (in person CIPO headquarters only)
All fees, including those for bank or wire transfers, must be made payable to the Receiver General of Canada
For bank or wire transfers, the following information is required to transfer funds to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s account:
Banking institution
Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
1 Complexe Desjardins
South tower
15th floor
Montréal
Quebec
Canada, H5B 1B3
SWIFT
CCDQCAMM
Institution number
815
Transit number
98000
Beneficiary name
033-25638 - ISED
Beneficiary account number
MFI09704000815CAD0
Charges Field
“OUR”
Field description
Authorization number 033-25638
Please note that in order to avoid processing delays, it is suggested that the following information be included with any bank transfer:
Contact information
name and telephone number of contact person
Identification number
deposit account number / your file number
Request
replenishment / type of service
In order to help identify the services required, it is suggested that applicants:
e-mail
ic.cipofinance-opicfinance.ic@canada.ca
or fax
819-953-CIPO (2476)
819-953-OPIC (6742)
the Office with the date of the bank transfer and a copy of the receipt
Please note that applicants are responsible for any transaction fees charged by their banking institution. If an applicant fails to take this into account, and transaction fees are deducted from the amount sent, the Office will need to contact the applicant in order to obtain the difference and obtain the exact amount required for the requested service. Fees are only considered to be paid when the full amount of the fee has been received by the Office. The deduction of transaction fees from the amount sent could result in the required fee not having been paid by the due date.