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Costs of entering into the European phase
filing an European patent application on the bases of a PCT application


Office
Euro 		Attorney
Euro
professional work hours rate

(Euro/hour)
* =


translation * =


one office fee number of fees / claims / copies
filing fee (electronic filing)
page fees
search fee reduced
claim fees

copies of documents cited in the supplementary search report
examination
examination fee
designation fee =
extension fees * =
Requesting accelerated examination (PACE)
3rd renewal fee
late filing of documents times:
value added tax
sums
total amount


The search fee is reduced by 190EUR if the US, Japanese, Russian, Australian, Chinese or Korean office has drawn up the International Search Report (ISR).


No search fee is payable if the European Patent Office has drawn up the ISR. In this case the examination fee amounts to 1565 EUR.


For claim fees the European Patent Office has established a two-tier system: 200 EUR office fees and 10 EUR attorney's fees are payable for the 16th to the 50th claim. 500 EUR office fees and 25 EUR attorney's fees are payable for the 51st and each further claim.


The examination fee is reduced by 50 % if the European Patent Office has drawn up the International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER).


The third renewal fee may be payable on or before the expiration of the 31-months time limit, if the PCT application has been filed within 8 or 9 months after the earliest priority. We do not charge attorney's fees for the payment of the third renewal fee, if it may be paid together with the other office fees for entering into the EP phase.


When entering into the European phase the application documents on which the examination is to be carried out must be specified. When doing this the number of claims of the PCT application can be reduced in order to save on claim fees.


In standard cases neither professional work nor translation costs are involved.


This page does not constitute an offer but rather "invitatio ad offerendum" (invitation to make an offer).
It should not be construed as a legal advice. No responsibility is accepted for the correctness of the official fees. The attorney's fees indicated on this page are minimum charges of the law firm Dr.-Ing. Hellmich which may be raised in difficult and urgent cases.


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Author: patent attorney Dr.-Ing. W. Hellmich