{"id":18094,"date":"2023-05-02T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/?p=18094"},"modified":"2025-02-12T13:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:15:49","slug":"ideas-powered-for-business-sme-fund-euipo-vouchers-3-amp-4-now-available-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/en\/ideas-powered-for-business-sme-fund-euipo-vouchers-3-amp-4-now-available-to-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund &#8211; EUIPO: Vouchers 3 &#038; 4 Now Available to the Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to inform you that on the platform of the SME Fund, provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), you can now also benefit from Vouchers 3 &amp; 4.<\/p>\n<p>The vouchers applicable for Greece are as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Voucher 2 for Trademarks and Industrial Designs:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For protection at the national, regional, and EU level, the maximum grant amount is \u20ac1,000 with a reimbursement rate of 75%. The fees covered, depending on the applicable rates in each country, include application, registration, class, examination, publication, and deferment of publication. For protection outside the EU, the maximum grant amount remains \u20ac1,000, but the reimbursement rate is 50%. The covered fees, depending on the applicable rates in each country, include basic fees, designation fees, and fees related to the designation (excluding designation fees for EU countries and fees charged by national offices for managing applications).<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Voucher 3 for Patents and P<\/strong><strong>re-s<\/strong><strong>earch<\/strong><strong> reports<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The reimbursement rate is 75%, with a maximum grant amount of \u20ac1,500, for the following fees, depending on the scope of protection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-search report<\/li>\n<li>National level (fees covered depending on the applicable rates in each country: filing fee, examination\/search report fee, grant fee, publication fee),<\/li>\n<li>European level (filing fee and examination fee for a European patent).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Voucher 4 for Plant Varieties:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The reimbursement rate is 50% of the electronic filing fee for Community protection (the application fee is \u20ac255).<\/p>\n<p>In the links below, you will find the new guidelines that have been released and all the necessary information before completing your applications:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euipo.europa.eu\/ohimportal\/en\/online-services\/sme-fund?fbclid=IwAR0Z6_EgwI7TySyLmf3pr6CwyrQLUVvOSbArXXHa30NKKCPmm3EU1I4A4X4\">https:\/\/euipo.europa.eu\/ohimportal\/en\/online-services\/sme-fund?fbclid=IwAR0Z6_EgwI7TySyLmf3pr6CwyrQLUVvOSbArXXHa30NKKCPmm3EU1I4A4X4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euipo.europa.eu\/ohimportal\/en\/web\/guest\/grants-sme-fund-2023?fbclid=IwAR31qowTxoCdq4fqKPB3I8W7roq39QLA3_OlBRYto5CHKMfZMHnmQ1qHSzI\">https:\/\/euipo.europa.eu\/ohimportal\/en\/web\/guest\/grants-sme-fund-2023?fbclid=IwAR31qowTxoCdq4fqKPB3I8W7roq39QLA3_OlBRYto5CHKMfZMHnmQ1qHSzI<\/a><\/p>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #404040; font-weight: normal;\">The initiative of the European Commission, implemented by the EUIPO, runs from <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #404040;\">January 23, 2023, to December 8, 2023.<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"margin: calc(var(--ds-md-zoom)*12px)0; line-height: var(--ds-md-line-height); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #404040;\">We would like to inform you that due to the high volume of funding applications, a priority order is being followed.<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to inform you that on the platform of the SME Fund, provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), you can now also benefit from Vouchers 3 &amp; 4. The vouchers applicable for Greece are as follows: Voucher 2 for Trademarks and Industrial Designs: For protection at the national, regional, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":12892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nea-en"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund - EUIPO: Vouchers 3 &amp; 4 Now Available to the Public - obi.gr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.obi.gr\/en\/ideas-powered-for-business-sme-fund-euipo-vouchers-3-amp-4-now-available-to-the-public\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund - EUIPO: Vouchers 3 &amp; 4 Now Available to the Public - obi.gr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We would like to inform you that on the platform of the SME Fund, provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), you can now also benefit from Vouchers 3 &amp; 4. 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