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Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Rules relating to Fees: CA/D 11/01
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION, Having regard to the European Patent Convention (EPC), and in particular Article 33(2)(d) thereof, On a proposal from the President of the European Patent Office, Having regard to the opinion of the Budget and Finance Committee, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1
1.
Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees shall read as follows:
Article 2 - Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations
| The fees due to be paid to the Office under Article 1 shall be as follows: | EUR |
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1. Filing fee (Article 78, paragraph 2); national basic fee (Rule 106(a)) |
125 |
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2. Search fee in respect of - a European or supplementary European search (Article 78, paragraph 2, Rules 46, paragraph 1, and 112, Article 157, paragraph 2(b) |
690 |
| - an international search (Rule 16.1 PCT and Rule 105, paragraph 1) | 945 |
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3. Designation fee for each contracting state designated (Article 79, paragraph 2), designation fees being deemed paid for all contracting states upon payment of seven times the amount of this fee |
75 |
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3a. Joint designation fee for the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein |
75
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3b. Surcharge on the filing fee, the search fee, a designation fee or the national basic fee (Rule 85a) |
50% of the relevant fee or fees, but not to exceed a total of EUR 715 1 |
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4. Renewal fees for the European patent application (Article 86, paragraph 1), calculated in each case from the date of filing of the application |
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| - for the 3rd year | 380 |
| - for the 4th year | 405 |
| - for the 5th year | 430 |
| - for the 6th year | 715 |
| - for the 7th year | 740 |
| - for the 8th year | 765 |
| - for the 9th year | 970 |
| - for the 10th and each subsequent year | 1020 |
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5. Additional fee for belated payment of a renewal fee for the European patent application (Article 86, paragraph 2) |
10% of the belated renewal fee |
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6. Examination fee (Article 94, paragraph 2) |
1430 |
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7. Surcharge for late filing of the request for examination (Rule 85b) |
50% of the examination fee |
| 8. Fee for grant, including fee for printing the European patent specification (Article 97, paragraph 2(b)), where the application documents to be printed comprise: | |
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8.1 not more than 35 pages |
715 |
| 8.2 more than 35 pages | 715 plus EUR 10 for the 36th and each subsequent page |
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9. Fee for printing a new specification of the European patent (Article 102, paragraph 3(b)) - flat-rate fee |
50 |
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10. Opposition fee (Article 99, paragraph 1, and Article 105, paragraph 2) |
610 |
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11. Fee for appeal (Article 108) |
1020 |
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12. Fee for further processing (Article 121, paragraph 2) |
75 |
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13. Fee for re-establishment of rights (Article 122, paragraph 3) |
75 |
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14. Conversion fee (Article 136, paragraph 1, and Article 140 ) |
50 |
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15. Claims fee for the eleventh and each subsequent claim (Rules 31, paragraph 1, 51, paragraph 7, and 110, paragraph 1) |
40 |
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16. Fee for the awarding of costs (Rule 63, paragraph 3) |
50 |
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17. Fee for the conservation of evidence (Rule 75, paragraph 3) |
50 |
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18. Transmittal fee for an international application (Article 152, paragraph 3) |
100 |
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19. Fee for the preliminary examination of an international application (Rule 58 PCT and Rule 105, paragraph 2) |
1530 |
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20. Fee for a technical opinion (Article 25) |
3060 |
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21. Protest fee (Rules 40.2(e) and 68.3(e) PCT, Rule 105, paragraph 3) |
1020" |
2. In Article 8, paragraph 3(b) of the Rules relating to Fees, "EUR 153" shall be replaced by "EUR 150".
Article 2The fee amounts laid down in Article 1 of this decision shall be binding for payments as from 3 January 2002.
Article 3
This decision shall enter into force on 3 January 2002.Done at Munich, 28 June 2001
For the Administrative Council
The Chairman
Roland GROSSENBACHER
1 Please note that Article 2 RFees is amended by Article 2 No 1 and 2 of the Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 amending the Implementing Regulations of the EPC and the Rules relating to Fees (CA/D 16/01) which replaces item 3b and inserts a new item 3c. A consolidated version of the Rules relating to Fees will be published in OJ EPO 10/2001.