How much does it cost to apply for a European patent?

collection of charges

Fees charged by the acceptance bureau for the international bureau

1, international application fee

A the international application documents shall not exceed 30 pages (Swiss franc 1330 (USD 1 102).

B 15 Swiss francs (12 USD) will be charged per page for the excess.

2. The handling fee is 200 Swiss francs (US$ 65,438 +07 1)

3. The late payment fee is charged at 50% of the payable fee;

The amount of late fees should be at least not less than the delivery fee.

No more than 50% of the international application fee. ..

International expenses

1. Special expenses for requesting obvious error correction:

Swiss franc 50+ exceeds one page 12/ page.

2. Special expenses for which priority claims are regarded as undisclosed:

Swiss franc 50+ exceeds one page 12/ page.

3. Fee for advance notice: 200 Swiss francs.

4. Document copying fee:

Priority document, application document CHF35 (general)

Swiss franc 50 (certified)

Booklet CHF35

5. Other documents CHF5+2/ page, certification +CHF 15.

6. Serial List (CD) CHF35+ postage

Fees charged by China National Intellectual Property Administration as an acceptance bureau, an international retrieval unit and an international preliminary examination unit.

1, delivery fee CNY 500

2. search fee CNY 2 100

CNY search surcharge 2 100

3. Post-submission fee CNY 200

4. Priority document fee CNY 150

5. Recovery priority request fee CNY 1000

6. Preliminary examination fee CNY 1500

Preliminary review surcharge CNY 1500

7. Single objection fee CNY 200

8. Copy reproduction fee (per page) CNY 2

Fee reduction standard

International stage:

For natural persons from PCT member countries, the international application fee and handling fee are reduced by 90%;

If the application is submitted electronically, the international application fee will be reduced by 666 yuan;

If the application is submitted in PDF format, the international application fee will be reduced 1332 yuan;

Submit the request, specification, claim and abstract in XML format, and the international application fee is reduced 1998 yuan.

National stage:

PCT applications with China National Intellectual Property Administration as the acceptance bureau are exempt from application fees and application surcharges;

The PCT application for international search report submitted by China National Intellectual Property Administration will reduce the substantive examination fee by 50%;

PCT applications for international search reports and international preliminary examination reports submitted by China National Intellectual Property Administration are exempt from substantive examination fees;

PCT applications for international search reports are made by the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office and the Swedish Patent Office, and the substantive examination fee is reduced by 20%.

prompt

1, transmission fee, international application fee and retrieval fee:

Payment shall be made within 1 month from the date of receiving the international application.

(Rule14.1c; 15.4; 16. 1f)

2. Preliminary examination fees and handling fees:

From the date when the international preliminary examination unit receives the international preliminary examination request 1 month.

Within 22 months or from the priority date, whichever is later.

3, restore the priority request fee

Pay when priority is requested to be restored.