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PCT Fees in US Dollars

**PCT Fees in US Dollars** ( *effective 01 October 2009* )
	Fee	Fee Code
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION FEES (CHAPTER I)
(Fees associated with filing International Application under PCT)
TRANSMITTAL FEE	$ 240	1601

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	$ 2378	1704
Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) as ISA	$ 729	1709
IP Australia (IPAU) as ISA	$ 1278	1712

INTERNATIONAL FEES
International filing fee (for first 30 pages of the international application)	$ 1184	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)	$ 1095	1701
International filing fee (first 30 pages - filed electronically with PCT-EASY zip file)	$ 1006	1710
Supplemental fee for each additional page over 30	$ 13	1703
FEE FOR EACH CERTIFIED COPY OF A U.S. PRIORITY DOCUMENT (for international applications filed before 31 Aug 2007)	$ 20	8007
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	$ 171	1705

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	$ 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

OTHER NATIONAL STAGE FEES
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

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