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Guidelines for Examination

 
 
Table of Contents - Guidelines for Examination
Part A Guidelines for Formalities Examination
Chapter X – Fees
9. Reduction of fees
9.3 Special reductions
9.3.3 Reduction of the fees for the international search and international preliminary examination of an international application
9.3.3
Reduction of the fees for the international search and international preliminary examination of an international application 

The fees for the international search and preliminary examination of an international application are reduced by 75% if the application is filed by a natural person who is a national and a resident of a state which is not an EPC Contracting State and which, on the date of filing of the application or of the demand, is listed as a low-income or lower-middle-income economy by the World Bank (see OJ EPO 2008, 521).