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Entering into the European phase
filing a European patent application on the bases of a PCT application

Costs

Office Attorney
professional work hours rate

(€/hour)

 € €
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translation * =


one office fee number of fees / claims / copies
filing fee (electronic filing)
page fees
search fee
claim fees

copies of documents cited in the supplementary search report
examination
examination fee
designation fee =
extension fees * =
Requesting accelerated examination (PACE)
3rd renewal fee
late filing of documents times:
value added tax
sums
total amount

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Remarks

No search fee is payable if the European Patent Office has drawn up the ISR. In this case the examination fee amounts to 1730 €.

For claim fees the European Patent Office has established a two-tier system:

The examination fee is reduced by 50 % if the European Patent Office has drawn up the International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER).

The third renewal fee may be payable on or before the expiration of the 31-months time limit, if the PCT application has been filed within 8 or 9 months after the earliest priority. We do not charge attorney's fees for the payment of the third renewal fee, if it may be paid together with the other office fees for entering into the EP phase.

When entering into the European phase the application documents on which the examination is to be carried out must be specified. When doing this description can be reformatted and the number of claims of the PCT application can be reduced in order to save on page and claim fees, respectively.

In standard cases neither professional work nor translation costs are involved provided that the PCT application is in English or German language or we receive an English or German literal translation of the PCT application.

Later on we can file revised documents, e.g. an amended claim set comprising multiple dependencies and reference numbers. If we file only revised documents when entering into the European Phase, the European patent office (EPO) will probably issue a communication inviting us to file a nearly literal English language translation.

Documents and Information

We require the following documents and information for entering into the European phase:

  1. PCT application number and/or PCT publication number
  2. literal translation, if the PCT application has not been published in the English, German or French language

helpful, if at hand:

  1. copy of the PCT International Application Request, including description, claims, drawings and abstract
  2. international search report
  3. documents submitted in the international phase, including amendments
  4. address of each inventor if different from the address recorded by the WIPO or indicated on the WO publication(s)

This page should not be construed as legal advice.
No responsibility is accepted for the correctness of the official fees. The attorney's fees indicated on this page are minimum charges of the law firm Dr.-Ing. Hellmich which may be raised in urgent or difficult cases.
This page does not constitute an offer but rather "invitatio ad offerendum" (invitation to make an offer).