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Request for search

Use this form to request a search on a patent application.

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Form 9A

Details

All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee.

Cost

Application fee with this form

Paper: £112.50
Online: £75

Request for a search under section 17(1) for an international application which has been searched in the international phase

£150: Paper
£120: Online

Request for a search under section 17(1) for any other application

£180: Paper
£150: Online

Request for a further search under section 17(6) or payment for a supplementary search under section 17(8)

£180: Paper
£150: Online

  • plus any excess claims fee due (£20 for each claim over 25)

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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 PF9A fee sheet updated.

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

  4. E-mail address for sending the completed form has been added.

  5. Fee sheet added to form PF9A and text 'All Intellectual Property Office fee bearing forms should be filed with the appropriate fee' added.

  6. Details of the costs have changed.

  7. All forms replaced due to a procedural change for stopping the supply of citations to customers.

  8. Form 9A: data privacy added.

  9. All forms and costs updated.

  10. First published.

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