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Citation: Supplement to OJ EPO 2/2009, 12

Online publication date: 28.2.2009

FEES

Schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO (applicable as from 1 April 2009)

The fees schedule shown here comprises all the fees and expenses of the EPO in euro effective as from 1 April 2009. It is based on the current version of the Rules relating to Fees as set out in the 13th edition (July 2007) of the European Patent Convention in conjunction with the decision of the Administrative Council of 25 October 2007 (CA/D 17/07, OJ EPO 2007, 533), the decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2007 (CA/D 16/07, OJ EPO 2008, 5), the decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2007 (CA/D 15/07, OJ EPO 2008, 10) and the decision of the Administrative Council of 12 December 2008 (CA/D 5/08, OJ EPO 2009, 7) as well as the decision of the President of the EPO dated 31 January 2008 (OJ EPO 2008, 202).

This schedule of fees contains a section 5 setting out all the fees for international applications for which the EPO acts as receiving Office, International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority. Applicants are nevertheless recommended to check for any more recent updates to the PCT schedule of fees by consulting the WIPO website (www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/fees.pdf) or the EPO online services website - under schedule of fees - (www.epoline.org/portal/public).

This schedule of fees replaces the previously published schedules.

	Applicable as from 1 April 2009 Nature of fee	Code	amount EUR

1	Procedural fees (Articles 2 and 7(3) Rules relating to Fees)
1	Filing fee where
	the European patent application or the form for entry into the European phase (EPO Form 1200) is filed online	001 (020)	100
	the European patent application or the form for entry into the European phase (EPO Form 1200) is not filed online	001 (020)	180
1a/ Ibis	Additional fee1 for a European patent application comprising more than 35 pages (not counting pages forming part of a sequence listing) (Rule 38, paragraph 2) for the 36th and each subsequent page	501 (520)	12,00
2	Search fee in respect of
2.1	a European search or a supplementary European search
	for applications filed before 1.7.20052	002	760,00
	for applications filed on or after 1.7.2005	002	1 050,00
2.2	an international search	003	1 700,00
3	Designation fee3 for one or more Contracting States designated (Article 79, paragraph 2)	005	500,00
	Designation fee4 for each Contracting State designated (Article 79(2) EPC), designation fees being deemed paid for all contracting states upon payment of seven times the amount of this fee	005	85,00
	Joint designation fee5 for the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein	005	85,00
4	Renewal fees for European patent applications
4.1	for the 3rd year	033	400,00
4.2	for the 4th year	034	500,00
4.3	for the 5th year	035	700,00
4.4	for the 6th year	036	900,00
4.5	for the 7th year	037	1 000,00
4.6	for the 8th year	038	1 100,00
4.7	for the 9th year	039	1 200,00
4.8	for the 10th and each subsequent year	040 - 050	1 350,00
5	Additional fee for belated payment of a renewal fee for the European patent application	093 - 110	50% of the belated renewal fee
6	Examination fee
	for applications filed before 1.7.2005	006	1 565,00
	for applications filed on or after 1.7.2005	006	1 405,00
	Examination fee in the case of an international application filed on or after 1.7.2005 for which no supplementary European search report is drawn up	006	1 565,00
7	Fee for grant6, including fee for publication of the European patent specification	007	790,00
	Fee for grant7, including fee for printing the European patent specification, where the application documents to be printed comprise:
	- not more than 35 pages	007	790,00
	- more than 35 pages: for the 36th and each subsequent page an additional	008	12,00
8	Fee for publishing a new specification of the European patent	009	60,00
9	Surcharge for late performance of the acts required to maintain the European patent in amended form	056	100,00
10	Opposition fee	010	670,00
10a.1/ 10bis.1	Limitation fee	131	1 000,00
10a.2/ 10bis.2	Revocation fee	141	450,00
11	Fee for appeal	011	1 120,00
11a/ 11bis	Fee for petition for review	111	2 500,00
12	Fee for further processing
	in the event of late payment of a fee	123	50% of the belated renewal fee
	in the event of late performance of the acts under Rule 71(3) EPC	121	210,00
	non fee-related cases	122	210,00
13	Fee for re-establishment, reinstatement, restoration (EPC, PCT)	013	550,00
14	Conversion fee	014	60,00
14a/ 14bis	Fee for late furnishing of a sequence listing	067	200,00
15	Claims fee8
	for the 16th and each subsequent claim up to the limit of 50	015 0169	200,00
	for the 51st and each subsequent claim	015 01610	500,00
16	Fee for the awarding of costs	017	60,00
17	Fee for the conservation of evidence	018	60,00
18	Transmittal fee for an international application	019	110,00
19	Fee for the preliminary examination of an international application	021	1 675,00
20	Fee for a technical opinion	060	3 345,00
21	Protest fee
	for international applications still pending on 13.12.2007	062	1 120,00
	for international applications filed on or after 13.12.2007	062	750,00
22	Surcharge under Article 7(3) of the Rules relating to Fees: 10% of the relevant fee or fees, but not to exceed a total of:	061	150,00

	Applicable as from 1 April 2009 Nature of fee	Code	amount EUR

2	Fees and expenses (Article 3(1) of the Rules relating to Fees)
2.1	Administrative fees/expenses
1	Registration of transfers (R. 22(2) EPC)	022	85,00
2	Registration of licences and other rights (R. 23(1) EPC)	023	85,00
3	Cancellation of entry in respect of licences and other rights (R. 23(2) EPC)	024	85,00
4	Certified copies of the European patent certificate with specification attached (R. 74 EPC)	025	40,00
5	Extracts from the European Patent Register	026	30,00
6	Online inspection of the files of European patent applications and patents		free
	for each A4 page printed (available only by self-service on European Patent Office premises)		0,30
7.1	Charge for furnishing paper copies (up to 100 A4 pages) or an electronic storage medium for file inspection (R. 145(2) EPC)	027	40,00
	surcharge per A4 page over 100		0,40
7.2	Additional charge for sending copies by fax, per page	059
	in Europe		3,50
	outside Europe		5,00
8.1	Issue of a certified copy of a European patent application or an international application and a certificate stating the filing date (priority document) (R. 54 EPC; R. 17.1(b), R. 21.2 PCT)	029	40,00
8.2	Certification of other documents	080	40,00
9.1	Communication of information contained in the files of a European patent application (R. 146 EPC)	030	30,00
9.2	Additional charge per page for transmission by fax	059
	in Europe		3,50
	outside Europe		5,00
11	Additional copy of the documents cited in the European search report	055	30,00
12	Basic fee for the European qualifying examination for professional representatives (Art. 17 REE, Rules 7-9 IPREE)	054	to be fixed
13	Issue of receipts by fax (OJ EPO 1992, 310)	031
	in Europe		45,00
	outside Europe		70,00
14	Copies of EPO documents, per page (A4)
	copied by EPO staff		0,70
	self-service		0,30

	Applicable as from 1 April 2009 Nature of fee	Code	amount EUR

2.2	Fees and charges for various searches
1	Fee for an international-type search11 OJ EPO 1999, 300
1.1	For first filings		1 035,00
1.2	For all other cases		1 620,00

3	Prices of publications (Article 3(2) of the Rules relating to Fees) The prices of the publications, products and services of the Principal Directorate "Patent Information" appear in a separate "epidos" list of prices.

4	Miscellaneous fees
1	Extension fee for each "extension state" (OJ EPO 1996, 82; 1997, 538; 2004, 117, 619; 2007, 406)	AL 404 MK 40612 HR 40713 BA 408 RS 409	102,00

5	Fees for international applications payable to the EPO as RO, ISA or IPEA
1	International filing fee R. 15.2, R. 96 PCT, Point 1 PCT Schedule of Fees14	225	848,00
	Supplement for each sheet in excess of 30 sheets R. 15.2, R. 96 PCT, Point 1 PCT Schedule of Fees15	222	10,00
2	Late payment fee R. 16bis.2 PCT, OJ EPO 1992, 38316	063	50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed 424,00
3	PCT reduction for filing in electronic form R. 15.2, R. 96 PCT, Point 3 PCT Schedule of Fees17	318 319	128,00 191,00
4	Transmittal fee R. 14 PCT; R. 157(4) EPC, Art. 2, item 18, RFees	019	110,00
5	Search fee R. 16.1(a) PCT, Art. 2, item 2, RFees	003	1 700,00
	Additional search fee R. 40.2(a) PCT; R. 158(1) EPC, Art. 2, item 2, RFees	003	1 700,00
6	Issuance and transmittal to the IB of a certified copy of a European patent application or an international application (priority document) R. 17.1(b) PCT, Art. 3(1) RFees	029	40,00
	Issuance of a certified copy of an international application R. 21.2 PCT, Art. 3(1) RFees	029	40,00
7	Fee for the late furnishing of sequence listings R. 13ter. 1(c) and R. 13ter.2 PCT, OJ EPO 2005, 225	066	200,00
8	Protest fee R. 40.2(e) and R. 68.3(e) PCT
	for international applications still pending on 13.12.2007 Art. 2, item 21, RFees	062	1 120,00
	for international applications filed on or after 13.12.2007 R. 158(3) EPC, Art. 2, item 21, RFees	062	750,00
9	Cost of copies R. 44.3(b), R. 71.2(b), R. 94.2 PCT, Art. 3(1) RFees		0,70
10	Handling fee R. 57, R. 96 PCT, Point 2 PCT Schedule of Fees18	224	121,00
11	Late payment fee R. 58bis.2 PCT, OJ EPO 1998, 28219	064	50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed 242,00
12	Fee for preliminary examination R. 58 PCT, R. 158(2) EPC; Art. 2, item 19, RFees	021	1 675,00
	Additional fee for preliminary examination R. 68.3(a) PCT; R. 158(2) EPC, Art. 2, item 19, RFees	021	1 675,00
13	Fee for requesting restoration of right of priority R. 26bis.3(d), R. 49ter.2(d) PCT Fee for reinstatement of rights R. 49.6(d)(i) PCT; Art. 2, item 13, RFees	013	550,00

The list of European Patent Organisation bank accounts is published in every edition of the Official Journal of the EPO and on the Internet under www.epo.org/patents/Grant-procedure/Filing-an-application/costs-and-fees.html.

The following account with the Dresdner Bank in Germany is available for payments and transfers from all member states:

N° 3 338 800 00 (BLZ 700 800 00)
IBAN DE20 7008 0000 0333 880000
BIC DRESDEFF
Dresdner Bank
Promenadeplatz 7
80273 München
DEUTSCHLAND
SWIFT Code: DRESDEFF70

1 The additional fee applies to European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase on or after that date.

2 The amount of EUR 760 applies to a supplementary European search on an international application filed before 1.7.2005 (Art. 2, item 2, RFees); for European applications filed before 1.7.2005 the normal time limit for payment of the search fee has already expired. That amount also applies to the further search fee within the meaning of Rule 64(1) EPC, provided the relevant application was filed before 1.7.2005.

3 Applicable to European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase on or after that date.

4 Applicable to European patent applications filed before 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase before that date, for which the Rules relating to Fees and the Implementing Regulations as in force until 31 March 2009 continue to apply.

5 Applicable to European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase on or after that date.

6 Applicable to European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase on or after that date.

7 Applicable to European patent applications filed before 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase before that date, for which the Rules relating to Fees and the Implementing Regulations as in force until 31 March 2009 continue to apply.

8 The two-tier system of claims fee applies to European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and to international applications entering the regional phase on or after that date.
For European patent applications filed before 1 April 2009 and international applications entering the regional phase before that date, the Rules relating to Fees and the Implementing Regulations as in force until 31 March 2009 continue to apply, i.e. a claims fee is payable in the amount of EUR 200 for the sixteenth and each subsequent claim.

9 Claims fee according to Rule 71(6) EPC.

10 Claims fee according to Rule 71(6) EPC.

11 Payable unless different terms have been agreed between the European Patent Organisation and a Contracting State to the European Patent Convention.

12 Extension to MK is possible only if application was filed before 1.1.2009.

13 Extension to HR is possible only if application was filed before 1.1.2008.

14 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount from the WIPO website or the EPO online services website.

15 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount from the WIPO website or the EPO online services website.

16 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount from the WIPO website or the EPO online services website.

17 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount from the WIPO website or the EPO online services website.

18 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount from the WIPO website or the EPO online services website.

19 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount from the WIPO website or the EPO online services website.

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Schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO (applicable as from 1 April 2009)