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Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)

 
 
Table of Contents - Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)
E. Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as a designated (PCT Chapter I) or elected (PCT Chapter II) Office
IX. Supplementary European search
Search fee for supplementary European search
Reduction of the search fee
Reduction of the search fee
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If a supplementary European search report is to be established, the European search fee may be reduced. The reductions in the search fee applicable on 1 October 2012 may be summarised as follows: 
Art. 153(7) EPC
OJ 2005, 548
OJ 2011, 616
OJ 2012, 584
GL/EPO A-X, 9.3.1
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a reduction of EUR 190 for international applications for which the ISR was drawn up exclusively by any of the following ISAs: the Australian Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Russian Federation), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO). 
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a reduction of EUR 990 for international applications for which the ISR was drawn up by a European ISA: the Austrian Patent Office, the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office or the Nordic Patent Institute (NPI).