According to the regulations of the European Patent Convention (EPC), when filing European patent application the:
Filing fee
Search fee and
Claims fee.
are to be paid to EPO within one month from the date of filing the application .
Filing fee for online filing of one European patent application containing up to 35 pages actually amounts 135,- EUR.
In case the European patent application at filing to contain more than 35 pages than additional fee to the filing fee in amount of 18,- EUR is to be paid for the 36th and each subsequent application page.
The Search fee for European search actually amounts 1.520,- EUR.
Claims fee
This fee is to be paid within one month from filing the European patent application only in case the European patent application at the time of filing to contain more than 15 claims.
The claims fee for the 16th and each subsequent claim to the limit of 50 claims
actually amounts 275,- EUR per claim.
In case at the time of filing the European patent application to contain more than 50 claims, the claims fee for the 51st and each subsequent claim actually amounts 685,- EUR per claim.
Next to the above listed EPO Official fees also other EPO official fees are to be obligatory paid related to filing European patent application ( Designation fee, Examination fee, Renewal fee) but this fees can be paid within a longer deadline after filing the European patent application.
If anybody is interested in deadlines for payment of Designation fee, Examination fee and Renewal fee, can contact us at the below given Email addresses. It is necessary the applicant to be familiar with deadlines for payment of all EPO Official fees related to filing European patent application, prior to filing the application.

Prepared October 22nd , 2025
by European Patent Registration and Consulting Services
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