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Application fee for patent application
Use this form to pay the application fee for a patent application already filed at the office.
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Note
- you may use this form to accompany the payment of the application fee for an application already filed at the Office
- if you have not yet filed a patent application you can pay the application fee when filing the application by indicating this on the form 1 ‘Request for grant of patent’
- you may also pay the application fee when requesting the search of the application by indicating this on the form 9A ‘Request for search’
- you should only use this form when paying the application fee when not filing either of these patents forms
Cost
Paper: £112.50
Online: £75
All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee.
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Updates to this page
Published 28 April 2014Last updated 26 April 2023 + show all updates
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A new end page has been added. This contains a checklist and sending instructions. Supporting text added to questions that required further clarification.
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Form AF1 fee sheet updated.
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Zero fees ended and normal fees resume from 1st April 2021.
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Form AF1 to include fee sheet added and text All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee added.
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Details of the costs has changed.
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Form AF1: Data Privacy added.
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Costs updated.
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First published.