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Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2022 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses
Article 1
Pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Rules relating to Fees, the amount of the administrative fees provided for in the Implementing Regulations and the fees and expenses for any services rendered by the European Patent Office other than those specified in Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees shall be revised as shown in the following extract from the schedule of fees. The extract from the fees schedule shall form part of this decision.
Article 2
The fees and expenses as revised in accordance with Article 1 shall be binding on payments made on or after 1 April 2022.
Article 3
This decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2022.
Done at Munich, 14 January 2022
António CAMPINOS
President
Code | Nature of fee | EUR |
|---|---|---|
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2. Fees and expenses (Article 3(1) of the Rules relating to Fees) |
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2.1 Administrative fees/expenses |
|
022 |
1. Registration of transfers (R. 22(2) EPC) |
110 |
023 |
2. Registration of licences and other rights or cancellation of such a registration (R. 23 EPC) |
110 |
029 |
3. Certified copy of
|
110 |
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4. Online inspection of the files of European patent applications and patents |
free |
030 |
5. Communication of information contained in the files of a European patent application (R. 146 EPC) |
110 |
055 |
6. Additional copy of the documents cited in the European search report |
110 |
|
2.2 Fees and charges for various searches |
|
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1. Fee for an international-type search1 (Art. 15(5) PCT) |
|
004 |
|
1 295 |
004 |
|
2 025 |
066 |
2. Fee for the late furnishing of a sequence listing (R. 13ter.1(c), R. 13ter.2 PCT)2 |
245 |
1 Payable unless different terms have been agreed between the European Patent Organisation and a contracting state to the European Patent Convention.
2 See Article 4 of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 28 April 2011 (OJ EPO 2011, 372).