20/kloc-a new standard for charging official fees for British patent applications in 0/8 (effective from 20 18.4.6)

The British Parliament passed legislation to adjust patent fees. If the patent fee in Britain will rise more than a certain claim, a new fee should be paid. It is reported that the legislation will be implemented in April 20 18. Let's take a look at the new standard of 20 18 British patent application official fee. Notice of the British Parliament on the new standard of charging 20 18 20 18 British patent application fee 20 18 1. 10, the British government promulgated a new patent official fee standard, aiming at establishing an internationally competitive fee structure based on modern, high-quality and efficient services, and the fees collected will provide working funds for the British Intellectual Property Office. This revision mainly includes: (1) increasing the patent application fee, and if the application fee is not paid in time when the application is submitted, a surcharge of 25% will be added; (2) Increase the cost of retrieval and substantive examination; (3) increasing the discount of electronic application (1) and (2) fees; (4) introducing the claim quantity excess fee; (5) introducing the extra cost of document pages; (6) The annual maintenance fee from12 to 20 years will be increased every year 10. The charging standard will take effect from 2065438+April 6, 2008. This is the end of the question about the new standard for charging official fees for British patent applications in 2065438+08 (effective from 2065438+08.4.6). If you have more questions about patents, you can continue to pay attention to Bajie's intellectual property rights or contact us by phone.