PATENT* is a set of exclusive rights granted by the state to the owner of the patent (inventor or holder) for a specified period in exchange for regulated disclosure of certain details of the invention, which may be a new device, process, method or composition . These can make an inventive contribution and be useful and industrially  applicable.

Berin LTD offers services in the field of protecting patents in North Macedonia in the following areas:

• Searches, in patent databases

• Creation and processing of patents,for inventions in all fields of technology (pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering and the like)

• Registration of national patents, in all regional countries

• International Application for Patents, filing of PCT applications

• Representation before the European Patent Office (EPO), carrying out the proceedings for granting of a European patent before the European Patent Office

• Validation of European patents, before all national Offices

• Extension of European patents, before the associate members of EPO

• Professional translation, of patents from and into Macedonian, English, German, Albanian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Romanian, Greek, Russian and French

• Processing of patent specifications, and preparation of responses to appeals and oppositions after examination

• Annuities, maintenance of patents

• SPC, procedure for obtaining of additional certificates (Supplimenrary Patent Certificate) for extending the validity of patents

• Licenses, reparation and registration of license agreements for the use of patents

• Estimates, evaluation of patents and inventions

• Transfer of rights

For the provision of these services in other countries, we have cooperations with our contractual partners who have the respective national professional power of representation .
Berin International GmbH (our branch in Austria) only offers the submission of patent applications and the representation of parties in patent grant proceedings as well as in opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office. Services that are reserved for a professional party representative in accordance with the Austrian Patent Law are not offered in Austria.
We would be happy to provide you with our Austrian colleagues from Austrian Patent Chamber.

* The term PATENT is derived from the Latin word “patere” and it means “to be open” (to be presented to the public) and from the term “Letters Patent” which originally means the transfer of a noble regulation that gives the exclusive rights to a certain Person or activity meant.