Payments

Making payments to the Unified Patent Court

The following bank accounts of the Unified Patent Court are designated for relevant proceedings-related financial transactions.

Thank you for noting the purpose of each account and paying only to the relevant account depending on the purpose of the payment.

In each case, it is imperative to provide, as reason for payment, the CMS reference number  (Registry number) linked to the relevant action/application together with the name of the representative of the party- as follows:

….[reference number]/2023[year]_Representative: [first name, last name]

1. For the payment of Court fees – please use the following account:

Account Holder: JURIDICTION UNIFIEE DU BREVET

Account name: JURIDICTION-COURT FEES

BIC: BCEELULL

IBAN: LU64 0019 7355 1897 3000

BANK: SPUERKEESS

Address: 1 PLACE DE METZ L-2954 Luxembourg

2. For the payment of deposits (see in particular Rule 180 and 181 RoP on the reimbursement of expenses of witnesses and experts) – please use the following account:

Account Holder: JURIDICTION UNIFIEE DU BREVET

Account name: JURIDICTION-DEPOSIT RECEIPT

BIC: BCEELULL

IBAN: LU11 0019 7355 1896 6000

BANK: SPUERKEESS

Address: 1 PLACE DE METZ L-2954 Luxembourg

3. For a deposit of security for costs (see Rules 158, 159 and 352 RoP), please use the following account:

Account Holder: JURIDICTION UNIFIEE DU BREVET

Account name: JURIDICTION-SECURITY RECEIPT

BIC: BCEELULL

IBAN: LU55 0019 7355 1895 9000

BANK: SPUERKEESS

Address: 1 PLACE DE METZ L-2954 Luxembourg

4. For the payment of penalty fees, please use the following account:

Account Holder: JURIDICTION UNIFIEE DU BREVET

Account name: JURIDICTION-PENALTIES FEES

BIC: BCEELULL

IBAN: LU38 0019 7355 1900 8000

BANK: SPUERKEESS

Address: 1 PLACE DE METZ L-2954 Luxembourg

Additional information on fee payments: 

Please note that, for the time being, the Court does not provide for the creation of a client deposit account for the management of fee payments.