PCT Fees to Foreign Offices fee changes – effective January 1, 2020

By: Alisa McCarthy

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PCT Fees to Foreign Offices

Effective: January 1, 2021

• 1701: International filing fee (first 30 pages - filed electronically without ePCT or PCT-EASY .zip file) – fee increase from $1,337 to $1,344
• 1710: International filing fee (first 30 pages - filed electronically with ePCT or PCT-EASY .zip file) – fee increase from $1,229 to $1,235
• 1702: International filing fee (first 30 pages) – fee increase from $1,446 to $1,453
• 1704: International search (EPO) – fee decrease from $2,107 to $2,091
• 1715: International search (ILPO) – fee increase from $1,036 to $1,051
• 1712: International search (IPAU)  – fee decrease from $1,587 to $1,580
• 1717: International search (IPOS) – fee increase from $1,622 to $1,646
• 1716: International search (JPO) – fee increase from $1,457 to $1,476
• 1709: International search (KIPO) – fee increase from $1,003 to $1,036
• 1714: International search (Rospatent) – fee decrease from $537 to $510
• 1705: Handling fee – fee increase from $217 to $218
• 1706: Handling fee - 90% reduction, if applicant meets specified criteria – fee increase from $21.70 to $21.80

Impact: All receiving offices (ROs) are affected by these PCT fee changes:

• European Patent Office (EPO) 
• Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
• Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) (IPAU) 
• Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation) 
• Israel Patent Office (ILPO)
• Japan Patent Office (JPO)
• Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

​Note: The increases also affect US National Phase filing fees.

​Trademark and TTAB fee changes

Effective: January 2, 2021

Some of the fees are changing on January 2, 2021. See the Summary of FY 2021 Final Trademark Fee Rule for more information.