Article 3

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 January 2026 revising the Office’s fees and expenses

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Rules relating to Fees, the amount of the administrative fees provided for in the Implementing Regulations and the fees and expenses for any services rendered by the European Patent Office other than those specified in Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees shall be revised as shown in the following extract from the schedule of fees. The extract from the fees schedule shall form part of this decision.

Article 2

The fees and expenses as revised in accordance with Article 1 shall be binding on payments made on or after 1 April 2026.

Article 3

This decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2026.

Done at Munich, 15 January 2026

António Campinos

President

Nature of fee	Code	Amount EUR
2. Fees and expenses (Article 3(1) of the Rules relating to Fees) 2.1 Administrative fees/expenses
1. Registration of transfers (R. 22(2) EPC)
1.1 Request filed using MyEPO1		0
1.2 For all other cases	022	125
2. Registration of licences and other rights or cancellation of such a registration (R. 23 EPC)
2.1 Requested using MyEPO1		0
2.2 For all other cases	023	125
3. Certified copy of a European patent application or an international application and a certificate stating the filing date (priority document) (R. 54 EPC; R. 17.1(b), R. 21.2 PCT), the European patent certificate with specification attached (R. 74 EPC) or other documents
3.1 Requested using MyEPO2		0
3.2 For all other cases	029	125
4. Online inspection of the files of European patent applications and patents		0
2.2 Fees and charges for various searches
1. Fee for an international-type search3 (Art. 15(5) PCT) 1.1 For first filings 1.2 For all other cases	004 004	1 485 2 320
2. Fee for the late furnishing of a sequence listing (R. 13ter.1(c), R. 13ter.2 PCT)4	066	280

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1. 1 Since 1 April 2025, the web-based online service previously called "MyEPO Portfolio" is referred to as "MyEPO", see Article 2 of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 24 March 2025 (OJ EPO 2025, A27).

2. 2 See Article 1(1) of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 16 January 2025 (OJ EPO 2025, A3).

3. 3 Payable unless different terms have been agreed between the European Patent Organisation and a contracting state to the European Patent Convention.

4. 4 See Article 4(1) of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 14 November 2025 (OJ EPO 2025, A64). For European and international patent applications with a filing date prior to 1 July 2022, see Article 4 of the decision of the President of the EPO dated 28 April 2011 (OJ EPO 2011, 372).