{"id":89639,"date":"2018-03-06T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ad614f356fed2f24571192104cad85cd"},"modified":"2018-03-31T23:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T23:15:04","slug":"news-story-1-april-2018-update-to-the-patent-cooperation-treaty-pct-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=89639","title":{"rendered":"News story: 1 April 2018: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> A new fee structure for PCT applications is in effect from today 1 April 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 April 2018 and are as follows:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"transmittal-fee\">Transmittal fee:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a375<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"search-fee\">Search fee:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a31,552<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"international-fee\">International fee:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a31,029 for the first 30 sheets<\/li>\n<li>\u00a312 for each sheet over 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"restoration-for-restoration-of-priority\">Restoration for restoration of priority<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a3150<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"reductions-for-e-filing\">Reductions for e-filing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a3155: electronic filing (not being in character coded format)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3232: electronic filing (being in character coded format)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"fees-for-preparation-of-priority-document\">Fees for preparation of priority document<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a320<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"pct-forms\">PCT forms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/forms\/request\/ed_request.pdf\">PCT Request Form (RO\/101)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/forms\/request\/filled_request.pdf\">PCT Request Form (RO\/101) &#8211; completed example<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/forms\/demand\/ed_demand.pdf\">PCT Demand Form (IPEA\/401)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/forms\/pa\/editable\/ed_power.pdf\">PCT Power of Attorney (POA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/protecting-your-uk-intellectual-property-abroad\/protecting-your-patent-abroad\">protecting your patent abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/basic_facts\/faqs_about_the_pct.pdf\">protecting your inventions abroad: PCT frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 April 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90624,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89639\/revisions\/90624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}