The following fee codes relate to payments that can be made several times during the proceedings before the EPO. They are therefore excluded from the double-payment validation.
002 |
Search fee |
003 |
International search fee (PCT) |
008 |
Additional printing fee for 36th and each subsequent page |
010 |
Opposition fee |
011 |
Appeal fee |
013 |
Fee for re-establishment of rights |
015 |
Claims fee (Rule 45(1) EPC) |
016 |
Claims fee (Rule 71(4) EPC) |
017 |
Fee for the awarding of costs (Rule 88(3) EPC) |
018 |
Fee for the conservation of evidence |
021 |
Fee for preliminary international examination (PCT) |
022 |
Registration of transfer |
023 |
Registration or cancellation of licenses and other rights |
029 |
Certified copy (application, priority document, patent certificate, other documents) |
055 |
Additional copy of documents cited in the search report |
061 |
Surcharge under Article 7(3) RFees |
062 |
Protest fee (PCT) |
063 |
Late payment fee (Rule 16bis.2 PCT) |
064 |
Late payment fee (Rule 58bis.2 PCT) |
066 |
Fee for late furnishing of sequence listing (R. 13ter.1, 13ter.2 PCT) |
067 |
Fee for late furnishing of sequence listing (R. 30(3) EPC) |
069 |
Review fee for a supplementary international search |
111 |
Fee for petition for review |
121 |
Fee for further processing (Rule 71(3) EPC) |
122 |
Fee for further processing (non-fee related cases) |
123 |
Fee for further processing (late payment of a fee – 50% of the relevant fee) |
131 |
Limitation fee |
141 |
Revocation fee |
222 |
PCT charge per sheet in excess of 30 |
400 |
Surcharge for extension fees |
501 |
Additional filing fee for the 36th and each subsequent page – EP application |
520 |
Additional filing fee for the 36th and each subsequent page – entry into EP phase |
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/2019/etc/se4/p52.html
Date retrieved: 19 May 2021