Online Fee Payment  – new release in April 2019

Online Fee Payment

The April update contains:

Changes applied to the Rules Relating to Fees.

• Increase of the filing fee (paper)
  • Notice of the European Patent Office dated 24 January 2019 concerning the amendment of Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees with effect from 1 April 2019, OJ EPO 2019, A6
• Amendment of administrative fees
  • Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2019 concerning the revision of the administrative fees of the European Patent Office and various related decisions of the President, OJ EPO 2019, A15
• Validation tool extension
  • Notice from the European Patent Office dated 19 February 2019 concerning amendments of the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA), OJ EPO 2019, A21
• GUI changes and minor text amendments
• Minor technical corrections and fixes