DenK iP - Davy en Kris - Intellectual Property

Welcome to the website of DenK iP bvba.

DenK iP bvba is an independent patent office, headed by Kris Hertoghe and Davy Wauters. We provide services in different fields of intellectual property, mainly patents.

As can be recognised from our logo, we think about IP. We use our head for helping you protect your intellectual property. We provide day-to-day assistance to and administration of your IP portfolio, during which we put the dots on the i.

This site is intended to be a source of information for you, our existing and future clients. It is updated as new information comes to hand. Please feel free to visit us again soon.

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you would require more information.

In J18/09 the Legal Board of Appeal has decided that the validation acts for entry into the EP phase of an international application are requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to be able to validly file an EP divisional application based thereon. In other words, switching to another invention upon entry into the EP phase cannot be performed by directly filing a divisional application, without performing first the required acts for entry for the original application, and thus without incurring the costs for entry involved. This confirms that filing different inventions in a single international application, e.g. for cost considerations, is not a strainghtforward decision and should each time be carefully questioned. Also the act of paying additional search fees during the international phase should be well-considered each time.

Following fees are involved: filing fee (1088EUR -> 1174EUR), fee per sheet in excess of 30 (12EUR -> 13EUR), but also the reductions for electronic filing increase (164EUR -> 177EUR).

Maintenance fees on US patents will increase by approximately 15%.

DenK iP supports Music for Life by means of Logos for life.

We welcome Gert Jacobs, a patent trainee having already quite some experience.

We welcome Karine Hebbelinck, who will provide administrative support to the DenK iP team.