Fees which need to be paid when filing a Euro-PCT application / Search fee

 

Search fee:

 

A search fee must also be paid within 1 (one) month since filing of the Euro-PCT patent application. The search fee amounts 1.165,- EUR for a European or supplementary European search on an application.

 

If the search fee is not paid in due time the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.

 

No fee for supplementary European search is payable when the international search report (ISR) or supplementary international search report (as from 1st July, 2010) has been drawn up by the European Patent Office (EPO).

 

For international applications filed on or after 1st July 2005 for which the international search report (ISR) or a supplementary international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, by the Swedish patent and Registration Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland or by the Nordic Patent Institute, the fee for the supplementary European search is reduced by EUR 940,- if it is paid between 1st of April 2010 and 31st of March 2012; and is reduced by EUR 990,- if it is paid on or after 1st of April 2012.

Further more the search fee for supplementary European search is reduced for international applications on which an international search report has been drawn up by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Japan Patent Office, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property Patents and Trademarks (Russian Federation), the Australian Patent Office, the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (CIPO) or the Korean Intellectual Property Office. For applications filed on or after 1st July 2005, the search fee for supplementary European search is reduced by EUR 190,-

(A supplementary European Search Report shall be drawn up in respect of any Euro-PCT application except for Euro-PCT Applications for which the European Patent Office has drawn up International Search Report or Supplementary International Search Report as International Search Authority /ISA). .

 

Prepared by:

EPO Patent Registration and Consulting Services GmbH

 

 


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