It will be recalled that on September 1, 2017 the search fee paid by US filers of PCT applications for the EPO searching authority increased from $1992 to $2099. Now it has been announced that on December 1, 2017 this fee will increase again, this time to $2238.
The ranking will remain unchanged after this fee increase. Right now ISA/EP is the most expensive for US filers and ISA/RU is the least expensive, and that will not change on December 1. Here is how the search fees will stand after the fee change:
- EP – $2238
- US – $2080
- AU – $1688
- SG – $1552
- JP – $1372
- KR – $1114
- US – $1040 (small entity)
- IL – $963
- US – $520 (micro entity)
- RU – $482
For the US filer who is planning to file a PCT application in which ISA/EP is selected, there will be an opportunity to save a little money. The filer could file on November 30 rather than December 1, and the savings would be $139.
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