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1 April 2015: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure as per 1 April 2015.

The new fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty applications are:

Transmittal fee

  • £75

Search fee

  • £1474

International fee:

  • £948: first 30 sheets
  • £11: each sheet over 30

Request for restoration of priority

  • £150

Reductions for e-filing:

  • £142: electronic filing (not being in character coded format)
  • £214: electronic filing (being in character coded format)
  • £20: fees for preparation of priority document
  • £5: fees for preparation of earlier search documents

PCT forms

Further information

Published 1 April 2015