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Citation: Supplement to OJ EPO 3/2012, 15

Online publication date: 31.3.2012

FEES

Schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO (applicable as from 1 April 2012)

The fees schedule shown here comprises all the fees and expenses of the EPO in euro effective as from 1 April 2012. It is based on the current version of the Rules relating to Fees as set out in the 14th edition (August 2010) of the European Patent Convention in conjunction with the decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 (CA/D 19/09, OJ EPO 2009, 587), the decision of the Administrative Council of 26 October 2010 (CA/D 2/10, OJ EPO 2010, 637) and the decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2011 (CA/D 6/11, OJ EPO 2011, 616) as well as the decision of the President dated 22 November 2011 (OJ EPO 2011, 658).

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 interactive schedule of fees – (www.epoline.org/portal/portal/default/epoline.Scheduleoffees).

This schedule of fees replaces the previously published schedules.

	Applicable as from 1 April 2012 Nature of fee	Code	amount EUR
1	Procedural fees (Articles 2 and 7(3) Rules relating to Fees)
A.	General procedural fees (Article 2(1) 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)	115,00
	the European patent application or the form for entry into the European phase (EPO Form 1200) is not filed online	001 (020)	200,00
1a/ 1bis	Additional fee1 for a European patent application comprising more than 35 pages (not counting pages forming part of a sequence listing) for the 36th and each subsequent page	501 (520)	14,00
2	Search fee in respect of
2.1	a European search or a supplementary European search for applications filed before 1 July 20052	002	840,00
2.1	a European search or a supplementary European search for applications filed on or after 1 July 2005	002	1 165,00
2.2	an international search	003	1 875,003
2.2	a supplementary international search		1 875,004
3	Designation fee for one or more contracting states designated in respect of European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and international applications having entered the European phase on or after that date	005	555,00
4	Renewal fees for European patent applications
4.1	for the 3rd year	033	445,00
4.2	for the 4th year	034	555,00
4.3	for the 5th year	035	775,00
4.4	for the 6th year	036	995,00
4.5	for the 7th year	037	1 105,00
4.6	for the 8th year	038	1 215,00
4.7	for the 9th year	039	1 325,00
4.8	for the 10th and each subsequent year	040 - 050	1 495,00
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 July 2005	006	1 730,00
	for applications filed on or after 1 July 2005	006	1 555,00
	examination fee in the case of an international application filed on or after 1 July 2005 for which no supplementary European search report is drawn up	006	1 730,00
7	Fee for grant, including fee for publication of the European patent specification in respect of European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and international applications having entered the European phase on or after that date	007	875,00
8	Fee for publishing a new specification of the European patent	009	70,00
9	Surcharge for late performance of the acts required to maintain the European patent in amended form	056	115,00
10	Opposition fee	010	745,00
10a.1/ 10bis.1	Limitation fee	131	1 105,00
10a.2/ 10bis.2	Revocation fee	141	500,00
11	Fee for appeal	011	1 240,00
11a/ 11bis	Fee for petition for review	111	2 760,00
12	Fee for further processing
	in the event of late payment of a fee	123	50% of the relevant fee
	in the event of late performance of the acts under Rule 71(3) EPC	121	240,00
	non fee-related cases	122	240,00
13	Fee for re-establishment, reinstatement, restoration (EPC, PCT)	013	610,00
14	Conversion fee	014	70,00
14a/ 14bis	Fee for late furnishing of a sequence listing	067	220,00
15	Claims feein respect of European patent applications filed on or after 1 April 2009 and international applications having entered the European phase on or after that date for the 16th and each subsequent claim up to the limit of 50	015 0165	225,00
15	for the 51st and each subsequent claim	015 016⁵	555,00
16	Fee for the awarding of costs	017	70,00
17	Fee for the conservation of evidence	018	70,00
18	Transmittal fee for an international application	019	125,00
19	Fee for the preliminary examination of an international application	021	1 850,006
20	Fee for a technical opinion	060	3 695,00
21	Protest fee relating to an additional international search	062	830,00
22	Review fee relating to a supplementary international search	069	830,00
23	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

B.	Specific procedural fees in respect of European patent applications filed before 1 April 2009 and international applications having entered the regional phase before that date (Article 2(2) RFees)7
3.	Designation fee for each contracting state designated, designation fees being deemed paid for all contracting states upon payment of seven times the amount of this fee	005	95,00
3a	Joint designation fee for the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein	005	95,00
7.	Fee for grant, including fee for printing the European patent specification, where the application documents to be printed comprise
7.1	not more than 35 pages	007	875,00
7.2	more than 35 pages: for the 36th and each subsequent page an additional	008	875,00 14,00
15.	Claims fee for the sixteenth and each subsequent claim	015 016	225,00

	Applicable as from 1 April 2012 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	95,00
2	Registration of licences and other rights (R. 23(1) EPC)	023	95,00
3	Cancellation of entry in respect of licences and other rights (R. 23(2) EPC)	024	95,00
4	Certified copies of the European patent certificate with specification attached (R. 74 EPC)	025	50,00
5	Extracts from the European Patent Register	026	40,00
6	Online inspection of the files of European patent applications and patents		free
6	for each A4 page printed (available only by self-service on European Patent Office premises)		0,40
7.1	Charge for furnishing paper copies (up to 100 A4 pages) or an electronic storage medium for file inspection (R. 145(2) EPC)		50,00
7.1	surcharge per A4 page over 100	027	0,50
7.2	Additional charge for sending copies by fax, per page	059
	in Europe		4,50
	outside Europe		6,00
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	50,00
8.2	Certification of other documents	080	50,00
9.1	Communication of information contained in the files of a European patent application (R. 146 EPC)	030	40,00
9.2	Additional charge per page for transmission by fax	059
	in Europe		4,50
	outside Europe		6,00
11	Additional copy of the documents cited in the European search report	055	40,00
12	Basic fee for the European qualifying examination for professional representatives see point 4.2 below
13	Issue of receipts by fax (OJ EPO 1992, 310)	031
	in Europe		55,00
	outside Europe		80,00
14	Copies of EPO documents, per page (A4)
	copied by EPO staff		0,80
	self-service		0,40

	Applicable as from 1 April 2010 Nature of fee	Code	amount EUR
2.2	Fees and charges for various searches
1	Fee for an international-type search8 OJ EPO 1999, 300
1.1	For first filings		1 145,00
1.2	For all other cases		1 795,00
2	Fee for the late furnishing of sequence listings (R. 13ter.1(c), R. 13ter.2 PCT)9	066	220,00

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

4	Miscellaneous fees
1	Extension fee for each "extension state" (OJ EPO 2004, 619; 2009, 603; 2010, 10)	BA 408 ME 410	102,00
2	Basic fee for the European qualifying examination for professional representatives (Art. 17 REE, Rules 7-9 IPREE) OJ EPO 2012, 210	054	200,00

	Applicable as from 1 April 2012 Nature of fee	Code	amount EUR
5	Fees for international applications payable to the EPO as RO, ISA, SISA or IPEA
1	International filing fee R. 15.2, R. 96 PCT, Point 1 PCT Schedule of Fees	225	1 094,0010
1	Supplement for each sheet in excess of 30 sheets R. 15.2, R. 96 PCT, Point 1 PCT Schedule of Fees	222	12,00¹⁰
2	Late payment fee R. 16bis.2 PCT, OJ EPO 1992, 383	063	50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed 547,00
3	PCT reduction for filing in electronic form R. 15.2, R. 96 PCT, Point 3 PCT Schedule of Fees	318 319	165,00¹⁰ 247,00¹⁰
4	Transmittal fee R. 14 PCT; R. 157(4) EPC, Art. 2(1), item 18, RFees	019	125,00
5	Search fee R. 16.1(a) PCT, Art. 2(1), item 2, RFees	003	1 875,0011
	Additional search fee R. 40.2(a) PCT; R. 158(1) EPC, Art. 2(1), item 2, RFees	003	1 875,00
	Fee for a supplementary international search (R. 45bis.3(a) PCT)		[1 875,00] Payable to the IB in CHF12
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	50,00
6	Issuance of a certified copy of an international application R. 21.2 PCT, Art. 3(1) RFees	029	50,00
7	Fee for the late furnishing of sequence listings R. 13ter.1(c) and R. 13ter.2 PCT, OJ EPO 2005, 225, Art. 3(1) RFees	066	220,00
8	Protest fee relating to an additional international search R. 158(3) EPC, R. 40.2(e) and R. 68.3(e) PCT	062	830,00
	for international applications still pending on 13.12.2007 Art. 2(1), item 21, RFees	062	1 180,00
	for international applications filed on or after 13.12.2007 R. 158(3) EPC, Art. 2(1), item 21, RFees	062	790,00
8a/ 8bis	Review fee (R. 45bis.6(c) PCT) relating to a supplementary international search Art. 2(1), item 22, RFees	069	830,00
9	Cost of copies R. 44.3(b), R. 71.2(b), R. 94.2 PCT, Art. 3(1) RFees		0,80
10	Handling fee R. 57, R. 96 PCT, Point 2 PCT Schedule of Fees	224	165,00¹⁰
11	Late payment fee R. 58bis.2 PCT, OJ EPO 1998, 282	064	50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed 330,00
12	Fee for preliminary examination R. 58 PCT, R. 158(2) EPC; Art. 2(1), item 19, RFees	021	1 850,00¹¹
12	Additional fee for preliminary examination R. 68.3(a) PCT; R. 158(2) EPC, Art. 2(1), item 19, RFees	021	1 850,00
13	Fee for requesting restoration of right of priority R. 26bis.3(d), R. 49ter.2(d) PCT, Art. 2(1), item 13, RFees Fee for reinstatement of rights R. 49.6(d)(i) PCT; Art. 2(1), item 13, RFees	013	610,00

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

2 The amount of EUR 840 applies to a supplementary European search on an international application filed before 1 July 2005 (Art. 2(1), item 2, RFees); for European applications filed before 1 July 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 July 2005.

3 See decision CA/D 7/08 of the Administrative Council of 21 October 2008 concerning the reduction of this fee in favour of nationals of certain states (OJ EPO 2008, 521).

4 This fee must be paid in CHF to the International Bureau. See for the equivalent amount in CHF the information in the most recent edition of the PCT Newsletter published on the WIPO website.

5 Code 015: Claims fee according to Rule 45(1) and Rule 162(1) EPC;

Code 016: Claims fee according to Rule 71(4) EPC.

6 See decision CA/D 7/08 of the Administrative Council of 21 October 2008 concerning the reduction of this fee in favour of nationals of certain states (OJ EPO 2008, 521).

7 For European applications filed before 1 April 2009 and international applications having entered 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.

8 Payable unless different terms have been agreed between the European Patent Organisation and a contracting state to the European Patent Convention.

9 See Article 2 of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 28.04.2011 (OJ EPO 2011, 372).

10 Fee fixed by WIPO: applicants should double-check the latest amount on the WIPO website.

11 See decision CA/D 7/08 of the Administrative Council of 21 October 2008 concerning the reduction of this fee in favour of nationals of certain states (OJ EPO 2008, 521).

12 See for the equivalent amount in CHF the information in the most recent edition of the PCT Newsletter published on the WIPO website.

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FEES

Schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO (applicable as from 1 April 2012)