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PCT Fees in US Dollars (effective 01 May 2012)

The online fee payment amounts in EFS-Web are set to the current fee schedule.  The transmittal fee, international filing fee, international search fee or other fee amounts payable for a PCT international application may not equal the online fee payment amount.  As a result, online fee payment in EFS-Web is not available when the online fee amount is not equal to the fee amount that is desired to be paid.  See MPEP 502.05(II)(E) for alternative means of fee payment.  Fee Fee Code  
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION FEES (CHAPTER I)
(Fees associated with filing International Application under PCT)
 
    TRANSMITTAL FEE
        Basic Portion
 $ 240 1601  

        Non-electronic filing fee portion for international

        applications filed on or after 15 November 2011 other

        than by the Office electronic filing system (regular)

 $ 400 1690  

        Non-electronic filing fee portion for international

        applications filed on or after 15 November 2011 other

        than by the Office electronic filing system (small entity)

 $ 200 2690  
 
    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  
        European Patent Office (EPO) as the ISA
 $ 2426 1704  
        Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) as ISA
 $ 1101 1709  
        IP Australia (IPAU) as ISA
 $ 2041 1712  

        Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property

        (Rospatent) as ISA

 $ 415*  1714 * changed to $453 effective 01 June 2012 
 
    INTERNATIONAL FEES
        International filing fee (for first 30 pages of the
        international application)
 $ 1453 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)
 $ 1344 1701  
        International filing fee (first 30 pages - filed
        electronically with PCT-EASY zip file)
 $ 1234 1710  
        Supplemental fee for each additional page over 30
 $ 16 1703  
    FEE FOR REQUESTING RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT OF
    PRIORITY
 $ 1410 1454  
 
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION FEES (CHAPTER II)
(Fees associated with filing Demand for International Preliminary Examination)
    HANDLING FEE
 $ 219 1705  

    HANDLING FEE - 90% reduction, if applicants meets criteria 

    (see http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf)

 $ 21.90 1706  
 
    PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FEE
         USPTO as International Preliminary Examining
          Authority (IPEA)
            USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I
 $ 600 1605  
            USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I
 $ 750 1606  
             Additional examination fee, per additional invention
            (payable only upon invitation)
 $ 600 1607  
 
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
 $ 380 $ 190 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
 $ 250 $ 125 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
 $ 120 $ 60 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
 $ 490 $ 245 1642/2642
            All other situations
 $ 620 $ 310 1632/2632
 
    OTHER NATIONAL STAGE FEES
         For each independent claim in excess of 3
 $ 250 $ 125 1614/2614
         For each claim in excess of 20
 $ 60 $ 30 1615/2615
         For each application containing a multiple dependent
          claim
 $ 450 $ 225 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)
 $ 310 $ 155 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
 
FEES FOR REVIVING ABANDONED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS
         Fee for filing a petition to revive an international
         application abandoned unavoidably under 37 CFR 1.137
        (a)
 $ 620 $ 310 1452/2452
         Fee for filing a petition to revive an international
        application abandoned unintentionally under 37 CFR
        1.137(b)
 $ 1860 $ 930 1453/2453

 

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