PCT Fees

  • International Phase: $2000 + filing fees
  • U.S. National Phase: $1000 + filing fees
  • To view National Phase fees for other countries, select from the drop down menu

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Australia

1. National Phase of International (PCT) Application 1600
Provisional Patent Application 1100
Claiming Priority 150
2. Request Examination 920
3. Patent Grant and Title (1-20 claims) 740
Each Additional 20 Claims 50

Brazil

1. PCT National Phase 955
National Application 955
Claiming Priority 95
Late Filing Translation or Power of attorney 265
2. Request Examination (Corp) 625
Cost in Excess of 10 claims 50
3. Patent Grant 550
Portuguese Translation(cost per 100 words from English) 20

Canada

1. Patent filing – Small Entity 1550
Patent filing – Standard 1760
Late filing of a PCT National Phase (42 months) 500
2. Filing Request for examination
Requesting Examination – Small Entity 965
Requesting Examination – Standard 1460
3. Patent Issue
Issuance – paying the Final fee – Small Entity 635
Issuance – paying the Final fee – Standard 815
2nd year maintenance Fee – Small entity 575
2nd year maintenance Fee – Standard 630
Filing Assignment (If Applicant is not the inventor) 550

China

1. National Application 930
National Phase of International (PCT) Application 930
Filing after 30 months from the earliest priority date 340
Claims in excess of 10 90
Claiming Priority 80
2. Request for Substantive Examination 945
3. Patent Grant and registration fees(1st to 3rd year) 595
Chinese Translation(cost per 100 words from English) 25

Europe

1. Filing an European Patent EUR 1120
For each claim exceeding 15. EUR 340
Requesting Search EUR 1412
Inventor’s Declaration EUR 130
Claiming each Priority EUR 130
Designation Fees (7 or more States) EUR 1290
Designation Fees Extension States (each) EUR 232
Request Examination (*) EUR 2100
2. Grant and printing fees up to 35 pages EUR 1288
For each additional page EUR 25

Hong Kong

Standard Patent
Filing Standard Patent (1st-3rd year) 680
Annual maintenance fee after the third year 280
Short Term Patent
(a) APPLICATION for Short-term Patent (effective for 4 years) 775
(b) Obtaining examination report (from China Patent Office) 1255
(b) Renewal fee from the fifth to eighth years 678

India

1. Patent filing Corporation (Corp.) 860
Patent filing Individual (Ind.) 770
For each claim in excess of 10 (Corp.) 40
For each sheet in excess of 30 (Corp.) 25
For each claim in excess of 10 (Ind.) 15
For each sheet in excess of 30 (Ind.) 10
2. Request for Examination Corp. 625
Request for Examination Ind. 435
3. 2nd year Patent Annuity Corp. 675
2nd year Patent Annuity Ind. 630

Japan

1. National Application 2200
Claiming Priority 170
Urgent Fee 650
Claims in Excess of 10 75
2. Request for Substantive Examination 2700
Additional charge for each claims 70
3. Patent Issue 1st-3rd year 250
For each claims 9
Surcharge for filing Japanese translation late 346
Japanese Translation (cost per 100 words from English) 60

Malaysia

1. Filing patent application with complete specifications 485
Cost for each claim in excess of 10 20
Claiming Priority 35
2. Request for Examination 620
3. Recording and Forwarding of Certificate of Grant 265

South Africa

1. Patent filing 1100
Priority 100
2. Renewal Fee 360

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

1. Patent filing 1145
Priority 230
2. Request for Examination Basic Fee 430
Additional Fee Per Claim 100
Translation into Korean (per 100 words in English) 40
Typing per page 15

Taiwan

1. National Application 1063
Claiming Priority 120
Pages in Excess of 50 27
2. Request for Examination 710
3. Annuities
-Annuity for the 1st to the 3rd year (annual) 335
Individual or small entity 235
-Annuity for the 4th to the 6th year (annual) 425
Individual or small entity 332
-Annuity for the 7th to the 9th year (annual) 560
-Annuity for the 10th to the 20th year (annual) 870
Chinese Translation(cost per 100 words from English) 21

Other Country

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*Fees are subject to change

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