Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1175 O.G. 52, on June 20, 1995.
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
June 20, 1995, 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 1174
O.G. 57, on May 9, 1995.
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 June 20, 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 1722.00
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
May 30, 1995 BRUCE A. LEHMAN
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks