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Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure as per 1 January 2015.
The new fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty applications are:
Transmittal fee
- £75
Search fee
- £1474
International fee:
- £862: first 30 sheets
- £10: each sheet over 30
Request for restoration of priority
- £150
Reductions for e-filing:
- £130: electronic filing (not being in character coded format)
- £194: electronic filing (being in character coded format)
£20: fees for preparation of priority document
£5: fees for preparation of earlier search documents
PCT forms
- PCT Request Form (RO/101)(PDF) 512KB)
- PCT Request Form (RO/101)(PDF) 759KB) - completed example
- PCT Demand Form (IPEA/401)(PDF) 310KB)
- PCT Power of Attorney (POA)(PDF) 31.5KB)