Fees for international applications (applicable as of 1 January 2024)

Fees payable to the EPO for international applications in the international phase (applicable as of 1 January 2024)[ 1 ] 

Code

EPO receiving Office

EUR

019

Transmittal fee [ 2 ]
R. 14 PCT; R. 157(4) EPC

145.00

003

Search fee
R. 16 PCT

1 775.00

225

International filing fee
R. 15.2 PCT

1 381.00

222

Supplement for each sheet in excess of 30 sheets

16.00


316
318
319

PCT reduction for filing in electronic form
- web-form filing
- request in character-coded format + PDF application
- request, description, claims and abstract in character-coded format


104.00
208.00
311.00

 

029

Issue of a certified copy of a European patent application or an international application (priority document)
R. 17.1(b) PCT; R. 54 EPC

115.00

063

Late payment fee
R. 16bis.2 PCT [ 3 ]


50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed EUR  690.50

 

013

Fee for requesting restoration of right of priority
R. 26bis.3(d) PCT

720.00

Code

EPO International Searching Authority; Supplementary International Searching Authority

EUR

003

Additional search fee
R. 40.2(a) PCT; R. 158(1) EPC

1 775.00

 

Fee for a supplementary international search
R. 45bis.3(a) PCT

1 775.00 [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

066

Fee for the late furnishing of sequence listings
R. 13ter.1(c) and R. 13ter.2 PCT

255.00

062

Protest fee
(R. 158(3) EPC, R. 40.2(e) and 68.3(e) PCT) relating to an additional international search

980.00

069

Review fee (R. 45bis.6(c) PCT) relating to a supplementary international search

980.00

 

Supplementary search handling fee
(R. 45bis.2 PCT)

CHF 200.00
[ 4 ]

 

Late payment fee relating to a supplementary international search
(R. 45bis.4(c) PCT)

 

50% [ 4 ] of the supplementary search handling fee

CHF 100.00
[ 4 ]

Code

EPO International Preliminary Examining Authority

EUR

224

Handling fee
R. 57 PCT

208.00 

021

Fee for preliminary examination
R. 58 PCT; R. 158(2) EPC

1 840.00

064

Late payment fee [ 6 ]
R. 58bis.2 PCT

 

50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed EUR 416.00

 

066

Fee for the late furnishing of sequence listings
R. 13ter.1(c) and R. 13ter.2 PCT

255.00

062

Protest fee
(R. 158(3) EPC, R. 40.2(e) and 68.3(e) PCT) relating to an additional international search

980.00


Fees payable to the EPO for international applications upon entry into the "regional phase" (Euro-PCT applications) [ 7 ] (applicable as of 15 January 2024)

Code

EPO European phase

EUR

 

Filing fee [ 8 ]

 

020

  • online filings of EPO Form 1200

135.00

020

  • other filing methods

285.00

520

Additional fee 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

17.00

005

Designation fee

660.00
408(BA)
410(ME) [ 11 ]
 
Extension fee for each extension state 102.00
420(MA) Validation fee for Morocco (MA) 240.00
421(MD) Validation fee for the Republic of Moldova (MD) 200.00
422(TN) Validation fee for Tunisia (TN) 180.00
423(KH) Validation fee for Cambodia (KH) 180.00
424(GE) Validation fee for Georgia (GE) 200.00
 

Claims fee [ 7 ] 

Search fee [ 9 ]

Examination fee [ 10 ]

Flat-rate fee for an additional copy of the documents cited in the supplementary European search report

 

Amounts and fee codes are the same as for European patent applications

 

033

Renewal fee for the 3rd year, calculated from the date of filing

530.00

013

Fee for requesting restoration of right of priority
R. 49ter.2(d) PCT

720.00

013

Fee for reinstatement of rights
R. 49.6(d) PCT

720.00

 

[ 1 ] EP fees last amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 16/22 of 14.12.2022 (OJ EPO 2023, A25), entered into force on 01.04.2023 and PCT fees fixed by WIPO in Official Notices (PCT Gazette) of 9 November 2023, pages 202-211. See also OJ EPO 2023, A112.

[ 2 ] See the Notice of the EPO dated 24 January 2019 concerning the amendment of Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees with effect from 1 April 2019 (OJ EPO 2019, A6).

[ 3 ] OJ EPO 1992, 383.

[ 4 ] This fee must be paid in CHF to the International Bureau of WIPO.

[ 5 ] The amount in CHF is shown in the PCT Fee tables.

[ 6 ] OJ EPO 1998, 282.

[ 7 ] See Article 153(2) EPC and Rules 159 EPC, 162 EPC; for further details, see Guide for applicants - "Euro-PCT Guide: PCT procedure  at the EPO" chapter 5 - 16th edition, January 2023. Please indicate the European application number when making payments. Once the international application has been published, you can retrieve this number by entering the international application or publication number in the European Patent Register. If you are unable to cite the European application number at the time of payment, you may indicate the PCT filing number.

[ 8 ] See the Notice of the EPO dated 24 January 2019 concerning the amendment of Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees with effect from 1 April 2019 (OJ EPO 2019, A6).

[ 9 ] No fee for a supplementary European search is payable when the international search report or a supplementary international search report has been drawn up by the EPO.

For international applications filed on or after 1 July 2005 for which the international search report 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, by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, by the Visegrad Patent Institute or by the Nordic Patent Institute, the fee for a supplementary European search is reduced by EUR 1 245 if it is paid on or after 1 April 2023.

[10] See Rule 159 (1)(f) EPC regarding the period for payment of the examination fee, as well as the Guide for applicants, as mentioned under footnote 7. The examination fee is reduced by 75% if the EPO drew up an international preliminary examination report (IPER) pursuant to Rule 70 PCT (Article 14(2), first sentence, RFees).

[11] Montenegro became an EPC Contracting state on 1 October 2022 and is therefore no longer eligible as an extension state for international applications with a filing date on or after 1 October 2022.