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New EPO Fee Schedule Effective April 1, 2009

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Christopher P. Singer -- Recently, the European Patent Office (EPO) published a notice on its website announcing a new fee schedule that will become effective on April 1, 2009. A complete description of the revised fees can be found here. This schedule will be applicable for all EP applications, including divisional and new applications, that are filed on or after April 1, 2009. Several of the notable changes relate to fees for excess claims, application size, and country designation. Claims FeeCurrently, applicants get 15 claims at no additional cost (beyond the filing and examination fees), and pay 200 Euro...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).