Variable symbols
Variable symbols consist of maximum 10 digits.
First digits of the variable symbol are as follows:
| Payment for | First digit of the variable symbol |
| Patent application | 1 |
| Utility model application | 6 |
| Industrial design application | 7 |
| Trademark application | 3 |
| Appellation of origin application | 8 |
| International application filed in terms of PCT | 5 |
| Topography of semiconductor application | 4 |
| Supplementary protection certificates for medicaments and plant protection products application | 9 |
Variable symbols for new applications without serial numbers consist of only the first digit aligned to the right. Other positions remain void.
Examples:
Patents
Patent application
1 + year (four digits) + serial number of application
| File number | Variable symbol |
| PV 2000-1 | 120001 |
| PV 2000-1427 | 120001427 |
Patent maintenance
patent number
| Patent number | Variable symbol |
| 289326 | 289326 |
| 287000 | 287000 |
European patent: receipts of requests and maintenance
European patent number
| European patent number | Variable symbol |
| 1165489 | 1165489 |
| 1328015 | 1328015 |
International application filed in terms of PCT
5 + year (four digits) + serial number of application
| File number | Variable symbol |
| PCT/CZ2000/00049 | 5200049 |
Utility models
Utility model application
6 + year (four digits) + application number
| File number | Variable symbol |
| PUV 2007-18423 | 6200718423 |
| PUV 2000-10856 | 6200010856 |
Utility model renewal
6 + registration number
| Registration number | Variable symbol |
| 3246 | 63246 |
| 7895 | 67895 |
Industrial designs
Industrial design application
7 + year (four digits) + serial number of application
| File number | Variable symbol |
| PVz 2008-37315 | 7200837315 |
| PVz 2000-35894 | 7200035894 |
Industrial design renewal
7 + registration number
| Registration number | Variable symbol |
| 27452 | 727452 |
| 25760 | 725760 |
Trademarks
Trademark application
3 + serial number of application
(all payments including regarding the already registered trademarks are indicated by variable symbols of application file numbers)
| File number | Variable symbol |
| O-141141 | 3141141 |
| O-84257 | 384257 |
| O-8516 | 38516 |
Geographical denominations and appellations of origin
Application of designation of origin / Application of geographical indication
8 + year (four digits) + serial number of application
| File number | Variable symbol |
| OP/ZO 2006-325 | 82006325 |
Topographies of semiconductor products
Topography of semiconductor application
4 + year (four digits) + serial number of application
| File number | Variable symbol |
| PTO 2000-8 | 420008 |
Supplementary protection certificates (SPC)
Supplementary protection certificates for medicaments and plant protection products application
9 + year (four digits) + serial number of application
| File number | Variable symbol |
| SPC/CZ2001/28 | 9200128 |
| SPC/CZ2002/35 | 9200235 |
Supplementary protection certificates maintenance
Registration number
| Registration number | Variable symbol |
| 283018/2 | 2830182 |
| 289405/34 | 28940534 |
