EPO fee revision (from April 1, 2023)

Feb 28, 2023

EPO fee revision (from April 1, 2023)

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that it will revise its official fees effective April 1, 2023.

Please note that this is a significant revision, with almost double of increase (4%-6%) compared to the previous revision (April 1, 2022). Normally fees are revised every two years, however, this time the revision will be made one year after the last revision.

1. Enforcement and application

Article 2 of the Regulation on Rates, revised on December 14, 2022, will enter into force on April 1, 2023. The new fees will apply to payments made on or after April 1, 2023. Please note that the fees for international applications will apply to payments made on or after April 1, 2023, so please consider early filing and early processing.

2. Exceptions

If payment is made at the pre-revision official fee within 6 months of April 1, 2023, i.e., by September 30, 2023, the fee will be considered paid if the difference with the new fee is paid within 2 months of the notification from the EPO that the fee is paid at the pre-revision fee.

3. EPO Official Fees List

As of February 28, 2023 1 euro: 145 yen

Item

Until March 31, 2023 (EUR)

After April 1, 2023 (EUR)

Price Increase
(EUR)

Filing fee (Article 78, paragraph 2)

Online submission based on the
Character Coded Format (XML)
Submit documents online
Other means

100
130

270

105
135

285

5
5

Additional fee for a specification of 36 pages or more (to be added to the filing fee) (pages comprising a portion of the sequence list are not counted)

(Rule 38, paragraph 2)

16/per page

17/ per page

Excess claim fee (added to the filing fee)

(Rule 45, paragraph 1, Rule 71, paragraph 4, Rule 162, paragraph 1)

(Number of claims 16 to 50)
(Claims 51 and above)

250/per claim
630/per claim

265
660

15
30

Additional fee for divisional applications based
on an earlier divisional application
(Rule 38, paragraph 4)

(2nd generation)
(3rd generation)
(4th generation)
(5th generation or later)

225
455
680
910

235
480
715
955

10
25
35
56

Search Fees (European)
(Article 78, paragraph 2)

(for applications filed on or after July 1, 2005)

(For applications filed before July 1, 2005)

(International search (Rule 16.1 PCT))

(Supplementary international search (Rule 4bis.3(a) PCT))

1,390

950

1,775

1,460

1,000

1,775

Designation fees for more than one Contracting Party (Article 79, paragraph 2)

630

660

Renewal fees for the European patent application (Article 86, paragraph 1), calculated in each case from the date of filing of the application

–       for the 3rd year
–       for the 4^th year
–       for the 5^th year
–       for the 6^th year
–       for the 7^th year
–       for the 8^th year
–       for the 9^th year
–       for the 10^th and subsequent years

   505
   630
   880
1,125
1,245
1,370
1,495
1,690

   530
   660
   925
1,180
1,305
1,440
1,570
1,775

25
30
45
55
60
70
75
85

For late payment of application renewal fees
additional fee for payment
(Rule 51, paragraph 2)

50% of the amount of the late renewal fee

Examination fee (Article 94, paragraph 1)

(Applications filed before July 1, 2005)

(Applications filed on or after July 1, 2005)

(Applications filed on or after July 1, 2005, for which a supplementary European search report has not been made) (Article 153, paragraph 7)

1,955

1,750

1,955

2,055

1,840

2,055

100

Fees for the grant of patents, including fees for publication of specifications, for applications filed on or after April 1, 2009
(Rule 71, paragraph 3)

(Filed online in character code)

In cases other than those listed above

(if the patent grant fee is paid on or after April 1, 2018 and on or before the date set by the Commissioner of the Office)

(Patent grant fees due on or after the date set by the Commissioner)

885

990

1,095

930

1,040

1,150

Publication fee for new statements
(Rule 82, paragraph3)

Patent grant fee (Rule 71, paragraph 3)
If the specification is less than 35 pages

(if online based on the Character Code Format (XML))

for cases other than the above

(if the patent grant fee is paid on or after April 1, 2018 and on or before the date set by the Commissioner of the Office)

(Patent grant fees due on or after the date set by the Commissioner)

885

990

1,095

930

1,040

1,150

Opposition fee

(Article 99, paragraph 1, Article 105, paragraph 2)

840

880

Limitation or cancellation fee
(Article 105a, paragraph 1)

(Limitation request)

(Cancellation fee)

1,245

560

1,305

590

Fee for requesting an appeal (Article 108)

(Requests by small and medium-sized enterprises, individuals, universities, etc.)

(Claims by other than the above)

2,015

2,785

2,015

2,925

140

Fee for petition for review (Article 112a, paragraph 4)

3,115

3,270

155

Fee for further processing (Rule 135, paragraph 1)

in the event of late payment of a fee

in the event of late performance of the acts required under Rule 71, paragraph 3

other cases

50% of the relevant fee

275

50% of the relevant fee

290

Fee for re-establishment of rights/fee for requesting restoration/fee for reinstatement of rights (Rule 136, paragraph 1, Rule 26bis.3(d) PCT, Rule 49ter.2(d) PCT, Rule 49.6(d)(i) PCT)

685

720

Conversion fee (Article 135, paragraph 3, Article 140)

Fee for late furnishing of a sequence listing (Rule 30, paragraph 3)

245

255

For more information, please check EPO website:

EPO – Decision of the Administrative Council of 14 December 2022 amending Article 2 of the Rules relating to Fees and adjusting the amount of the reduction in the fee for the supplementary European search where the international or supplementary international search report was drawn up by one of the European International Searching Authorities (CA/D 16/22)

EPO fee revision (from April 1, 2023)

EPO fee revision (from April 1, 2023)

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