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Fees for international applications (applicable as of 1 January 2025)
OJ EPO 2024, A5. No fee is due if the request is made using MyEPO Portfolio. OJ EPO 1992, 383. This fee must be paid in CHF to the International Bureau of WIPO. The amount in CHF is shown in the PCT Fee tables. OJ EPO 1998, 282. Fee reductions may apply pursuant to Rules 7a or 7b EPC and Art. 14(1) Rules relating to Fees.
Schedule of Fees - fees.apps.epo.org
Fee for grant and printing (not more than 35 pages) or fee for grant including fee for publication. 1.080,00. 008: Additional printing fee for 36th and each subsequent page. 18,00. 010: Opposition fee. 880,00. 011: Fee for appeal. 1 of 15. Legal Notice ...
Schedule of Fees - EPO
Schedule of Fees. The interactive schedule of fees can be accessed without a smart card. Links to it are provided in various places on the EPO website. In the Online services main menu, click Interactive schedule of fees. On the Schedule of Fees page, you can view and download the complete schedule of fees and search for individual fees. The ...
EPO fee increases - lewissilkin.com
The European Patent Office (EPO) is introducing a new schedule of official fees, which will apply to payments made from Monday 1 April 2024. The new fees represent an increase of, on average, 4%. There are, however, some notable exceptions, with the third, fourth and fifth year renewal fees increasing by 30%, 28% and 8% respectively. Subsequent renewals have not changed significantly.
New Fee Regime of the EPO - INVOKAT | Intellectual Property Services
EPO has changed its fee strategy and started to apply fee reductions as of 01.04.2024. By decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation dated 14 December 2023 (CA/ D 16/23), the EPO introduced a new fee scheme and new rules pertaining to fee reductions for certain applicants. New changes can be summarized as follows: New Rules 7a and 7b EPC: General conditions for ...
Fee payment and refunds | epo.org - European Patent Office
You can pay fees relating to patent procedures via bank transfer, credit card or deposit account. If you have a deposit account, you can choose to pay by automatic debiting. Payments can be made in single or batch mode. You can also claim refunds to your bank or deposit account.
Reduced Fees for European Patent Applications for Small and Medium ...
On April 1, 2024, several important fee adjustments were implemented, following a thorough review of the fee structure of the European Patent Office (EPO) by the Administrative Council. ... a reduced appeal fees. Additionally, the EPO has published a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions (FAQ) to assist users. Sources. For more ...
EPO fee reductions for micro-entities - Mathys & Squire Scaleup Quarter
Since the EPO is closed on Friday 29 March 2024 and Monday 1 April 2024, fees due on 29 March 2024 can be validly paid on 2 April 2024. As such, by waiting until after the fee reduction comes into force and paying the fee on 1 April 2024 or 2 April 2024, the grant fee payable would be 756 EUR (i.e., 30% reduction on 1,080 EUR).
Up, down, discounted? EPO fees are changing - Schlich Ltd
EPO fees are changing. New EPO fee system effective 1 April 2024 ... (enterprises having fewer than 10 employees and a turnover and/or balance sheet not exceeding EUR 2 million), natural persons and non-profit organisations, universities and public research organisations.
EPO Fees – changes applying from 1 April 2023 - HGF
EPO fees. EPA fee : Fee (€) before 1 April 2023 : Fee (€) from 1 April 2023 : EURO increase % increase : 1. Filing fee where documents are filed online, but any one of them is filed in a format other than character-coded format : 130 : 135 : 5 : 4 ...
European Patent Office: Fee Changes | Grünecker - grunecker.de
The European Patent Office (EPO) will again increase its fees as of April 1, 2023. As published recently, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has decided to amend the rules relating to fees In most cases, fees will increase. ... Fee as of April 1, 2023 (EUR) Filing fee (online) 130: 135: Search fee: 1390: 1460: Claim ...
Fee amounts and payment methods - European Patent Office
Introduced on 11 September 2021, a new central service called Central Fee Payment provides users with a unique gateway for paying fees and claiming refunds across the entire patent grant procedure and via all permitted payment methods. 4.3.018 The following advice and recommendations on paying fees to the EPO should be noted:
No EPO Fee Increases in 2025 - Forresters
Traditionally, the European Patent Office has reviewed its official fees every two years to account for inflation, and for the most part this has resulted in fee increases.Recently, however, we have seen fee reviews in consecutive years, with increases of around 3%, 5% and 4% in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively. The EPO has confirmed that there will be no inflationary adjustment to its fees in ...
13.2 Additional fee (if application documents comprise more than 35 pages)
If the additional fee is not paid on time, the application is deemed withdrawn. The EPO will notify the applicant of the loss of rights according to Rule 112(1); the applicant can request further processing according to Art. 121 and Rule 135.The further processing fee is calculated on the basis of the number of pages on file at the relevant period's expiry and for which the additional fee ...
Patent application in EU and US: costs at the EPO and USPTO
The EPO’s renewal fee for the 3rd year is currently EUR 490 and will increase annually from then on up to EUR 1 640 from the 10th year onwards. However, additional fees are charged by the EPO for the application, search and grant, the latter for example the grant fee and the publication fee. These fees, which are unavoidable when filing a ...
EPO Official Fees - Scintilla
Furthermore, if a Chapter II Demand was previously filed and the EPO acted as the IPEA, then the examination fee is reduced by 75%, so the total payable examination fee will be EUR 533.75. If the EPO was not the ISA, then a supplementary search report will be established by the EPO and the search fee will be EUR 1915.
European Patent Costs: EPO Fees & Attorney Charges Guide
European patent costs, EPO fees, European patent attorney fees, patent filing costs, EPO examination fees, European patent validation, Unitary Patent cost. ... (unless included in the application data sheet). Statement regarding federally sponsored research or development. Description of the figure(s) of the drawing; Feature description;
Getting started | epo.org - European Patent Office
2. Automatic debit order for all fees except renewal fees. Where All fees except renewal fees is selected as the automatic debit order type, renewal fees and additional fees under Rule 51(2) EPC are excluded from automatic debiting, as well as the fees under point 3.3 AAD. 3. Automatic debit order for renewal fees only
The interactive schedule of fees page has a new design | epo.org
The design is new, but the fees remain the same. The old page is still available but will be removed on 1 April 2025. The interactive schedule of fees page has a new design | epo.org