Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice appearing in
the Official Gazette at 1153 O.G. 3, on Aug. 3, 1993.
   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,
1993, due to changes in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the German
mark, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1154 O.G. 25, on Sept. 14,
1993.
   International fees were changed, effective on May 1, 1993, due to changes in
the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss franc, and were
announced in the Official Gazette  at 1148 O.G. 20, on Mar. 9, 1993.
   Certain domestic PCT fees and charges for International Search and
Preliminary Examination were changed, effective Oct. 1, 1992, and were
announced in the Official Gazette  at 1141 O.G. 68, on Aug. 25, 1992.
   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), effective Oct., 1, 1993, is as
follows:

International Applications (PCT Chapter I) fees:
   Transmittal fee:                                                      200.00
   Search Fee
      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
         International Searching Authority (ISA)
         -No corresponding prior U.S. national
           application filed                                             620.00
         -Corresponding prior U.S. national
           application filed                                             410.00
         -Supplemental search fee, per
           additional invention                                          170.00
   European Patent Office as ISA                                        1415.00
International fees
   Basic fee                                                             530.00
   Basic Supplemental fee (for each page
      over 30)                                                            10.00
   Designation fee per country or region
      For the first 10 national or regional
      offices designated                                                 128.00
      For each designation fee in excess
        of 10 offices                                                 No Charge

   Precautionary designation fee and confirmation fee for each
   precautionary designation confirmed (PCT Rule 15.5)
   Designation fee                                                       128.00
   Confirmation fee                                                       64.00
   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination
   Handling fee                                                          162.00
   Preliminary examination fee
   USPTO as International Preliminary
       Examining Authority (IPEA)
       -USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                                   450.00
         -Additional examination fee, per
         additional invention (payable only
         upon invitation                                                 140.00
       -USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                               670.00
         -Additional examination fee,
         per additional invention (payable
         only upon invitation                                            230.00

                                                              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)                                            45.00       90.00
      All claims presented did not satisfy
      provisons of PCT Article
      33(2) to (4)                                           320.00      640.00
   USPTO was ISA but not
      IPEA                                                   355.00      710.00
   USPTO was neither ISA nor
      IPEA
      Filed without a search report from
      the European Patent Office or the
      Japanese Patent Office                                 475.00      950.00
      Filed with a search report from
      the European Patent Office or the
      Japanese Patent Office                                 415.00      830.00
Other National Fees
   -For each independent
      claim in excess of 3                                    37.00       74.00
   -For each claim in excess of
      20                                                      11.00       22.00
   -For each application con-
      taining a  multiple  depen-
      dent claim                                             115.00      230.00
   -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

Sept. 13, 1993                                                 BRUCE A. LEHMAN,
                                            Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                         Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks