Schedule of Fees
(amounts on 1st January 2021)
| Fee | Amount in EUR |
| Search fee PCT Rule 16.1(a) |
17751 |
| Additional international search fee PCT Rule 40.2 (a) |
1775 |
| Search fee refund If the earlier search carried out by any of the national offices of the Contracting States can be used If an earlier international search report or international-type search report can be used |
40% 40% |
| Fee for the late furnishing of sequence listings PCT Rules 13ter.1(c) 13ter.2 |
230 |
| Protest fee PCT Rules 40.2(e) and 68.3(e) |
875 |
| Supplementary international search fee PCT Rule 45bis.3(a) – for a search only in the VPI’s national documentation in Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak language |
[1915 CHF3] [593 CHF4] |
| Review fee relating to a supplementary international search PCT Rule 45bis.6(c) |
875 |
| Supplementary search handling fee PCT Rule 45bis.2 |
[200 CHF5] |
| Late payment fee relating to a supplementary international search PCT Rule 45bis.4(c) |
50% of the supplementary search fee |
| Cost of copies PCT Rule 44.3(b) per page |
0.80 |
| Fee for copies of documents contained in the file of the international application (PCT Rule 94.1ter): | 0.80 |
| Preliminary examination fee PCT Rule 58.1(b) |
900 |
| Late payment fee PCT Rule 58bis.2 |
50% of the unpaid fee(s) but not to exceed 330 |
| Handling fee PCT Rule 57.1 |
185 |
| Additional preliminary examination fee [Rule 68.3(a)] | 900 |
| Cost of copies cited during the international preliminary examination PCT Rules, 71.2(b) and 94.2, per page |
0.95 |
1Up-to-date information on the equivalent amounts in other accepted currencies is published on the WIPO’s website (https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/; refer to PCT Fee Tables)
2The document indicating the bank details of the applicant (refund request) shall be filed at the VPI Secretariat within 6 months from the date of the issuance of document ISA 213 by the VPI.
3, 4, 5Fees payable in CHF to the International Bureau WIPO