EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents Rules relating to Fees Article 2 - Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations

Article 21
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:

12. Filing fee (Article 78, paragraph 2, Rule 38, paragraph 2) where

EUR

- the European patent application or, in the case of an international application, the form for entry into the European phase (EPO Form 1200) is filed online

100

- the European patent application or, in the case of an international application, the form for entry into the European phase (EPO Form 1200) is not filed online

180

1a3. Additional fee for a European patent application comprising more than 35 pages (not counting pages forming part of a sequence listing) (Rule 38, paragraph 2)

plus EUR 12 for the 36th and each subsequent page

2. Search fee in respect of

- a European or supplementary European search on an application filed on or after 1 July 2005 (Article 78, paragraph 2, Rule 62, Rule 64, paragraph 1, Article 153, paragraph 7)

1 050

- a European or supplementary European search on an application filed before 1 July 2005 (Article 78, paragraph 2, Rule 64, paragraph 1, Article 153, paragraph 7)

760

- an international search (Rule 16.1 PCT and Rule 158, paragraph 1)

1 7004

35. Designation fee for one or more Contracting States designated (Article 79, paragraph 2)

500

4. Renewal fees for the European patent applications (Article 86, paragraph 1), calculated in each case from the date of filing of the application

- for the 3rd year

400

- for the 4th year

500

- for the 5th year

700

- for the 6th year

900

- for the 7th year

1 000

- for the 8th year

1 100

- for the 9th year

1 200

- for the 10th and each subsequent year

1 350

56. Additional fee for belated payment of a renewal fee for the European patent application (Rule 51, paragraph 2)

50 % of the belated renewal fee

6. Examination fee (Article 94, paragraph 1) in respect of

- an application filed before 1 July 2005

1 565

- an application filed on or after 1 July 2005

1 405

- an international application filed on or after 1 July 2005 for which no supplementary European search report is drawn up (Article 153, paragraph 7)

1 565

 

77. Fee for grant, including fee for publication of the European patent specification (Rule 71, paragraph 3)

790

 

88. Fee for publishing a new specification of the European patent (Rule 82, paragraph 2, Rule 95, paragraph 3)

60

9. Surcharge for late performance of the acts required to maintain the European patent in amended form (Rule 82, paragraph 3, Rule 95, paragraph 3)

- flat-rate fee

100

10. Opposition fee (Article 99, paragraph 1, and Article 105, paragraph 2)

670

10a. Limitation or revocation fee (Article 105a, paragraph 1)

- request for limitation

1 000

- request for revocation

450

11. Fee for appeal (Article 108)

1 120

11a. Fee for petition for review (Article 112a, paragraph 4)

2 500

12. Fee for further processing (Rule 135, paragraph 1)

- in the event of late payment of a fee

50% of the relevant fee

- in the event of late performance of the acts required under Rule 71, paragraph 3

210

- other cases

210

139. Fee for re-establishment of rights / fee for requesting restoration / fee for reinstatement of rights (Rule 136, paragraph 1, Rule 26bis.3(d) PCT, Rule 49ter.2(d) PCT, Rule 49.6(d)(i) PCT)

550

14. Conversion fee (Article 135, paragraph 3, and Article 140)

60

14a. Fee for late furnishing of a sequence listing (Rule 30, paragraph 3)

200

1510. Claims fee for the sixteenth and each subsequent claim (Rule 45, paragraph 1, Rule 71, paragraph 6, and Rule 162, paragraph 1)

-  for the 16th and each subsequent claim up to the limit of 50

200

-  for the 51st and each subsequent claim11

500

16. Fee for the awarding of costs (Rule 88, paragraph 3)

60

17. Fee for the conservation of evidence (Rule 123, paragraph 3)

60

18. Transmittal fee for an international application (Rule 157, paragraph 4)

110

19. Fee for the preliminary examination of an international application (Rule 58 PCT and Rule 158, paragraph 2)

1 67512

20. Fee for a technical opinion (Article 25)

3 345

21. Protest fee (Rules 40.2(e) and 68.3(e) PCT)

- for international applications still pending on 13 December 2007

1 120

- for international applications filed on or after 13 December 2007 (Rule 158, paragraph 3)

750

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1 Text as amended by decisions of the Administrative Council
CA/D 17/07 of 25.10.2007 (OJ EPO 2007, 533), and in particular by its Article 1, point 1, which entered into force on 13.12.2007;
CA/D 16/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 5) which entered into force on 01.04.2008;
CA/D 15/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 10) and CA/D 5/08 of 09.12.2008 (OJ EPO 2009, 7) which both entered into force on 01.04.2009.

2 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 5/08 of 09.12.2008 (OJ EPO 2009, 7) which entered into force on 01.04.2009.

3  Inserted by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 15/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 10) and amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 5/08 of 09.12.2008 (OJ EPO 2009, 7) which both entered into force on 01.04. 2009.

4  See decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 7/08 of 21.10.2008 (OJ EPO 2008, 521) concerning the reduction of this fee in favour of nationals of certain states.

5  No 3 amended and No 3a deleted by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 15/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 10) which entered into force on 01.04.2009.

6 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 16/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 5) which entered into force on 01.04.2008.

7 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 15/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 10) which entered into force on 01.04.2009.

8 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 15/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 10) which entered into force on 01.04.2009.

9 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 17/07 of 25.10.2007 (OJ EPO 2007, 533) which entered into force on 13.12.2007.

10 Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 16/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 5) which entered into force on 01.04.2008.

11 Inserted by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 15/07 of 14.12.2007 (OJ EPO 2008, 10) which entered into force on 01.04. 2009.

12 See decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 7/08 of 21.10.2008 (OJ EPO 2008, 521) concerning the reduction of this fee in favour of nationals of certain states.