INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTING / EXTENSION STATES
FR France
New fee rates
By Ministerial Order of 2 August 20051 some of the fees of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle have been amended.
Applicants and proprietors of European patents with effect in France are advised that from 1 September 2005 the following rates apply:
1. Publication of translations of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC:
EUR 35 (unchanged)
2. Publication of translations of the patent specification under Article 65 EPC:
EUR 35 (unchanged)
3. Renewal fees:
| EUR |
|---|---|
2nd year |
35 |
3rd year |
35 |
4th year |
35 |
5th year |
35 |
6th year |
150 |
7th year |
150 |
8th year |
150 |
9th year |
150 |
10th year |
150 |
11th year |
300 |
12th year |
300 |
13th year |
300 |
14th year |
300 |
15th year |
300 |
16th year |
600 |
17th year |
600 |
18th year |
600 |
19th year |
600 |
20th year |
600 |
Surcharge for late payment: 50% of the respective renewal fee
Fee for appeal in case of restitutio in integrum: EUR 150
4. Conversion of European patent applications into national patent applications:
Filing fee for paper filings: EUR 35 / for electronic filings: EUR 25
Priority fee: none
Search fee: EUR 500
Production and transmission of copies of the European patent application to the designated states: EUR 25 plus EUR 0.75 per page and copy (unchanged)
5. Registering transfers, licences and other rights: EUR 26 up to a maximum amount of EUR 260 where a request for registration concerns several rights (unchanged).
Updating of the information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"
Users of the EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC" (12th edition) are asked to make the appropriate amendments to the amounts of fees shown in Table VI, columns 1, 3 and 5, as well as Table VII, column 2.
1 BOPI - Brevets (Bulletin Officiel de la propriété Industrielle) No. 05/34 of 26.8.2005 and Journal officiel de la République française No. 198 of 26.8.2005, p. 13523.