Patent Cooperation Treaty Update The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization has informed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that, due to a change in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the German mark, the dollar amount of the international search fee charged by the European Patent Office for international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office will be $1585.00, effective July 1, 1996. June 4, 1996 BRUCE A. LEHMAN Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks