Form

Application fee for patent application

Use this form to pay the application fee for a patent application already filed at the office.

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
28 April 2014
Last updated
26 April 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Form AF1

PDF, 121 KB, 4 pages

Details

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.

Available online

Updates to this page

Published 28 April 2014
Last updated 26 April 2023 + show all updates

  1. A new end page has been added. This contains a checklist and sending instructions. Supporting text added to questions that required further clarification.

  2. Form AF1 fee sheet updated.

  3. Zero fees ended and normal fees resume from 1st April 2021.

  4. Form AF1 to include fee sheet added and text All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee added.

  5. Details of the costs has changed.

  6. Form AF1: Data Privacy added.

  7. Costs updated.

  8. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content