PCT Fees in US Dollars (effective 12 January 2009)
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Fee |
Fee
Code |
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| INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION FEES
(CHAPTER I) |
| (Fees associated with filing
International Application under PCT) |
| |
TRANSMITTAL FEE |
$ 240 |
1601 |
|
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SEARCH FEE |
| |
United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as International Searching
Authority (ISA) |
$ 2080 |
1602 |
|
| |
Supplemental
search fee, per additional invention (payable only upon
invitation) |
$ 2080 |
1604 |
|
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European Patent
Office (EPO) as the ISA |
$ 2410 |
1704 |
|
| |
Korean
Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) as ISA |
$ 609 |
1709 |
|
| |
IP Australia (IPAU) as ISA |
$ 1302 |
1712 |
|
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INTERNATIONAL FEES |
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International
filing fee (for first 30 pages of the international
application) |
$ 1210 |
1702 |
|
| International
filing fee (first 30 pages - filed in paper with PCT-EASY file on
diskette, CD-R or DVD-R or filed
electronically without PCT-EASY zip file) |
$ 1119 |
1701 |
|
| International filing fee (first 30 pages -
filed electronically with PCT-EASY zip file) |
$ 1028 |
1710 |
|
| Supplemental fee
for each additional page over 30 |
$ 14 |
1703 |
|
| Sequence listing
and/or sequence-related table on electronic medium only (PCT AI
Section 801) |
$ 5600 |
1708 |
|
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FEE FOR EACH CERTIFIED COPY OF A U.S. PRIORITY
DOCUMENT (for international
applications filed before 31 Aug 2007) |
$ 20 |
8007 |
|
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FEE FOR REQUESTING RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT OF
PRIORITY |
$ 1410 |
1454 |
|
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| INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION FEES
(CHAPTER II) |
| (Fees associated with filing
Demand for International Preliminary Examination) |
| |
HANDLING FEE |
$ 171 |
1705 |
|
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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FEE |
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USPTO as International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA) |
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USPTO was
ISA in PCT Chapter I |
$ 600 |
1605 |
|
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USPTO was
not ISA in PCT Chapter I |
$ 750 |
1606 |
|
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Additional examination fee, per
additional invention (payable only upon invitation) |
$ 600 |
1607 |
|
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| U.S. NATIONAL STAGE
FEES |
| (Fees associated with filing U. S.
National Stage under 35 U.S.C. 371) |
| |
NATIONAL STAGE FEES |
Regular |
Small entity |
Fee Code |
| |
Basic national fee |
$ 330 |
$ 165 |
1631/2631 |
| Examination fee |
Where the written
opinion prepared by ISA/US or international preliminary
examination report prepared by IPEA/US indicates that all claims
satisfy the provisions of PCT Article 33(1) - (4) |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
1643/2643 |
All other
situations |
$ 220 |
$ 110 |
1633/2633 |
| Search fee |
Where the written
opinion prepared by ISA/US or international preliminary
examination report prepared by IPEA/US indicates that all claims
satisfy the provisions of PCT Article 33(1) -
(4) |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
1640/2640 |
Search fee (37 CFR
1.445(a)(2)) paid to USPTO as the International Searching
Authority |
$ 100 |
$ 50 |
1641/2641 |
International Search
Report prepared by other than the US and provided to the USPTO or
previously communicated to the US by the International
Bureau |
$ 430 |
$ 215 |
1642/2642 |
All other
situations |
$ 540 |
$ 270 |
1632/2632 |
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OTHER NATIONAL STAGE FEES |
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For each independent claim in excess of
3 |
$ 220 |
$ 110 |
1614/2614 |
| For each claim in excess of 20 |
$ 52 |
$ 26 |
1615/2615 |
| For each application containing a
multiple dependent claim |
$ 390 |
$ 195 |
1616/2616 |
| For every 50 sheets or fraction thereof
of the specification and drawings that exceeds 100 sheets (excluding
any sequence listing or computer program listing filed in an
electronic medium) |
$ 270 |
$ 135 |
1681/2681 |
| Surcharge for filing search fee,
examination fee or oath or declaration after commencement of the
national stage |
$ 130 |
$ 65 |
1617/2617 |
| Processing fee for filing English
translation after the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or
39(1) (30 months from the priority date) |
$ 130 |
$ 130 |
1618 |
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| FEES FOR REVIVING ABANDONED
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS |
| |
Fee for filing a petition to revive an
international application abandoned unavoidably under 37 CFR
1.137(a) |
$ 540 |
$ 270 |
1452/2452 |
| Fee for filing a petition to revive an
international application abandoned unintentionally under 37 CFR
1.137(b) |
$ 1620 |
$ 810 |
1453/2453 |
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