April 2022 | No. 04/2022

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New PCT Contracting State
Cabo Verde (country code: CV)
On 6 April 2022, Cabo Verde deposited its instrument of accession to the PCT, thus becoming
the 156th Contracting State of the PCT, and on 6 July 2022, will become bound by the PCT.
Consequently, any international application filed on or after 6 July 2022 will automatically
include the designation of Cabo Verde. Also, because Cabo Verde will be bound by Chapter IIof the PCT, it will automatically be elected in any demand filed in respect of an international
application filed on or after 6 July 2022.
Furthermore, nationals and residents of Cabo Verde will be entitled, as from 6 July 2022, to fileinternational applications under the PCT.

Paris Convention
Accession by Cabo Verde
On 6 April 2022, Cabo Verde (country code: CV) deposited its instrument of accession to theParis Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, thus bringing the total number ofStates party to that Convention to 179. Cabo Verde will become bound by the Paris Convention
on 6 July 2022.
It is recalled that under PCT Rule 4.10(a), it is possible to claim in an international application
the priority of one or more earlier applications filed in, or for, any country party to the Paris
Convention or in, or for, any Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that is not party tothat Convention. Cabo Verde is already a member of the WTO.

Budapest Treaty
Accession by Malaysia
Malaysia deposited its instrument of accession to the Budapest Treaty on the International
Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure on
31 March 2022, bringing the total number of States party to that Treaty to 86. The Budapest

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Treaty will enter into force with respect to Malaysia on 30 June 2022. For further information,please refer to Budapest Notification No. 349 at:https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/budapest/treaty_budapest_349.html
Information about the Budapest Treaty
A document containing a summary of the Budapest Treaty and Regulations, as well as an
explanation of the main advantages of the Treaty (WO/INF/12 Rev.28), is available in English,
French and Spanish at, respectively:
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/pdf/wo_inf_12.pdf
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/fr/registration/budapest/pdf/wo_inf_12.pdf
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/es/registration/budapest/pdf/wo_inf_12.pdf

Electronic Filing and Processing of International Applications
Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom) to stop accepting international applications
filed using PCT-SAFEThe Intellectual Property Office 1 (United Kingdom) (which already accepts international
applications via alternative methods, such as eOLF) has notified the International Bureau (IB)that, with effect from 1 July 2022, it will no longer accept international applications filed inelectronic form using the PCT-SAFE software.
The Intellectual Property Office is in the process of implementing ePCT-Filing as a replacement
for PCT-SAFE and is looking to accept filings via this system as of 1 July 2022. For further
information please refer to the announcement by the Office at:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/filing-pct-applications-via-pct-safe
Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, Directorate of Industrial andCommercial Property Protection (Syrian Arab Republic) to begin receiving andprocessing international applications in electronic form
The Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, Directorate of Industrial andCommercial Property Protection (Syrian Arab Republic), in its capacity as receiving Office, has
notified the IB under PCT Rule 89bis.1(d), that, with effect from 15 June 2022, it will accept
international applications filed using ePCT-Filing. The applicable electronic filing fee reductions
listed in item 4 of the Schedule of Fees are indicated in Fee Table I(a).
The notification containing the requirements and practices of the Office with regard to the filingof international applications in electronic form will be published in the Official Notices (PCT
Gazette) shortly at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/official_notices/index.html(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (SY))

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ePCT Update
Push notifications now available as a strong authentication option for ePCTUsing push notifications generated by the ForgeRock authenticator app on your mobile device
is the latest and most efficient strong authentication method that can be registered with yourWIPO Account for logging in to ePCT. The ForgeRock app is free of charge and can beinstalled on both iOS and Android devices.
If you select this option when logging in to ePCT, you will receive a notification on your mobile
device with the option to “Accept or Reject” authentication. The push notification is
instantaneous and is not subject to delay as can be the case for one-time passwords by text
message (SMS) due to poor network signal. It also avoids potential typing errors, for example,
when entering the one-time password received by text message (SMS) or generated by certain
other authenticator apps.
IMPORTANT: the registered device used for push notifications should be protected using alocking mechanism such as a PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition.
You can find out more about strong authentication at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/epct/learnmore.html?N=485

WIPO Account: What’s New?
It is recalled that a WIPO Account allows you to access WIPO’s full range of services, including
the online filing and management of PCT applications (ePCT) and payment of fees. You canalso benefit from the wealth of special features and functionalities of WIPO’s IP Portal that are
only available to you if you are logged in with your WIPO Account, such as the customizable
dashboard of widgets or the personal messaging system that groups all the notifications
addressed to you by different WIPO online services. For further information on the benefits oflogging in with a WIPO Account, please visit:https://ipportal.wipo.int/about
To further enhance the user experience, we have introduced the following new features in
WIPO Account:
WIPO Account specific support pages
New FAQs and “HOW TO” pages are available at, respectively:
https://www.wipo.int/ipportal-support/wipoaccount/faq
https://www.wipo.int/ipportal-support/wipoaccount/howto
These pages guide you through the creation and management of your WIPO Account. You canaccess these pages via “HELP” in the top navigation bar of the WIPO IP Portal login page or via
your WIPO Account page after login.
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with your WIPO Account. You can find out more on the WIPO Account “HOW TO” page
mentioned above.
New strong authentication method: push notifications
As already mentioned in “ePCT Update” above, we have introduced “push notification” as anadditional strong authentication method, whereby you can register a mobile device to receive
push notifications via your WIPO Account. Please note that strong authentication is currently
only used by ePCT. For further information on push notifications, please refer to ePCT Update,above.
Further information
If you don’t have a WIPO Account, you can create one in just a few clicks at:https://www3.wipo.int/wipoaccounts/generic/public/register.xhtml
To access your WIPO Account profile, please go to:https://www3.wipo.int/wipoaccounts/generic/private/profile.xhtml
If you have any questions on WIPO Account, please use the “Contact us” page at:https://www3.wipo.int/contact/en/area.jsp?area=myaccount

WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT)The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has notified the International
Bureau (IB) that, with effect from 1 June 2022, it will commence operation as a depositing Officeof the WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS). As a depositing Office, it willdeposit certified copies of patent, utility model, industrial design and trademark applications aspriority documents, including PCT applications filed at the Office on and after 1 June 2022,
which the applicant specifically requests be made available to the service.
The corresponding DAS Notification, which contains further information, is available at:https://www.wipo.int/das/en/participating_offices/details.jsp?id=12457
By using DAS, a PCT applicant can request the IB to retrieve a copy of an earlier applicationfrom DAS for use as a priority document, instead of providing or arranging for the provision of acertified copy. The best practice for making such a request is by selecting the DAS option forproviding the priority document to the IB in ePCT-Filing or, post-filing, using the dedicated“Action” in ePCT. Provided that the access code entered in ePCT matches the access code in
DAS, the priority document is automatically made available to the internal processing system at
the IB.
Please be aware that, in order to be able to make use of the DAS service, the Office with which
the earlier application was filed must be a DAS depositing Office, and not necessarily thereceiving Office with which the international application is filed. Information on DAS
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Change to Publication Schedule
Publication of 27 May 2022
Due to the fact that Thursday, 26 May 2022, will be a non-working day at WIPO, the PCT
applications (as well as any Official Notices (PCT Gazette)) which would normally have been
published on that day will be published on Friday, 27 May 2022. The date of completion oftechnical preparations for that publication will, however, remain unchanged, and any changes
that should be taken into account for the purposes of international publication should bereceived by the International Bureau by midnight (Central European Summer Time (CEST)) on
Tuesday, 10 May 2022.

PCT Information Update
ES Spain (fees)
The amounts of the following fee, payable to the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office as
receiving Office, have changed with effect from 1 January 2022:
Fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority:-

online: .............................................................................

EUR

91.35

-

on paper: .........................................................................

EUR

107.46

In addition, the amounts of the national fee, payable to the Office as designated (or elected)
Office, has also changed with effect from the same date:
Filing fee:-

online: ................................................................................

EUR

87.03

-

on paper: ............................................................................

EUR

102.39(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (ES) and National Chapter, Summary (ES))
GB United Kingdom (filing of international applications in electronic form)
For information on the ceasing of the acceptance by the Intellectual Property Office 2 (United
Kingdom) of electronic Filings via PCT-SAFE, please refer to “Electronic Filing and Processingof International Applications”, above.
IT Italy (fees)
The Italian Patent and Trademark Office has notified the amounts of the fee for an electronic
copy of the priority document, as follows (the amounts for paper copies have not changed):

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Fee for priority document:-

for the request to prepare the priority document(in fee stamps): ..............................................................

EUR

16

-

plus, for the download of the electronic copy (in fee stamps): EUR

16-plus, for a patent application: .........................................

EUR

3

-

or for a utility model application: .....................................

EUR

3(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (IT))
JM Jamaica (competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities;
summary of requirements for entry into the national phase)
The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office has specified, with effect from 17 March 2022, theAustralian Patent Office, in addition to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and theEuropean Patent Office, as competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining
Authority for international applications filed by nationals and residents of Jamaica with the
Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (or with the International Bureau (IB)) as receiving Office.
Also, information on the requirements of Jamaica as designated (or elected) Office has been
published in the PCT Applicant’s Guide (National Chapter, Summary (JM)) on the PCT website
at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/jm.pdf
PL Poland (telephone number)
The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland has deleted one of its telephone numbers andnotified a new telephone number. The numbers to be used now are as follows:
Telephone:(48-22) 579 01 27 (International Applications Division)(48-22) 579 05 55 (Contact Centre)(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex B1 (PL))
SY Syrian Arab Republic (e-mail and Internet addresses; electronic filing)
The e-mail and Internet addresses of the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection,
Directorate of Industrial and Commercial Property Protection (Syrian Arab Republic) havechanged, as follows:
E-mail:patentoffice@spo.gov.sy

Internet:

http://ww.dcip.gov.sy

For information on the acceptance, with effect from 15 June 2022, by the Office as receiving
Office of international applications filed using ePCT-Filing, as well as information on theelectronic filing fee reductions listed in item 4 of the Schedule of Fees that will be applicable,please refer to “Electronic Filing and Processing of International Applications”, above.

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UA Ukraine (competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities)
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, on behalf of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Intellectual
Property Institute (Ukrpatent)” has specified, with effect from 24 February 2022, the European
Patent Office and the Ukrpatent, as competent International Searching and Preliminary
Examining Authorities for international applications filed by nationals and residents of Ukrainewith the Ukrpatent (or with the International Bureau (IB)) as receiving Office.
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (UA))
ZA South Africa (fees)
As from 1 June 2022, there will be a change in the equivalent amounts of the international filingfee and the fee per sheet over 30, payable in ZAR to the Companies and Intellectual Property
Commission (CIPC) (South Africa) as receiving Office, as well as a change in the equivalentamount(s) in ZAR of the applicable fee reductions listed in item 4 of the Schedule of Fees, as
indicated in Fee Table I(a).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (ZA))
Search fee (Australian Patent Office, Austrian Patent Office, China National Intellectual
Property Administration (CNIPA), Egyptian Patent Office, European Patent Office, Federal
Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation), Finnish Patent andRegistration Office, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Intellectual Property Officeof the Philippines, National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil), National Institute ofIndustrial Property (Chile), National Intellectual Property Authority, State Enterprise“Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent)”, Nordic Patent Institute, Spanish
Patent and Trademark Office, Swedish Intellectual Property Office, Turkish Patent andTrademark Office (TURKPATENT), United States Patent and Trademark Office, Visegrad
Patent Institute)
As from 1 June 2022, there will be changes in the equivalent amounts payable in the currencies
specified below for international searches carried out by the following Offices:
Australian Patent Office......................................................

EUR

Austrian Patent Office ........................................................

SGD, USD

China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)

EUR

Egyptian Patent Office........................................................

EUR

European Patent Office ......................................................

SGD, USD

Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)(Russian Federation) ..........................................................

CHF, EUR, USD

Finnish Patent and Registration Office ...............................

USD

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore ...........................

EUR

Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines .....................

EUR

National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) ..................

USD

National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) ...................

EUR

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National Intellectual Property Authority, State Enterprise“Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent)” .........

USD

Nordic Patent Institute ........................................................

USD

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office ...............................

USD

Swedish Intellectual Property Office ...................................

USD

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) .....

USD

United States Patent and Trademark Office .......................

EUR, ZAR

Visegrad Patent Institute ....................................................

USD

The above-mentioned amounts are indicated in Fee Table I(b).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex D (AT, AU, BR, CL, CN, EG, EP, ES, FI, PH, RU,
SE, SG, TR, UA, XN, XV, US))Supplementary search fee (Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (RussianFederation))
As from 1 June 2022, there will be a change in the amount payable in CHF for a supplementaryinternational search carried out by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)(Russian Federation), as indicated in Fee Table I(c).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex SISA (RU))

New/Updated PCT Resources
PCT meeting documents
The Report of the fourteenth session of the PCT Working Group (document PCT/WG/14/19),
which took place during the period from 14 to 17 June 2021, has been adopted bycorrespondence and is now available in Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian andSpanish, together with the other documents for the session at:https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id= 62348
PCT Success Stories page available in other languages
It is recalled that in January 2022, we welcomed the furnishing of “PCT Success Stories” to theInternational Bureau, and started a new corresponding page on the PCT website. PCT users
are encouraged to share with WIPO and other users of the PCT their stories about how the PCT
helped them seek patent protection for their invention. A selection of the stories submitted will
be highlighted on the PCT website and on WIPO social media.
The PCT Success Stories page, including the form that should be completed when submitting astory, has been translated from English into all the other PCT publication languages (Arabic,
Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish), which can beselected at the top of the page at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/success_story/success_story.html
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External PCT Training Resources
It is recalled that between 8 February and 18 March 2022, the Schwegman Lundberg
Woessner (SLW) Institute (part of the Minnesota-based law firm of the same name) organized aseries of 15 consecutive training webinars on PCT procedure, docketing, filing and strategic
use. The speaker for the series was Carl Oppedahl, an experienced patent attorney (Oppedahl
Patent Law Firm LLC) and PCT user. Carl is a highly appreciated lecturer, has been a featured
presenter at many previous PCT seminars, and serves as a WIPO PCT consultant. A link to allof the (free of charge) recordings and seminar materials is available at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/training/external-training.html

PATENTSCOPE News
Wildcards and fields in PATENTSCOPE
The ever-increasing coverage in terms of number of documents, the support of more and moredifferent languages for search and the growing popularity of the PATENTSCOPE system have
gradually been impacting the system's response times.
In order to maintain a high level of service with good consistent response times and ensure
system stability, targeted limitations related to wildcards and to a few resource-hungry search
fields have been put in place. For further details, please refer to the PATENTSCOPE news
article at:https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/news/pctdb/2022/news_0002.html
WIPO will also be investing in latest generation hardware to improve PATENTSCOPE's
response times globally in the near future.

World Intellectual Property Report 2022
The 2022 edition of WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Report – “The Direction of Innovation” –examines how crises such as pandemics and wars can influence the evolution of innovation bylooking at historical scientific and technological advances from vaccine development during the
COVID-19 outbreak to the rise and prevalence of digital technologies of today.
The Report, as well as further information, is available at:https://www.wipo.int/wipr/en/2022/

World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April 2022 − Reminder
As we already mentioned in PCT Newsletter Nos. 01/2022 and 02/2022, World Intellectual
Property Day (World IP Day) will be held, as usual, on 26 April. This year’s theme, “IP and
Youth: Innovating for a Better Future”, recognizes the huge potential of young people to drivechange and step up to innovation challenges.
A calendar of the many World IP Day virtual events is available at:https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2022/events_calendar.html

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For further information on World IP Day, please visit the WIPO website at:https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/

WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation
The WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation 2022 will take place from 23 to 24 May
2022 at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Symposium, which is open to the
public, can be attended in person or via an online platform.
The Symposium will discuss the roles of trade secret systems in supporting innovation andknowledge-sharing in a rapidly changing innovation ecosystem, which is increasinglyinternational and driven by digital information. Prominent international speakers and panelists
will explore the current topics on trade secrets – one of the oldest knowledge management
tools.
The working languages of the Symposium will be English, French and Spanish, withsimultaneous interpretation. Further information, including information on how to register, isavailable at:https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2022/symposium-trade-secrets.html

Practical Advice
Requesting that the international application be treated as an application for a type ofprotection other than a patent in a particular country
Q: If I wish to request a type of protection other than a patent in a particular PCT Contracting
State, should I specify this in the international application at the time of filing?
A: First of all, it is recalled that protection other than a patent can only requested if thedesignated Office grants such types of protection. The type(s) of protection available in each
PCT Contracting State is indicated in the corresponding part of Annex B of the PCT Applicant’s
Guide and in the table “Types of Protection Available via the PCT in PCT Contracting States” at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/typesprotection.html
Examples of such kinds of protection other than a patent are: a utility model, a utility certificate,a petty patent or an inventor’s certificate. 3
You are generally not required to make, at the time of filing, any indications in the request form
(PCT/RO/101) or in ePCT as to the specific type of protection that you are seeking in aparticular country. This is because the filing of the request portion of the international
application constitutes, under PCT Rule 4.9(a), the automatic and all-inclusive coverage of all
designations available under the PCT on the international filing date, in respect of every kind ofprotection available for each country concerned and, where applicable, in respect of both

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Please note that some countries which under their national law provide for a type of protection other than a patent may
have “closed the national route”. This means that the State may be designated only for the purposes of a regional
patent, with the result that such other type of protection cannot be obtained via the PCT for the country concerned. Anysuch other type of protection, for example a “certificat d’invention” in France, could only be requested in a direct national
application. The PCT Applicant’s Guide and PCT table containing types of protection, referred to above, do not include
any types of protection which cannot be obtained via the PCT .

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regional and national patents. 4 Therefore, there is no requirement or facility for requesting aparticular type of protection during the international phase. Note, however, that if you wish an
application to be treated as a patent of addition, certificate of addition, inventor’s certificate ofaddition or utility certificate of addition (PCT Rule 4.11(a)(i)), or a continuation or a continuationin-part of an earlier application (PCT Rule 4.11(a)(ii)), certain indications may be required in therequest form.
If you wish your international application to be treated, in a particular designated or electedState in respect of which PCT Article 43 applies 5, as an application not for a patent but foranother kind of protection available under the national law of the designated or elected State
concerned (or where possible, in addition to a patent), you should indicate that choice ofprotection directly to the designated or elected Office concerned when performing the acts
referred to in PCT Articles 22 or 39(1) for entry into the national (or regional) phase. However,
the time when you should do this may vary, depending on the applicable national law – somedesignated (or elected) Offices allow you to indicate your choice(s) of protection at a later time
(PCT Rule 49bis.2(b)). Note that, where more than one type of protection is sought, you may
also be required to indicate which type of protection is sought primarily (see PCTRule 49bis.1(b)). If you do not make any express indication that you wish to apply for a type ofprotection other than a patent when performing the acts referred to in PCT Article 22, thedesignated Office will treat the application as an application for a patent.
Note that where there is more than one applicant named in the international application, andwhere more than one type of protection is available in a PCT Contracting State, different
applicants may not be indicated for different types of protection. The same applies where aState can be designated for both a national and a regional patent.
Even if you request one particular type of protection, a number of Offices will allow you toconvert from one type of protection to another at a later date (PCT Rule 49bis.2(b)) (forinstance, from a utility model application (or utility model) to a patent application (or patent), or
vice versa). This may, however, be subject to the payment of a special fee. Althoughconversions are normally made by applicants, some Offices may convert an application ex
officio where appropriate.
For further information on any specific requirements of designated Offices in connection withrequesting different types of protection, and on converting from one type of protection toanother, please refer to the corresponding National Chapter of the PCT Applicant's Guide at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/appguide/4

You should be aware that there is an exception to the all-inclusive designation if you need to exclude (irrevocably) the
designations of certain States (specifically: DE Germany, JP Japan or KR Republic of Korea) for any kind of national
patent. Such exclusion of designations is highly recommended if, at the time of filing or if a priority claim is added
subsequently under PCT Rule 26bis.1, PCT Rule 4.9(b) applies to any of those countries and the international
application claims priority of an earlier national application filed in the State concerned. Withdrawing the designation ofthat State avoids the situation where the earlier national application, the priority of which is claimed, would cease to haveeffect.

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PCT Seminar Calendar(https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/seminar/seminar.pdf)(situation on 20 April 2022)

Dates andlocation

Language Nature of seminar;of
WIPO speakers
seminar(and others where known)

Organizer andcontact details

18 May 2022
(Online)Arabic/FrenchAlgerian National Institute of Industrial
Property (INAPI), Algiers, Algeria
E-mail: l.boudjedar@inapi.dz

18 – 20 May 2022
Stockholm (SE)English8 – 9 June 2022
(Online)Arabic/English

9 – 10 June 2022
(Online)English15 June 2022
(Online)Arabic/French3 October 2022
(Online)German23 – 25 November
2022
Düsseldorf (DE)German/EnglishWIPO “PCT Prime” Webinar on the
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and
Related IP Services for the Center for
Research on Environment (CRE),
National School of Agronomy,
Universities of Khenchela, Mascara,
Batna and Souk Ahras, Algeria
WIPO Speakers:
Mr. Ahmed Ethmane, Ms. Bonvallet,
Mr. Jazairy and Mr. Elangi Botoy
Advanced PCT Seminar
WIPO speakers: to be announced
WIPO Regional Virtual Symposium
for Arab Countries on how toStrengthen Partnerships between
Academia and Industry to Benefit
from the Advantages Provided by the
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT),
Cairo, Egypt
WIPO speakers: Ms. Bonvallet,
Mr. Abdelnasser, Mr. Jazairy and
Mr. Abdelaziz
PCT seminar within the framework of
the basic training course in European
patent law
WIPO speakers: Ms. Schumm and
Mr. Taegeun Kim

IP-Akademin, Trona Patentrådgivning AB(Mr. Adrian Farhadi)
E-mail: info@ipakademin.se
Internet: www.ipakademin.se
Egyptian Patent OfficeE-mail: patinfo@egypo.gov.eg

Centre d’études internationales de la
propriété intellectuelle (CEIPI)(Mr. Pablo Calvo Ramón and Ms. Ruth
Sánchez Sánchez)
E-mail: pcalvo@abg-ip.com;
rss.edu@elzaburu.es
WIPO “PCT Prime” Webinar on theAlgerian National Institute of Industrial
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and Property (INAPI), Algiers, Algeria
Related IP Services for theE-mail: l.boudjedar@inapi.dz
Universities of Constantine, Mila,
Tebessa, Adrar and Batna, Algeria
WIPO Speakers:
Mr. Ahmed Ethmane, Ms. Bonvallet,
Mr. Jazairy and Mr. Elangi Botoy
Seminar on the latest developments
Centre d’études internationales de laconcerning the PCT, within the
propriété intellectuelle (CEIPI)
framework of the CEIPI basic course (Ms. Lea Pessina)
Tel: (41-44) 387 53 53
WIPO speaker: to be announced
Fax: (41-44) 387 53 54
E-mail: lea.pessina@sbmp.ch
PCT presentation on the latest
Intellectual Property for Intellectual People
developments in the PCT within the(IP for IP) GmbHframework of the 12th PAFA-Tagung (Ms. Monika Huppertz)
Tel: (49-0) 6201 844 37 30
conference
Fax: (49-0) 6201 98 62 10
WIPO speaker: Mr. Reischle-Park
E-mail: info@ipforip.de
Other WIPO speakers on other IP
Internet: https://www.ipforip.com
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PCT Fee Tables(amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)
The following Tables show the amounts and currencies of the main PCT fees which are payable to the receiving Offices (ROs) and the International
Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs) during the international phase under Chapter I (Tables I(a) and I(b)) and under Chapter II (Table II).
Fees which are payable only in particular circumstances are not shown; nor are details of certain reductions and refunds which may be available;
such information can be found in the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annexes C, D and E. Note that all amounts are subject to change due to variations in
the fees themselves or fluctuations in exchange rates. The international filing fee may be reduced by CHF 100, 200 or 300 where the international
application, or part of the international application, is filed in electronic form, as prescribed under Item 4(a), (b) and (c) of the Schedule of Fees
(annexed to the Regulations under the PCT) and the PCT Applicant’s Guide, paragraph 5.189. A 90% reduction in the international filing fee(including the fee per sheet over 30), the supplementary search handling fee and the handling fee, as well as an exemption from the transmittal
fee payable to the International Bureau as receiving Office, is also available to applicants from certain States—refer to footnotes 2 and 14. (Notethat if the CHF 100, 200 or 300 reduction, as the case may be, and the 90% reduction are applicable, the 90% reduction is calculated after the
CHF 100, 200 or 300 reduction.) The footnotes to the Fee Tables follow Table II.
Key to abbreviations used in fee tables:eq
equivalent of –IAinternational application
IPEA International Preliminary
Examining Authority
ISA
International Searching
Authority
ISR
international search
reportRO
receiving Office
Currencies:
ALL
Albanian lek
AMD Armenian dram
AUD Australian dollar
AZN Azerbaijani manat
BAM Convertible mark
BGN Bulgarian lev
BHD Bahraini dinar

BND
BRL
BYN
BZD
CAD
CHF
CLP
CNY
COP
CUP
CZK
DJF
DKK
DZD
EGP
EUR
GBP
GHS

Brunei dollar
Brazilian real
Belarusian rouble
Belize dollar
Canadian dollar
Swiss franc
Chilean peso
Yuan renminbi
Colombian peso
Cuban peso
Czech koruna
Djibouti francDanish krone
Algerian dinar
Egyptian pound
Euro
Pound sterling
Ghanaian cedi

HRK
HUF
IDR
ILS
INR
IRR
ISK
JMD
JOD
JPY
KES
KGS
KHR
KPW
KRW
KZT
LSL
LYD

Croatian kuna
Hungarian forint
Indonesian rupiah
New Israeli sheqel
Indian rupee
Iranian rial
Icelandic krona
Jamaican dollar
Jordanian dinar
Japanese yen
Kenyan shilling
Kyrgys som
Cambodian rielWon (KP)
Won (KR)
Kazakh tenge
Lesotho loti
Libyan dinar

MAD
MKD
MWK
MYR
NOK
NZD
OMR
PEN
PGK
PHP
PLN
QAR
RON
RSD
RUB
SAT
SDG
SEK

Moroccan dirham
Macedonian denar
Malawian kwacha
Malaysian ringgit
Norwegian krone
New Zealand dollar
Omani rial
Nuevo sol
Kina
Philippine peso
Polish zloty
Qatari riyal
New leu
Serbian dinar
Russian rouble
Samoan tala
Sudanese pound
Swedish krona

SGD
THB
TJS
TND
TRY
TTD

Singapore dollar
Baht
Tajik somoni
Tunisian dinar
Turkish lira
Trinidad and Tobago
dollar
UAH Ukrainian hryvnia
UGX Uganda shilling
USD US dollar
UZS Uzbek sum
VND Vietnamese dong
XAF CFA franc BEAC
XCD East Caribbean dollar
ZAR South African rand
ZWD Zimbabwe dollar

Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees(amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

RO

Transmittal fee 1

International
filing fee1, 2(CHF 1,330)

Fee per
sheetover 301, 2, 3
(CHF 15)

E-filing reductions according to
Schedule of Fees:

Item 4(a) 5 Item 4(b) 6 Item 4(c) 7(CHF 100) (CHF 200) (CHF 300)

AL

ALL

9,000

CHF

1,330

15

–

AM

AMD

32,000

USD

1,437

16

–

USD
50
(or eq in local currency)

USD

1,437

16

–

AP

Competent
ISA(s) 4

–

–

EP

–

–

EP RU

216

324

AT EP SE

AT

EUR

52

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

AU

AUD

200

AUD

1,970

22

–

296

444

AU KR

AZ

AZN

30

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

BA

BAM

50

EUR

1,235

14

–

–

–

BG

BGN

80

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

BH

BHD

70

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

BN

BND

150

BND eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

AU EP JP KR SGBR

BRL 8 online:
on paper: 9

175
260

BRL eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

AT BR EP SE US

EP RU
EP
EP RU
AT EP US

BW

USD

32

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

EP

BY

BYN

78.40

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

EP RU

BZ

BZD

300

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

CA EP

CA

CA

305.39

CAD

1,811

20

–

272

408

CA

CH

CHF

100

CHF

1,330

15

–

200

300

EP

CL

CLP eq USD 10130

CLP eq USD10 1,437

eq USD10 16–

eq USD 216

eq USD 324

CN

CNY

none

CNY

9,280

100

–

1,390

2,090

CO

COP online:419,640
on paper: 503,470

COP eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

CR

USD online:
on paper:

USD

16

–

216

324

212
289

1,437

CL EP ES KR US
CN EP 11
AT BR CL EP ES KR
RU
CL EP ES[continued on next page]

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Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees [continued](amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

RO

Transmittal fee1

International
filing fee1, 2

Fee per
sheetover 301, 2, 3

CUP eq CHF 1,330

E-filing reductions according to
Schedule of Fees:
Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7Competent
ISA(s)4
AT BR CL EP ES RU

CU

CUP

2,400

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

CY

EUR

191

EUR

1,235

14

–

–

–

CZ

CZK

1,500

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

270

EP XV

DE

EUR

90

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

DJ

USD
or eq DJF

100

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

AT EG EPEP SE XN

EP

DK

DKK

1,500

DKK

9,180

100

–

1,380

2,070

DO

USD

316

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

DZ

DZD

None

CHF

1,330

15

–

200

300

AT EP

EA

RUB

1,600

USD
or EUR

1,437
1,235

16
14

–
–

216
186

324
279

EP RU

EC

USD

300

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

CL EP ES

EE

EUR

120

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

EG

USD

142

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

AT EG EP US

EP

EUR

140

EUR

1,235

14

93

186

279

EP

ES

EUR

75.75

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP ES

FI

EUR

135

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP FI SE

FR

EUR

62

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

GB

GBP

75

GBP

1,056

12

–

159

238

EP

GD

Information not yet available

GE

USD 12

100

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

AT EP IL RU US

GH

GHS 132,500 or 5,000

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

AT AU CN EP SE

GR

EUR

115

EUR

1,235

14

–

–

–

EP

HN

USD

200

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

EP ES

HR

HRK

200

HRK eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

HU

HUF

11,800

HUF

468,300

5,300–

70,400105,600

IB

CHF 14or EUR14
or USD14

100
93
108

CHF
or EUR
or USD

1,330
1,235
1,437

15
14
16

100
93
108

200
186
216

300
279
324

Refer to footnote 15

ID

IDR

1,000,000

IDR

eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

AU EP JP KR RU SG

IE

EUR

76

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

IL

ILS

567

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

EP IL USIN

Paper filings:
INR
3,500 16INR
17,600 17
No fee for e-filings

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

AT AU CN EP IN JP
SE US

IR

IRR
50,000(natural persons)
IRR
500,000(legal persons)

IRR

eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

IS

ISK

18,200ISK

185,500

2,100–

27,90041,800

IT

EUR

30.99

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

JM Information not yet available
JOD

100

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

JP

JPY

17,000 18

JPY159,500

1,800

–

–

36,000

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

USD 250 or KES 5,000
plus cost of mailing

EP
EP XV

CN EP IN RU

EP SE XNEPAU CA EPJOKE

CL EP ES US

KG

KGS

4,000 19

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

KH

KHR

420,000

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

AT AU EP US
EP IN JP SG
AT AU CN EP SE
EP RU
CN EP JP KR SG

KN

XCD

50

XCD eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15

–

–

–

EP US

KP

KPW eq CHF

50

KPW eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–––

AT CN RU

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Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees [continued](amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

International
filing fee1, 2

Fee per
sheetover 301, 2, 3

E-filing reductions according to
Schedule of Fees:
Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7Competent
ISA(s)4

RO

Transmittal fee1

KR

KRW

45,000

CHF

1,330

15

–

–

300

KZ

KZT

10,264.80

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

LR

USD

50

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

AT AU CN EP SE

LS

LSL

– 21

LSL

eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15

–

–

–

AT EP

AT AU JP 20 KR SG
EP RU

LT

EUR

92

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

LU

EUR

19

EUR

1,235

14

–

–

–

LV

EUR

70

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

LY

LYD

21

–

CHF

1,330

15

–

–

–

MA

MAD

None

CHF

1,330

15

–

200

300

MD

EUR

100

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

EP RU

ME

EUR

15

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

MK

MKD

2,700

MKD eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15

–

–

–

EP

None

CHF

1,330

15

–

–

–

EP KR RU

55

EUR

1,235

14

–

–

–

EP

MN
MT

EUR

MW

MWK

6,000

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

MX

USD

323.70 22

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

MY

MYR 500 (e-filing) 23
550 (paper filing)23

MYR eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

EP RU XV
EP
EP RU
AT EP
AT EP RU SE

EP
AT CL EP ES KR SE
SG US
AU EP JP KR

NI

USD

200

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

EP ES

NL

EUR

50

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

NO

NOK

800

NOK

12,320

140

–

1,850

2,780

EP SE XN

NZ

NZD

207

NZD

2,060

23

–

310

465

AU EP KR US

OA

XAF

–21

XAF

eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–––

AT EP RU SE

OM

OMR

40

OMR eq USD 1,437

eq USD 16–

eq USD 216

eq USD 324

AT AU EG EP US

PA

USD

240

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

PE

PEN

233.35

PEN eq USD 1,437

eq USD 16–

eq USD 216

eq USD 324

PG

PGK

250

USD

16

–

–

–

PH

PHP

4,200

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

PL

PLN

300

PLN

eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

PT

EUR 10.79 (online filing)
EUR 21.58 (paper filing)

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

QA

QAR

400

QAR eq USD 1,437

eq USD 16–

eq USD 216

eq USD 324

RO

RON

495

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP RU

RS

RSD

8,21024

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP XV

1,700

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

EP RU

16

–

216

324

CA EG EP KR RU
SG US

1,437

BR CL EP ES US
AT BR CL EP ES KR USAUAU EP JP KR PH US
EP XVEPEG EP US

RU

RUB

RW

Information not yet available

SA

USD

100

USD

1,437

SC

USD

–21

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

SD

SDG

50

SDG eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

eq CHF 300

SE

SEK

1,200

SEK
12,520(from 1.5.22: 14,330)

140
(160)

–
(–)

1,880
(2,150)2,820(3,230)

SG

SGD

150

SGD

1,948

22

–

293

439

SI

EUR

91

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP

SK

EUR (paper filings)66 25

EUR

1,235

14

–

186

279

EP XV

324

CL EP ESSV

None 26

USD

1,437

16

–

216

USD

1,437

16

–

–
(from
15.06.22:
216)

THB eq CHF 1,330

eq CHF 15–

eq CHF 200

16

–

216

SY

USD

–21

TH

THB

3,000

TJ

TJS

–21

USD

1,437

16

EP
EG EP
EP SE XNAT AU EP JP KR SGAT EG EP RU–(from
15.06.22:324)
eq CHF 300
324

AU CN EP JP KR SG
US
EP RU

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Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees [continued](amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

Fee per
sheetover 301, 2, 3International
filing fee1, 2E-filing reductions according to
Schedule of Fees:
Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7Competent
ISA(s)4

RO

Transmittal fee1

TM

USD

–21

USD

1,437

16

–

–

–

TN

TND

100

CHF

1,330

15

–

200

300

None

CHF

1,330

15

–

200

300

EP TR

750

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

AT CL EP SE US

USD (oreq UAH or EUR) 1,437

16

–

–

–

TR
TT
UA

TTD

UAH (oreq EUR or USD) 27 2,600

UG
US

UGX
USD
small entity 29:
micro entity29:–

UGX

eq USD 1,437

eq USD 16

260 28
13028
6528

USD

1,437

16

108

– eq USD 216 eq USD 324
216

–

EP RU
EP

EP UA
AT EP SGAU EP IL JP KR RU
SG US

UZ

UZS

245,000 30

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

EP RU

VN

VND

300,000

CHF

1,330

15

–

200

300

AT AU EP JP KR RU
SE SG

WS

SAT

200

USD

1,437

16

–

216

324

EP PH

ZA

ZAR

525

ZAR

22,950

260

–

3,450

5,180

AT AU EP US(from 1.6.22: 20,980)

(240)

(–)

(3,160)(4,730)

1,437

16

–

216

324

ZWD eq USD 1,437

eq USD 16

–

–

–

ZM

USD

50

ZW

ZWD

6,000

USD

AT SE
AT AU CN EP RU

Table I(b) — Search fees(amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

ISA
AT 31

Search fee1
CHF

1,912

KRW 2,465,000*(from 1.6.22:

EUR

SGD

2,648

USD

1,946)

AU

AUD
USD

CHF
ZAR

1,485
23,890EUR**(from 1.6.22:

EUR

1,508)

BR8

Online:*(from 1.5.22:**(from 1.6.22:
On paper:*(from 1.5.22:

BRL
CHF
USD
BRL
CHF

1,685
301
335)
2,525
452

1,775
2,200
1,604

2,800

USD*

2,065

ZAR

30,7601,379

KRW 1,897,000

NZD

2,300

SGD

2,175

CHF*
EUR

275
306)

EUR*

269

USD**

313

CHF*
EUR

412
458)

EUR*

403

USD**

469

EUR

1,134

USD

1,310

USD

400

CHF

370

EUR*

344

USD

300

CHF

278

EUR*

258

EUR*

280

USD

325

EUR*

219

USD

255

DKK
NZD

13,200
2,961

GBP
SEK

1,518
18,000**(from 1.6.22:

USD

503)

CA

CAD

CHF

1,197

CL

USD
2,000
CHF
1,852
EUR*
*(from 1.6.22:
EUR
1,824)
In case of filing by a natural person or a legal entity2:*(from 1.6.22
EUR
365)
In case of filing by a university 32:*(from 1.6.22
EUR
274)

CN
EG 33

CNY

1,628.74

CHF

301*(from 1.6.22:

EUR

299)

EGP

2,100

SGD*

1,719

CHF

236

*(from 1.6.22:

EUR

199)

EUR
1,775
JPY
229,300
ZAR
30,760*(from 1.5.22:

CHF
NOK

1,912
17,710ISK251,800)**(from 1.6.22:

SGD

2,648

USD

1,946)

ES34

EUR

1,775

CHF

1,912

USD*

2,065

*(from 1.6.22 :USD

1,946)

FI

EUR

1,775

CHF

1,912

USD*

2,065

*(from 1.6.22 :USD

1,946)

IL

ILS

3,635

CHF

1,078

EUR

1,041

USD

EP 34

4,000

HUF 631,700
SGD**
2,800

ISK* 266,500
USD**
2,065

1,174

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Table I(b) — Search fees [continued](amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

ISA

Search fee1

IN

INR
10,000CHF
In case of filing by an individual:
INR
2,500
CHF

JP 35

For IAs in Japanese:

KR 36

PH

CHF

125

EUR

116

JPY

14,900

USD

135

31

EUR

29

JPY

3,700

USD

34

1,149

EUR

1,108

KRW 1,493,000

USD

1,248

JPY
143,000
For IAs in English:
JPY
169,000

CHF

1,358

EUR

1,310

SGD

1,991

USD

1,475

For IAs in Korean:
SGD
514

KRW
USD

450,000
379

AUD

520

CHF

353

EUR

326

NZD

544

For IAs in English:
SGD
1,371

KRW 1,200,000
USD
1,011

AUD

1,387

CHF

942

EUR

869

NZD

1,450

EUR*

860

400

CHF

370

EUR*

344

USD
1,000
CHF
*(from 1.6.22:
EUR
Small entity or government 37:

926
912)
USD

*(from 1.6.22:

EUR

365)

For IAs in Russian:

RUB

8,500

CHF*

108

EUR*

100

USD*

117

*(from 1.6.22:
For IAs in English:

CHF
RUB

76
40,000

EUR
CHF*

74
508

USD
EUR*

81)
472

USD*

549

*(from 1.6.22:

CHF

357

EUR

348

USD

383)

SEK
18,000USD**
2,065*(from 1.5.22:**(from 1.6.22:

CHF

1,912

DKK

13,200

EUR

1,775

ISK*

266,500

NOK

17,710ISK
USD

251,800)
1,946)

SG

SGD
2,240
*(from 1.6.22:

CHF
EUR

1,529
1,501)

EUR*

1,420

JPY

183,300

KRW 1,965,000

USD

1,652

TR

TRY

CHF

1,912

EUR

1,775

USD*

2,065

*(from 1.6.22:

USD

1,946)UA

For IAs in Ukrainian or Russian:

EUR

100

CHF

108

USD*

116

*(from 1.6.22:
USD
110)
For IAs in English, French or German:*(from 1.6.22:
USD
330)

EUR

300

CHF

323

USD*

349

USD

NZD

3,126

ZAR*

34,760RU

SE

US

18,250

CHF

2,018

EUR*

1,874

EUR

1,988

ZAR

31,920)For small entity29:

USD

1,090

CHF

1,009

EUR*

937

NZD

1,563

ZAR*

17,380*(from 1.6.22:
For micro entity29:

EUR
USD

994
545

ZAR
CHF

15,960)
505

EUR*

468

NZD

782

ZAR*

8,690

*(from 1.6.22:

EUR

497

ZAR

7,980)

DKK

EUR

1,775

ISK*

266,500

NOK

17,710SEK

18,000

HUF

631,700

USD*

2,065

2,180

*(from 1.6.22:

XN

XV

13,200

CHF

1,912

USD**
2,065
*(from 1.5.22:**(from 1.6.22:

ISK
USD

251,800)
1,946)

EUR
1,775*(from 1.6.22:

CHF
USD

1,912
1,946)

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Table I(c) — Supplementary search fees(amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

ISA
AT

Supplementary search fee

Supplementary search handling fee2, 38
CHF

200

34

CHF

200

CHF

200

CHF

200
200

– for a search of German-language
documentation:– for a search of European
and North American documentation:– for a search of PCT minimum
documentation:

CHF

916

CHF

1,282

CHF

1,831

EP

CHF

FI

CHF

1,912

RU

CHF

150

(from 1.6.22:

CHF

105)

CHF

240 39(from 1.6.22:

CHF

168)

1,912

SE

CHF

1,912

CHF

SG

CHF

1,529

CHF

200

TR

– for a full search:– for a search only of documents in Turkish
held in the search collection of the Authority

CHF

200

UA

– for a search of the documents in the searchcollection of the Authority, including the PCT
minimum documentation:
CHF– for a search of only the European andNorth American documentation:
CHF– for a search of only the Russian language
documentation of the former USSR and the
Ukrainian language documentation:
CHF– for a search where a declaration referred to in
PCT Article 17(2)(a) has been made because of
subject matter referred to in PCT Rule 39.1(iv): CHF

CHF

200

CHF

200

CHF

200

CHF

1,912

CHF

52

97
97

75

65

XN

– for a full search:– for searches only of documentation in
Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish:

CHF
CHF

579

XV

– for a full search:– for searches only of documentation in
Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak:

CHF

1,912

CHF

592

1,912

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Table II — Preliminary examination fees(amounts on 1 April 2022, unless otherwise indicated)

IPEA
AT

Preliminary examination fee 40
EUR

Handling fee2, 40(CHF 200)

1,74931

AU

AUD

590

820

BR

Online:BRL

6308

On paper:

BRL

9458

41

EUR

186

AUD

296

BRL eq CHF

200

CA

CAD

814.37

CAD

272

CL

USD

1,500

USD

216

in case of filing by a natural person or a legal entity2: USD 400
USD 300

in case of filing by a university32:
CN

CNY

1,500

CNY

1,390

EG

EGP

3,000

USD

216

EP

EUR

1,83034

EUR

186

ES

EUR

595.3734

EUR

186

FI

EUR

600

EUR

186

IL

ILS

1,558

ILS

695

IN

if ISR prepared by ISA/IN:

USD

216

JPY

24,000

KRW

256,000

USD

216

USD

216

INR 10,000; in case of filing by individual:

INR 2,500

if ISR not prepared by ISA/IN:
INR 12,000; in case of filing by individual:
JP35

For IAs in Japanese:

JPY

34,000For IAs in English:

JPY

69,000KR

KRW

450,000

PH

USD

500
USD 200

Small entity or government:37
RU

INR 3,000

For IAs in Russian:RUB

4,500 42For IAs in English:

RUB

16,00042 24,00043

6,750 43

SE

SEK

5,000

SEK

1,880

SG

SGD

830

SGD

293

TR

TRY

1,000

UA

If the ISR has been prepared by ISA/UA:– for IAs in English, French or German:

EUR

160

– for IAs in Russian or Ukrainian:

EUR

50

– for IAs in English, French or German:

EUR

180

– for IAs in Russian or Ukrainian:

EUR

70

CHF

200

EUR

186

USD

216

(from 1.5.22:

2,150)

If the ISR has been prepared by another ISA:

US

USD

44

640

800

For small entity29:

USD

320

40044

For micro entity29:

USD

160

20044

XN

DKK

5,000

DKK

1,380

XV

EUR

900

EUR

186

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Footnotes to fee tables:
1 Payable to the receiving Office in the currency or one of the currencies prescribed by it.
2 This fee is reduced by 90% where the applicant or, if there are two or more applicants, each applicant fulfills the criteria indicated on the PCT
website at: www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees. Note that the PCT Assembly adopted an Understanding, with effect from 11 October 2017, whichclarifies that this fee reduction is intended to apply only in the case where the applicants indicated in the request are the sole and true ownersof the application and under no obligation to assign, grant, convey or license the rights in the invention to another party which is not eligible forthe fee reduction.
3 Where the IA contains a sequence listing as a separate part of the description, this should preferably be furnished in accordance with Annex C,
paragraph 40, of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, that is, in compliance with WIPO Standard ST.25 text format; no additional
fees are due for sequence listings filed in this format. Where, however, such sequence listings are filed in the form of an image file (e.g. PDF),
fees are due for each page (refer to PCT Newsletter No. 06/2009, page 2 at: https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/newslett/2009/newslett_09.pdf).
4 For the search fee payable to the receiving Office, consult the entry in Table I(b) for the competent International Searching Authority.
5 If the IA is filed in electronic form, the request not being in character coded format.
6 If the IA is filed in electronic form, the request being in character coded format.
7 If the IA is filed in electronic form, the request, description, claims and abstract being in character coded format.
8 This fee is reduced by 60% where the IA is filed by a natural person, a small or medium-sized enterprise, a cooperative, an academic institution,a non-profit-making entity or a public institution. For further details, refer to Official Resolution of the National Institute of Industrial Property(Brazil) No. 251 of 2 October 2019.
9 Paper filings are only accepted if received by mail. For further details, refer to the Official Resolution of the National Institute of Industrial
Property (Brazil) No. 253 of 13 November 2019 (http://revistas.inpi.gov.br/pdf/Comunicados2550.pdf).
10 When calculating the USD equivalent amount in CLP, applicants should use the exchange rate fixed by the Central Bank of Chile on the day
before the date of payment.
11 The EPO is available as International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority as of 1 December 2020 for a duration of two years as apilot project. For further details, please refer to the EPO’s website at: https://www.epo.org/service-support/faq/own-file/cnipa-epo-pilot.html
and to the CNIPA’s website at: https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2020/10/20/art_364_153578.html
12 This fee is reduced by 70% where the applicant is a natural person and by 90% where the applicant is a student or a retiree.
13 The first amount of the transmittal fee is applicable to individuals or entities employing less than 25 persons. The second amount is applicable
to entities employing 25 persons or more.
14 This fee is not payable in respect of IAs filed by applicants fulfilling the conditions indicated on the PCT website at: www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees
15 The competent International Searching Authority(ies) for an IA filed with the International Bureau as receiving Office is (are) the Authority(ies)which would have been competent if the IA had been filed with the receiving Office of, or acting for, the Contracting State of which the applicant(or any of the applicants) is a resident or national. Refer also to the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (IB).
16 The fee for paper filings for a natural person or startup or small entity(ies).
17 The fee for paper filings for other(s), alone or with natural person(s) or startup(s) or small entity(ies).
18 This fee is reduced if the application is filed in Japanese by applicants who are eligible for fee reductions, such as small or medium-sizedenterprises, micro enterprises and academic institutions.
Further details on eligibility for the fee reduction are available at:www.jpo.go.jp/system/process/tesuryo/genmen/genmen20190401/document/index/leaflet_e.pdf
19 This fee is reduced by 90% if the applicant is an individual. The amount does not include the postage/mailing costs which must be paid by theapplicant directly to the express delivery service (e.g. DHL). For non-residents of Kyrgyzstan, the equivalent amount of the fee can be paid ina freely convertible currency, in accordance with the exchange rate established by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and applicableon the date of payment.
20 The Japan Patent Office is competent only for IAs filed in Japanese or for which a translation into Japanese has been furnished under PCT
Rule 12.3.
21 The amount of this fee is not yet known. The Office should be consulted for the applicable fee amount.
22 This fee is subject to a national tax of 16%.
23 Plus MYR 60 for each sheet in excess of 30 for electronic filings, and MYR 70 for each sheet in excess of 30 for paper filings.
24 This fee is reduced by 50% where the applicant is a natural person.
25 This fee is reduced by 50% for online filings.
26 Although there is no transmittal fee payable, the applicant must nevertheless pay the postage fee for the transmittal of the copy of theinternational application to the International Bureau and the International Searching Authority.
27 This fee is reduced by 90% where all applicants are also inventors and by 80% where all applicants are also non-profitable institutions and/ororganizations. When the fee is payable with relation to an application made by both types of applicant, and all applicants are either also
inventors, or non-profitable institutions and/or organizations, the fee is reduced by 80%.
28 Plus non-electronic filing fee portion for IAs filed other than by the Office electronic filing system of USD 400, or in the case of filings by small
entities or micro entities: USD 200.
29 For further details about entitlement to and establishment of “small entity” status and “micro entity” status, refer to 37 CFR § 1.27 and 1.29
(pages R-41 and R-47), respectively, at: www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_rules.pdf
30 Reductions may apply – for further details refer to the Office’s website at: http://ima.uz/ru/regulatory/tarify-i-poshliny/
31 The fee is reduced by 75% where the applicant, or if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a natural person and is a national of
and resides in a State for which the Austrian Patent Office is an International Searching Authority (in the case of the search fee)/International
Preliminary Examining Authority (in the case of the preliminary examination fee).
32 Applicable where the applicant is (a) a Chilean university, or (b) a foreign university headquartered in any of the States which benefit, in
accordance with the Schedule of Fees under the PCT Regulations, from the 90% reduction of the international filing fee and authenticated byits legal representative, in a simple declaration signed in the presence of a notary, as constituted as a university in accordance with the law ofthat State, provided that, if there are several applicants, each must satisfy the criterion set out in either sub-item (a) or (b)). For details of
applicants entitled to the 90% reduction, refer to: www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees
33 The search and preliminary examination fees payable to the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office,and the supplementary search fee in the case of the EPO, are reduced by 75% under certain conditions. For further information, refer to therelevant footnotes in the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annexes D (EP and ES) and E (EP and ES) at: www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/index.html
34 The search and preliminary examination fees payable to the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office,and the supplementary search fee in the case of the EPO, are reduced by 75% under certain conditions. For further information, refer to therelevant footnotes in the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annexes D (EP and ES) and E (EP and ES) at: www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/index.html
35 This fee is reduced for applications filed in Japanese, or for applications in respect of which a translation into Japanese has been furnishedunder PCT Rule 12.3, by applicants who are eligible for fee reductions, such as small or medium-sized enterprises, micro enterprises andacademic institutions.
For further details refer to: https://www.jpo.go.jp/system/process/tesuryo/genmen/genmen20190401/document/index/leaflet_e.pdf
36 This fee is reduced by 75% where the applicant, or if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a national of, and has a residence orbusiness domicile in, one of the following States: Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mexico,
Mongolia, Peru, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam.
37 Applicable where the applicant is a small entity which refers to any natural or juridical person whose assets are worth not more than
one hundred million pesos (P100M); or any entity, agency, office, bureau or unit of the Philippine government including government-owned orcontrolled corporations, state universities and colleges and government-owned or government-run schools.
38 Payable to the International Bureau in Swiss francs.
39 This fee applies where a declaration referred to in PCT Article 17(2)(a) has been made by the International Searching Authority because of
subject matter referred to in PCT Rule 39.1(iv) (methods of treatment).
40 Payable to the International Preliminary Examining Authority in the currency or one of the currencies prescribed by it.
41 Payable when the international search report was not issued by the Australian Patent Office.
42 Payable when the international search report was established by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation).
43 In all cases where footnote 42 does not apply.
44 Payable when the international search was not carried out by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (provided that the
USPTO is a competent International Preliminary Examining Authority in the particular case—refer to PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (US)).

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PCT Contracting States and Two-letter Codes (156 on 6 April 2022)

AE United ArabEmirates
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AL Albania (EP)AM Armenia (EA)AO Angola
AT Austria (EP)AU Australia
AZ Azerbaijan (EA)BA Bosnia andHerzegovina1
BB Barbados
BE Belgium (EP)2
BF Burkina Faso (OA)2
BG Bulgaria (EP)BH Bahrain
BJ Benin (OA)2
BN Brunei Darussalam
BR Brazil
BW Botswana (AP)BY Belarus (EA)BZ Belize
CA Canada
CF Central African
Republic (OA)2CG Congo (OA)2CH Switzerland (EP)CI Côte d’Ivoire (OA)2
CL Chile
CM Cameroon (OA)2
CN China
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
CU Cuba1
2
3
4
5

CV Cabo Verde (from
6 July 2022)
CY Cyprus (EP)2CZ Czechia (EP)DE Germany (EP)DJ Djibouti
DK Denmark (EP)DM Dominica
DO Dominican Republic
DZ Algeria
EC Ecuador
EE Estonia (EP)EG Egypt
ES Spain (EP)FI Finland (EP)FR France (EP)2
GA Gabon (OA)2
GB United Kingdom (EP)GD Grenada
GE Georgia
GH Ghana (AP)GM Gambia (AP)GN Guinea (OA)2GQ Equatorial Guinea(OA)2
GR Greece (EP)2
GT Guatemala
GW Guinea-Bissau (OA)2
HN Honduras
HR Croatia (EP)HU Hungary (EP)ID Indonesia
IE Ireland (EP)2IL Israel

IN India
IQ Iraq (from 30 April
2022)
IR Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
IS Iceland (EP)IT Italy (EP)3
JM Jamaica
JO Jordan
JP Japan
KE Kenya (AP)KG Kyrgyzstan (EA)KH Cambodia4
KM Comoros (OA)2
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
KR Republic of Korea
KW Kuwait
KZ Kazakhstan (EA)
LA Lao People’s Democratic Republic
LC Saint Lucia
LI Liechtenstein (EP)LK Sri Lanka
LR Liberia (AP)LS Lesotho (AP)LT Lithuania (EP)2
LU Luxembourg (EP)LV Latvia (EP)2
LY Libya
MA Morocco4
MC Monaco (EP)2
MD Republic of Moldova4
ME Montenegro5

SI Slovenia (EP)2MG Madagascar
MK North Macedonia (EP) SK Slovakia (EP)SL Sierra Leone (AP)ML Mali (OA)2
SM San Marino (EP)2
MN Mongolia
2
SN Senegal (OA)2MR Mauritania (OA)
ST Sao Tome and
MT Malta (EP)2
Principe (AP)MW Malawi (AP)SV El Salvador
MX Mexico
SY Syrian Arab Republic
MY Malaysia
SZ Eswatini (AP)2
MZ Mozambique (AP)TD Chad (OA)2NA Namibia (AP)TG Togo (OA)2NE Niger (OA)2TH Thailand
NG Nigeria
TJ Tajikistan (EA)
NI Nicaragua
TM Turkmenistan (EA)NL Netherlands (EP)2
TN Tunisia4
NO Norway (EP)TR Turkey (EP)NZ New Zealand
TT Trinidad and Tobago
OM Oman
TZ United Republic of
PA Panama
Tanzania (AP)PE Peru
UA Ukraine
PG Papua New Guinea UG Uganda (AP)PH Philippines
US United States of
PL Poland (EP)America
PT Portugal (EP)UZ Uzbekistan
QA Qatar
VC Saint Vincent and the
RO Romania (EP)Grenadines
RS Serbia (EP)VN Viet Nam
RU Russian
WS Samoa
Federation (EA)ZA South Africa
RW Rwanda (AP)ZM Zambia (AP)SA Saudi Arabia
ZW Zimbabwe (AP)SC Seychelles
SD Sudan (AP)SE Sweden (EP)SG Singapore

Extension of European patent possible.
May only be designated for a regional patent (the “national route” via the PCT has been closed).
Italy may be designated for a national patent only in international applications filed on or after 1 July 2020.
Validation of European patent possible.
Only extension of European patent possible. Applicants wishing to obtain patent protection in Montenegro should enter the regional
phase before the European Patent Oﬃce (EPO) and seek the extension of the European patent application and the granted European
patent to Montenegro as there is no national phase before the Intellectual Property Oﬃce of Montenegro.

Where a State can be designated for a regional patent, the two-letter code for the regional patent concerned is indicated in pa rentheses(AP = ARIPO patent, EA = Eurasian patent, EP = European patent, OA = OAPI patent).
Important: This list includes all States that have adhered to the PCT by the date shown in the heading. Any State indicated in bold italics
has adhered to the PCT but will only become bound by the PCT on the date shown in parentheses; it will not be considered to have been
designated in international applications filed before that date.
Note that even though the filing of a request constitutes under PCT Rule 4.9(a) the designation of all Contracting States boundby the PCT on the international filing date, for the grant of every kind of protection available and, where applicable, for the
grant of both regional and national patents, applicants should always use the latest version of the e-filing software used togenerate the request form, or the latest versions of the request form (PCT/RO/101) and demand form (PCT/IPEA/401) (the latest
versions are dated 1 January 2022). The request and demand forms can be printed from the website, in editable PDF format, at:https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/forms/, or obtained from receiving Oﬃces or the International Bureau, or, in the case of the demand form, also
from International Preliminary Examining Authorities. Where possible, applicants are encouraged to use ePCT-Filing in order to benefit
from the most up-to-date PCT data.

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