Only pay the invoices sent by your patent attorney
The only clue you have (apart from the name) is that the beneficiary is a bank in Bosnia & Herzogovenia (IBAN code begins with BA and 5-6th letters in SWIFT code are also BA).
Note:
- Patent offices do not charge separately for publication of the application - you pay for this when you file the application.
- These misleading invoices can appear 18 months after the earliest priority claim when application is published officially by the patent office with the names and addresses of all applicants and inventors
- If in doubt, contact either the patent office, or a patent attorney, or check the links below
- If you have appointed a patent attorney, all official communications from the patent office are sent to him/her
But all patent offices make the applications available to the public automatically if you pay the required fees on filing.
Other examples are here:
- WIPO/PCT database of misleading invoices
- EPO collection of misleading invoices
- DE Patent Office warnings company names (in German)
- CIPA (UK) list of scams and misleading invoices
- WIPO links to announcements by IP offices world wide
- List compiled by Fraudehelpdesk.nl (page in Dutch, but many examples are in English)
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