Fees, expenses and prices

Rules relating to Fees

Rules relating to Fees in the version  as applicable from 1 April 2009
The amounts applicable as of 1 April 2010 - see Supplement 1 to OJ EPO 3/2010

Fee amounts and codes

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Fee changes

Information concerning fee changes as from 1 July 2010 (supplementary international search)

• Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 10/09) (PDF, 41 KB)
  ( OJ EPO 2009, 593)
• Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 dispensing with the supplementary European search where the international search report or a supplementary international search report was drawn up by the European Patent Office (CA/D 11/09) (PDF, 42 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 594)
• Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where a supplementary international search report was drawn up by 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 (CA/D 12/09) (PDF, 44 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 595)
• Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 March 2010 concerning the refund of the search fee under Article 9(2) of the Rules relating to Fees (PDF, 45 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2010, 338)
• Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 March 2010 concerning the refund of theinternational search fee by the EPO acting as International Searching Authority (PDF, 43 KB)
  ( OJ EPO 2010, 341)
  
  

Information concerning fee changes as from 1 April 2010 (fee increase)

• Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 October 2009 amending the Rules relating to Fees and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 19/09) (PDF, 55 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 587)
• Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 November 2009 revising the Office's fees and expenses (PDF, 48 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2009, 616)
• Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 5 February 2010 revising the basic fee for the European qualifying examination (PDF, 45 KB)
  (OJ EPO 2010, 132)
  

Information concerning fee changes as from 1 April 2009

Information concerning fee changes as from 1 April 2008

Making payments

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