PCT Applicant's Guide Rumania - Valid as from 1 de enero de 2026

INFORMACIÓN GENERAL
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En vigor desde 1 de enero de 2026

(publicado en 4 de diciembre de 2025)

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[MT] Información útil sobre el hotel

[MT] La Guía del solicitante del PCT se actualiza casi semanalmente con la información recibida por la Oficina Internacional.

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

[MT] Lista de abreviaturas utilizadas en el presente documento:

Office: State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (Romania)

LPI: Law No 64/1991 on Patents, republished within the meaning of Article IV of the Law No 28/2007 for amending and completing the Patent Law No 64/1991, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, No 613 of 19 August 2014

RLP: Decision No 547 of 21 May 2008 for the approval of Regulations Implementing Law No 64/1991 republished, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, No 456 of 18 May 2008

OF: Ordinance No 41/1998 on Fees in the Field of Industrial Property and Regulations Governing Their Use, republished within the meaning of Article IV of the Law No 381/2005 for amending and completing Ordinance No 41/1998 on Fees in the Field of Industrial Property and Regulations Governing Their Use, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, No 6 of 6 January 2006

CCP: Romanian Code of Civil Procedure

[MT] Lista de monedas utilizadas en este documento:

EUR (Euro), RON (leu rumano)

[MT] Países y oficinas de información:

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.

[MT] Perfil de oficina

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

[MT] Reservas, declaraciones, notificaciones e incompatibilidades del PCT

Artículo 64.5)

Refer to the full list.

[MT] Fechas cerradas

The Office is closed weekly on Saturday and Sunday

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

[MT] Fase internacional

[MT] Anexo B - Información sobre los Estados Contratantes o las Organizaciones Intergubernamentales

[MT] Estado Contratante:

Rumania

[MT] Código de dos letras:

[MT] Nombre de la oficina:

Oficina Estatal de Invenciones y Marcas (Rumania)

[MT] Ubicación:

5 Ion Ghica Street
030044
Bucharest 3
Romania

[MT] Dirección postal:

Same as above

[MT] Teléfono:

(40-21) 306 08 00

[MT] Correo electrónico:

office@osim.gov.ro

[MT] Sitio web:

http://www.osim.ro

[MT] Fax:

(40-21) 312 38 19

[MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina la presentación de documentos por fax o por medios similares ( Regla 92.4 del PCT )?

[MT] ¿ Aceptaría la Oficina pruebas de envío de un documento, en caso de pérdida o retraso, cuando se utilice un servicio de entrega distinto de las autoridades postales ( Regla 82.1 del PCT )?

Sí

[MT] ¿ Está la Oficina dispuesta a permitir que los solicitantes pongan sus solicitudes a disposición del Servicio de Acceso Digital de la OMPI para Documentos de Prioridad ( DAS ) ( Regla 17.1 b bis ) del PCT )?

More information about WIPO DAS is available at: https://www.wipo.int/en/web/das.

[MT] Oficina (s) receptora (s) competente (s) para las solicitudes internacionales presentadas por nacionales o residentes de este Estado:

EP,

IB,

[MT] ¿Restringe la legislación nacional la presentación de solicitudes internacionales en Oficinas extranjeras?

Regulations on the Implementation of the Patent Law No. 64/1991 (approved by Government Decision No. 547/2008 of 21 May 2008), Art. 4(3) and 7.

A national or resident of Romania must file an international application concerning a subject matter of significance for national security directly with the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (Romania).

Yes, filing restrictions apply to:
Inventions made in Romania

[MT] Oficina (s) competente (s) designada (s) (o elegida (s)) para este Estado:

National protection: RO

European patent: EP

[MT] Tipos de protección disponibles a través del PCT:

National:

Patents,

Utility models (a utility model may be sought instead of or in addition to a national patent)

European:

Patents

[MT] Métodos de pago aceptados por la Oficina:

Payments may be made directly at the Office and/or by bank transfer. The national law provides for the periodical indexation of the amounts in Romanian lei, the amounts in euros remaining unchanged, because of the daily fluctuation, due to inflation, of the exchange rate of the Romanian leu against the euro. Consequently, foreign applicants residing abroad must pay the fees in euros.

Payments may be made directly to the Office:
at the BCR S.A.
Calea Plevnei nr. 159
Bussiness Garden Bucureşti
Clădirea A, et. 6, sect. 6
Bucureşti

Account details:

IBAN
RO38RNCB0080005630320005

BIC (SWIFT CODE)
RNCBROBU

Fiscal code
4266081

All payments made to this account are considered to have been made to the Office on the date of credit to this account. Payments must indicate the international application number or, if already known, the national application number and indicate the category of the fee being paid

[MT] Disponibilidad en virtud de la legislación nacional para una búsqueda internacional de tipo (artículo 15 del PCT):

None

[MT] Protección provisional después de la publicación internacional:

Where the designation is made for the purposes of a national patent:

The applicant may, from the date of publication in Romanian of the international application, claim from any person who uses the subject of the application, although the person knew, or should have known, that the invention used by him was the subject of a published application, appropriate compensation under the circumstances (refer to Art. 22, 33, 56(3) and (4) of the Patent Law (Law No. 64/1991)).

Where the designation is made for the purposes of a European patent:

A published European patent application confers the protection mentioned above as from the date on which a translation into Romanian of the claims of that application is published by the Office (refer to Art. 5(2) of the Law No. 611/2002).

[MT] Información de interés si este Estado Contratante es designado ( o elegido )

[MT] Para la protección nacional

[MT] Fecha en que se deben indicar el nombre y la dirección del inventor:

May be in the request or may be furnished later. If not already com-plied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement until the decision to grant the patent has been taken (Article 14(3) of Law No. 64/1991 on Patents, republished).

[MT] ¿Existen disposiciones especiales relativas al depósito de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos?

Yes, refer to Annex L.

[MT] Por una patente europea

Refer to Annex B(EP)

[MT] Anexo C - Oficina receptora

[MT] Oficina de recepción competente para los nacionales y residentes de:

Rumania

[MT] Idioma en que podrán presentarse las solicitudes internacionales:

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,

French,

German,

Romanian,

Russian

[MT] Idioma aceptado para el texto libre dependiente del idioma en la lista de secuencias:

The Office has not specifically notified the International Bureau of the language that it accepts under PCT Rule 12.1(d).

Same as above

[MT] Idioma en que puede presentarse la solicitud:

English,

French,

German

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

[MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina receptora la presentación de solicitudes internacionales en forma electrónica?

For the relevant notifications by the Office, refer to the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated 12 September 2019, pages 134 et seq and 14 November 2019, page 168.

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. If the receiving Office does not accept international applications in electronic form in such format, the international application will be transmitted to the International Bureau as receiving Office (PCT Rule 19.4(a)(ii-bis)).

Yes, the Office accepts electronic filing via ePCT

[MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina receptora la presentación de documentos previos a la conversión y, en caso afirmativo, en qué formato ( artículo 706 de las Instrucciones Administrativas del PCT )?

Yes, any format

[MT] ¿ La Oficina receptora acepta la incorporación por remisión ( Regla 20.6 del PCT )?

Sí

[MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina receptora la presentación de dibujos en color de manera oficiosa y los transmite a la Oficina Internacional?

Sí

[MT] ¿ La Oficina receptora acepta peticiones de restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 26bis.3 del PCT )?

Yes, please refer to the Office for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests

[MT] Autoridad competente encargada de la búsqueda internacional:

EP,

[MT] Autoridad competente para el examen preliminar internacional:

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

Fees payable to the RO:

[MT] Tarifa de transmisión:

508 RON

[MT] Tasa de presentación internacional:

This fee is reduced by 90% if certain conditions apply (refer to Annex C(IB)).

1,428 EUR

[MT] Tarifa por hoja superior a 30:

16 EUR

[MT] Reducciones (en la partida 4 de la Lista de tasas):

[MT] Presentación electrónica ( la solicitud en formato codificado por caracteres ) :

215 EUR

[MT] Presentación electrónica ( solicitud, descripción, reivindicaciones y resumen en formato codificado por caracteres ) :

322 EUR

[MT] Tasa de búsqueda:

Refer to
Annex D(EP)
Annex D(RU)

[MT] Tasa por documento de prioridad ( Regla 17.1 b) del PCT):

Plus copying costs.

102 RON

[MT] ¿Es necesario un agente para la Oficina receptora?

No, if the applicant resides in Romania
Yes, if the applicant is a non-resident

[MT] ¿ Quién puede actuar como agente?

Any industrial property agent resident in Romania whose name appears on the register kept in the Office

[MT] Renuncia al poder:

[MT] ¿Ha renunciado la Oficina al requisito de presentar un poder por separado?

Refer to the Office

[MT] ¿Ha renunciado la Oficina al requisito de que se presente una copia de un poder general?

Refer to the Office

[MT] Anexo L - Depósitos de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos

[MT] Requisitos de las Oficinas designadas y elegidas

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

[MT] Fecha ( si la hubiere ) anterior a 16 meses de la fecha de prioridad en que el solicitante debe presentar :

[MT] - las indicaciones prescritas en la Regla 13bis.3 a) i) a iii):

None

[MT] - cualquier indicación adicional:

None

[MT] Indicaciones adicionales (si las hubiere) que deberán darse además de las prescritas en la Regla 13bis.3 a) i) a iii) en virtud de notificaciones de la Oficina:

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

[MT] Fase nacional

[MT] Resumen de los requisitos para entrar en la fase nacional

[MT] Si se desea la concesión de una patente nacional por la Oficina Estatal de Invenciones y Marcas ( Rumania ) :

[MT] Plazos aplicables para la entrada en la fase nacional:

Under PCT Article 22(1): 30 months from the priority date
Under PCT Article 39(1)(a): 30 months from the priority date

[MT] ¿ Permite la Oficina la restitución de derechos ( Regla 49.6 del PCT )?

Yes, the Office permits reinstatement of rights under the “due care” and “unintentional" criteria.

[MT] Tasa por reintegración

150 EUR

[MT] Traducción de la solicitud internacional requerida a ( uno de ) los siguientes idiomas :

Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).

Romanian

[MT] Contenidos requeridos de la traducción para entrar en la fase nacional:

Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).

Under PCT Article 22: Description, claims (if amended, both as originally filed and as amended, together with any statement under PCT Article 19), any text matter of drawings, abstract

Under PCT Article 39(1): Description, claims, any text matter of drawings, abstract (if any of those parts has been amended, both as originally filed and as amended by the annexes to the international preliminary examination report)

[MT] ¿Se requiere una copia de la solicitud internacional en circunstancias particulares?

[MT] ¿Acepta la Oficina dibujos en color en virtud de su legislación nacional?

Yes, the Office accepts color or greyscale drawings provided that there is a necessary contrast to allow reproduction

[MT] Tasas nacionales:

For further details on the fee structure and applicable time limits, refer to Annex RO.I of the National Chapter RO.

[MT] Cuota de presentación

30 EUR

Fee for priority claims, per priority

50 EUR

[MT] Cuota de examen

500 EUR

[MT] Cuota anual para los primeros tres años

150 EUR

[MT] Exenciones, reducciones o reembolsos de tasas :

For international applications entering the national phase the search fee is reduced by 50%

[MT] Requisitos especiales de la Oficina ( Regla 51 bis del PCT) :

Name and address of the inventor if they have not been furnished in the “Request” part of the international application

If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit fixed in the invitation.

This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.

Statement justifying the applicant’s right to the patent if he is not the inventor

This requirement may be satisfied if the corresponding declaration has been made in accordance with PCT Rule 4.17.

Appointment of an agent if the applicant is not resident in Romania

[MT] ¿ Quién puede actuar como agente?

Any industrial property agent resident in Romania whose name appears on the register kept in the Office

[MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina el efecto de la restauración del derecho de prioridad por la Oficina receptora ( Regla 49ter.1 del PCT )?

Sí

[MT] ¿ Acepta la Oficina solicitudes de restablecimiento del derecho de prioridad ( Regla 49ter.2 del PCT )?

Yes, please refer to the Office for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests

[MT] Si se desea una patente europea : Véase la Organización Europea de Patentes ( EP ) en el anexo B, Resumen ( EP ) y los capítulos nacionales EP y RO en la fase nacional

[MT] El procedimiento en la fase nacional

[MT] RO.01 FORMULARIO PARA ENTRADA EN LA FASE NACIONAL

RLP Art. 30(6)

The Office has available a form for entering the national phase (refer to Annex RO.II). This form should preferably (but need not) be used.

[MT] RO.02 TRADUCCIÓN ( CORRECCIÓN )

LPI Art. 27,

RLP Art. 20(3)

Errors in the translation of the international application can be corrected with reference to the text of the international application as filed (refer to National Phase, paragraphs NP 6.002 and NP 6.003).

[MT] RO.03 TASAS (FORMA DE PAGO)

The manner of payment of the fees indicated in the Summary and in this Chapter is outlined in Annex RO.I.

[MT] RO.04 ATRIBUCIÓN DE DERECHOS DE PRIORIDAD

RLP Art. 23(8)

Where the priority of an earlier application is claimed and the applicant(s) in that application is (are) not identical with the applicant(s) of the international application, an assignment of the priority rights must be furnished.

[MT] RO.05 PODER DE ADVOCACIA

LPI Art. 13(4),

LPI Art. 37(1),

RLP Art. 22

Any national or legal person resident in Romania whose name appears on the register kept in the Office may be appointed by filing a power of attorney.

[MT] RO.06 TAXA DE SUBVENCIÓN Y PUBLICACIÓN

OF Art. 11(1)

This fee (refer to Annex RO.I) must be paid to the Office within 12 months from the date of publication of the decision to grant the patent.

[MT] RO.07 TASAS ANUALES

OF Art. 11(1),

OF Art. 11(2),

OF Art. 11(5)

The fees for maintaining the patent in force for each year up to grant under Law No. 64/1991 republished, including the year of grant, shall be paid in one installment together with the fee for grant, within 12 months from the date of publication of the decision to grant. Payment for subsequent years must be made in advance before each succeeding anniversary of the international filing date. Payment can still be made, together with a 50% surcharge for late payment, within six months after the expiration of that 12-month period. For the amounts of the annual fees, refer to Annex RO.I.

[MT] RO.08 MODIFICACIÓN DE LA SOLICITUD; PLAZOS

Artículo 28 del PCT,

Artículo 41 del PCT,

LPI Art. 26

The applicant may make before the Office amendments to the description, claims and drawing(s) of his own volition or when specifically required by the Office, provided that the subject matter of the application is not broadened thereby. Such amendments can be made up to the time of the receipt of the notification of the decision to grant a patent.

[MT] RO.09 EXAMEN CON ARREGLO AL ARTÍCULO 25 DEL PCT

Artículo 25 del PCT,

Regla 51 del PCT,

CCP Art. 299,

LPI Art. 51,

LPI Art. 52,

LPI Art. 53,

LPI Art. 54,

LPI Art. 55,

LPI Art. 56,

LPI Art. 57

The applicable procedure is outlined in paragraphs NP 6.018 to NP 6.021 of the National Phase. If, upon review under PCT Article 25, the Office denies an error or an omission on the part of the receiving Office or the International Bureau, an appeal against this decision may be lodged within three months from the notification of the decision. A fee for appeal must be paid at the same time. The Reexamination Commission of the Office will then decide on the appeal.

[MT] RO.10 EXCUSACIÓN DE DEMORA EN LOS LÍMITES DE TIEMPO DE REUNIÓN

Artículo 24.2) del PCT,

Artículo 48.2) del PCT

Reference is made to paragraphs NP 6.022 to NP 6.027 of the National Phase.

[MT] Anexos 10

[MT] Anexo RO.I - Tasas

[MT] Cuota de presentación

30 EUR

[MT] Tasa por reivindicación de prioridad

50 EUR

[MT] Tasa de publicación:

[MT] — pagado en los seis meses siguientes a la entrada en la fase nacional

50 EUR

[MT] — pagado al entrar en la fase nacional

80 EUR

[MT] Tarifa de búsqueda

50 EUR

[MT] Tasa de examen:

[MT] — abonado en un plazo de tres meses a partir de la fecha de entrada en la fase nacional

500 EUR

— plus, for each page in excess of 20

10 EUR

— plus, for each claim in excess of 5

15 EUR

[MT] — abonado tres meses después de la fecha de entrada en la fase nacional

300 EUR

— plus, for each page in excess of 20

5 EUR

— plus, for each claim in excess of 5

10 EUR

[MT] Tasa de impresión y concesión ( pagadera en un plazo de 12 meses a partir de la fecha de publicación de la decisión ) :

100 EUR

— plus, for each page in excess of 20

5 EUR

[MT] Tasa anual por el mantenimiento de la patente en vigor por cada año de protección a partir de la fecha de presentación de la solicitud internacional:

[MT] — para el 1er año

—

[MT] — para el segundo año

—

[MT] — para el 3er año

150 EUR

[MT] — para el 4º año

160 EUR

[MT] — para el quinto año

180 EUR

[MT] — para el sexto año

200 EUR

[MT] — para el 7º año

220 EUR

[MT] — para el 8º año

240 EUR

[MT] — para el 9º año

260 EUR

[MT] — para el décimo año

280 EUR

[MT] — para el 11º año

300 EUR

[MT] — para el 12º año

320 EUR

[MT] — para el 13º año

340 EUR

[MT] — para el 14º año

370 EUR

[MT] — para el 15º año

400 EUR

[MT] — para el 16º año

500 EUR

[MT] — para el 17º año

500 EUR

[MT] — para el 18º año

500 EUR

[MT] — para el 19º año

500 EUR

[MT] — para el 20º año

500 EUR

[MT] ¿Cómo se puede efectuar el pago de las tasas?

Payments may be made directly to the Office:

at the BCR S.A.
Calea Plevnei nr. 159
Bussiness Garden Bucureşti
Clădirea A, et. 6, sect. 6
Bucureşti

Account details:

IBAN
RO38RNCB0080005630320005

BIC (SWIFT CODE)
RNCBROBU

Fiscal code
4266081

[MT] Formularios

The following documents are maintained by the Office. Refer to the Office website (Annex B) for latest version and other languages.

Annex RO.II - National processing request form

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[MT] Fase internacional

[MT] Anexo B - Información sobre los Estados Contratantes o las Organizaciones Intergubernamentales

[MT] Anexo C - Oficina receptora

[MT] Anexo L - Depósitos de microorganismos y otros materiales biológicos

[MT] Fase nacional

[MT] Resumen de los requisitos para entrar en la fase nacional

[MT] El procedimiento en la fase nacional

[MT] Anexos 10

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