PCT Filing Fees -
US Nationals
(Updated
4/06)
| PCT Fees - US PTO as Primary Receiving Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | 1.445(a)(1) | Transmittal fee | 300.00 |
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| 1602 | 1.445(a)(2) | PCT search fee - no prior U.S. application filed under 35 USC 111(a) | 1,000.00 | |
| 1603 | 1.445(a)(2) | PCT search - prior U.S. application filed under 35 USC 111(a) with basic filing fee under 37CFR 1.16(a) paid, identified at time of filing international application | 300.00 | |
| 1604 | 1.445(a)(3) | Supplemental search fee per additional invention | 1,000.00 | |
| 1605 | 1.482(a)(1) | Preliminary examination fee - U.S. was the ISA | 600.00 | |
| 1606 | 1.482(a)(1) | Preliminary examination fee -U.S. was not the ISA | 750.00 | |
| 1607 | 1.482(a)(2) | Supplemental examination fee per additional invention | 600.00 | |
| 1619 | Late payment fee | variable | ||
| 1621 | Transmitting application to Intl. Bureau to act as receiving office | 300.00 | ||
| PCT Fees - US National Stage (~29 mo post-application, separate fees required for foreign applications) | ||||
| 1631/2631 | 1.492(a) | Basic National Stage Fee | 300.00 | 150.00 |
| 1640/2640 | 1.492(b)(1) | National Stage Search Fee - U.S. was
ISA or IPEA and all claims satisfy PCT Article 33(1)-(4) |
0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1641/2641 | 1.492(b)(2) | National Stage Search Fee - U.S. was the ISA | 100.00 | 50.00 |
| 1642/2642 | 1.492(b)(3) | National Stage Search Fee - search report prepared and provided to USPTO | 400.00 | 200.00 |
| 1632/2632 | 1.492(b)(4) | National Stage Search Fee - all other situations | 500.00 | 250.00 |
| 1643/2643 | 1.492(c)(1) | National Stage Examination Fee - U.S. was ISA or IPEA and, all claims satisfy PCT Article 33(1)-(4) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1633/2633 | 1.492(c)(2) | National Stage Examination Fee - all other situations | 200.00 | 100.00 |
| 1614/2614 | 1.492(d) | Claims - extra independent (over three) | 200.00 | 100.00 |
| 1615/2615 | 1.492(e) | Claims - extra total (over twenty) | 50.00 | 25.00 |
| 1616/2616 | 1.492(f) | Claims - multiple dependent | 360.00 | 180.00 |
| 1681/2681 | 1.492(j) | National Stage Application Size Fee - for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets | 250.00 | 125.00 |
| 1617/2617 | 1.492(h) | Search fee, examination fee or oath or declaration after thirty months from priority date | 130.00 | 65.00 |
| 1618 | 1.492(i) | English translation after thirty months from priority date | 130.00 | |
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