New fee rates

By Order of 10 June 2015^[ 1 ] some patent fees payable to the French Institute for Industrial Property have been changed.

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in France are advised that from 1 July 2015 the following rates apply:

1. Publication of the translation or of the corrected translation of the claims pursuant to Article 67(3) EPC: EUR 36

2. Renewal fees:

3. Fee for appeal: EUR 156

4. Conversion of European patent applications or patents into national patent applications or patents:

• filing fee for paper filings: EUR 36 / for electronic filings: EUR 26
• fee for a search report: EUR 520

Fee for producing copies of the EP application and transmitting them to the designated states: EUR 26 plus EUR 0.75 per page and copy

5. Registering transfers, licences and other rights:

EUR 27 per right designated in the request for registration up to a maximum amount of EUR 270 where a request for registration concerns more than 10 rights

EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"

Users of this brochure (16th edition) should amend Tables III.B, columns 2 and 6, IV, columns 5, 8 and 9, VI, columns 1 and 5, VII, columns 2 and 5, and IX, column 4, accordingly.