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1 January 2026: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 January 2026

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Published: 1 December 2025
• Last updated: 1 January 2026
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  1. 1 January 2026

     This has now been changed, written in present tense for publication on 01/01/2026

  2. 1 December 2025

     First published.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 January 2026 and is as follows.

Transmittal fee

• £75

Search fee

• £1,605

International fee

• for the first 30 sheets: £1,242
• for each sheet over 30: £14

Restoration for restoration of priority

• £150

Reductions for e-filing

• electronic filing (not being in character coded format): £187
• electronic filing (being in character coded format): £280

Fees for preparation of priority document

• £20