{"id":10787,"date":"2022-06-09T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T05:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en\/?p=10787"},"modified":"2023-03-15T22:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:04:56","slug":"japan-international-application-fees-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/2022\/06\/09\/japan-international-application-fees-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan: International Application Fees Revised"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Jun 9, 2022<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr style=\"background: #1d6a96; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; height: 7px;\" \/>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Japan: International Application Fees Revised<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<hr style=\"background: #1d6a96; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; height: 7px;\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 5%; padding-right: 5%; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/image2023\/NATIONFLAG\/japan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"94\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 5%; padding-right: 5%; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The fees for filing international applications with the Japan Patent Office have been revised and will be partially increased effective July 1, 2022.\u3000The increase is due to the recent and ongoing depreciation of the yen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 88.2004%;\" width=\"88.2004%\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 53px;\">\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 130px; width: 25.9861%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"226\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Type of Fee<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 130px; width: 28.3062%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"331\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Requirements<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 53px; width: 45.2436%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"484\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Amount of money<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 77px;\">\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 77px; width: 15.6612%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Before June 30, 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 77px; width: 16.8214%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">After July 1, 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 77px; width: 12.761%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Price increase<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 88px;\">\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 284px; width: 11.6009%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" rowspan=\"3\" width=\"105\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">JPO\u3000accepts international applications<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 284px; width: 14.3852%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" rowspan=\"3\" width=\"121\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">International application fee<br \/>\r\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">(A fee valid on the day the international application is accepted)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 88px; width: 28.3062%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"331\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Up to 30 sheets of international application (A)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 88px; width: 15.6612%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">159,500 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 88px; width: 16.8214%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">179,000 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 88px; width: 12.761%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">19,500 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 61px;\">\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 61px; width: 28.3062%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"331\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">For each sheet of more than 30 sheets (B)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 61px; width: 15.6612%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0\u00a0 1,800 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 61px; width: 16.8214%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,000 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 61px; width: 12.761%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 200 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 135px;\">\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 135px; width: 28.3062%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"331\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Reduction for filing an online application<\/span><br \/>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">(Reduction from the total amount of A and B)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 135px; width: 15.6612%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u25b236,000 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 135px; width: 16.8214%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u25b240,400 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; height: 135px; width: 12.761%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u25b24,400 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 125px;\">\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 125px; width: 25.9861%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"226\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">If JPO is an international preliminary examination body<br \/>\r\n(A fee valid on the payment date)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 125px; width: 28.3062%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"331\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Handling Fee<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 125px; width: 15.6612%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">24,000 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 125px; width: 16.8214%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">26,900 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #060e2e; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; height: 125px; width: 12.761%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"161\">\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">2,900 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 89.5385%;\" width=\"89.5385%\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50.9759%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"556\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\"><b>Example of calculation for an international application in Japanese when JPO is the receiving Office, international search organization<\/b><b>, and international preliminary examination organization<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.5327%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\"><b>\u00a0January 1, 2022<br \/>\r\n<\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>\uff5e<\/b><b>March 31, 2022<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.3031%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\"><b>April 1, 2022<br \/>\r\n<\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>\uff5e <\/b><b>June 30 to date<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 15.8439%; background-color: #78bdeb;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>On and after<\/b><b> July 1, 2022<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50.9759%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"556\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">international filing fee for 30 pages<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.5327%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">204,900 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.3031%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">283,500 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 15.8439%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">298,600 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50.9759%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"556\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">international filing fee for 40 pages<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.5327%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">221,900 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.3031%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">301,500 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 15.8439%; background-color: #c9e0f0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">318,600 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 50.9759%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"556\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">Fees for requesting international preliminary examination including 3 inventions<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.5327%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">\u00a0 80,000 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16.3031%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">114,000 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #072233; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 15.8439%; background-color: #ebeef0;\" width=\"162\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\">116,900 Yen<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 5%; padding-right: 5%; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Please refer to the JPO website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpo.go.jp\/system\/patent\/pct\/tesuryo\/pct_tesuukaitei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Revision of Fees for International Applications (jpo.go.jp)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 5%; padding-right: 5%; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">For details on the revisions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/official_notices\/officialnotices.pdf#page=108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please refer to the WIPO website (PCT Gazette dated May 5, 2022) (link to external site)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr style=\"background: #1d6a96; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; height: 5px;\" \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 9, 2022 Japan: International Application Fees Revised \u00a0 The fees for filing international applications with the Japan Patent Office have been revised and will be partially increased effective July 1, 2022.\u3000The increase is due to the recent and ongoing depreciation of the yen. &nbsp; Type of Fee Requirements Amount of money Before June 30,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,12,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10787"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12078,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10787\/revisions\/12078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}