Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice appearing in
the Official Gazette at 1168 O.G. 100, on Nov. 29, 1994.
   For use of the European Patent Office as an International  Searching
Authority for international applications filed in the United States Receiving
Office, see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1022 O.G. 52, on
Sept. 28, 1982.
   For use of the European Patent Office as an International Preliminary
Examining Authority for international applications filed in the United States
Receiving Office, see the notices appearing in the Official Gazette at 1080
O.G. 2, on July 7, 1987, and at 1091 O.G. 2, on June 7, 1988. There is no
longer a limit on the number of such international applications accepted for
international preliminary examination by the European Patent Office; see the
notice appearing at 1116 O.G. 32, on July 17, 1990.
   The search fee of the European Patent Office was changed, effective Oct. 1,
1994, due to a change in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the German
mark, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1165 O.G. 81, on Aug. 23,
1994.
   International fees were changed, effective on January 1, 1995, due to a
change in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss franc,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1168 O.G. 99, on Nov. 29, 1994.
   Certain domestic PCT fees and charges for International Search and
Preliminary Examination were changed, effective Oct. 1, 1994, and were
announced in the Official Gazette at 1165 O.G. 132, on Aug. 30, 1994.
   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), effective Jan. 1, 1995, is as
follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:
   Transmittal fee:                                                     210.00
   Search Fee
      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
         International Searching Authority (ISA)
         -No corresponding prior U.S. national
           application filed                                            640.00
         -Corresponding prior U.S. national
           application filed                                            420.00
         -Supplemental search fee, per
           additional invention (payable only upon invitation)          180.00
   European Patent Office as ISA                                       1537.00
International fees
   Basic fee                                                            604.00
   Basic Supplemental fee (for each page
      over 30)                                                           12.00
   Designation fee per country or region
     -For the first 10 national or regional
      offices designated                                                147.00
     -For each designation in excess
        of 10 offices                                                No Charge

   Precautionary designation fee and confirmation fee for each
      precautionary designation confirmed (PCT Rule 15.5)
     -Designation fee                                                   147.00
     -Confirmation fee                                                   73.50

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
      with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:
      Handling fee                                                      185.00
      Preliminary examination fee
   USPTO as International Preliminary
       Examining Authority (IPEA)
       -USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                                  460.00
         -Additional examination fee, per
         additional invention (payable only
         upon invitation)                                               140.00
       -USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                              690.00
         -Additional examination fee,
         per additional invention (payable
         only upon invitation)                                          240.00

                                                              Small
U.S. National Stage fees                                     Entity    Regular

Basic National fee

   USPTO was IPEA
     -All claims presented satisfied
        provisions of PCT Article
        33(2) to (4)                                          46.00      92.00
     -All claims presented did not satisfy
        provisons of PCT Article
        33(2) to (4)                                         330.00     660.00
   USPTO was ISA but not IPEA                                365.00     730.00
   USPTO was neither ISA nor IPEA
     -Filed without a search report from
        the European Patent Office or the
        Japanese Patent Office                               490.00     980.00
     -Filed with a search report from
        the European Patent Office or the
        Japanese Patent Office                               425.00     850.00
Other National Fees
   -For each independent
      claim in excess of 3                                    38.00      76.00
   -For each claim in excess of 20                            11.00      22.00
   -For each application con-
      taining a  multiple  depen-
      dent claim                                             120.00     240.00
   -Surcharge for filing oath or
      declaration  after  the  time
      limit applicable under PCT
      Article 22 or 39(1)                                     65.00     130.00
   -Processing  fee  for  filing
      English  translation  after
      the  time  limit  applicable
      under  PCT  Article  22  or
      39(1)                                                  130.00     130.00

Dec. 12, 1994                                                  BRUCE A. LEHMAN
                                           Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                        Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks