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GL A X 5.2.5 Claims fees

Claims fees are due upon the filing of the first set of claims, which may be the date of filing or which may occur later (see A‑III, 9 and 15).

GL A X 5.2.4 Renewal fees

Renewal fees for a European patent application in respect of the coming year are due on the last day of the month containing the anniversary of the date of filing of the European patent application.[Rule 51(1); ]

According to Rule 51(1) as amended with effect from 1 April 2018 (OJ EPO 2018, A2), the renewal fee in respect of the third year may be paid up to six months before it falls due.

GL A X 5.2.3 Fee for grant and publishing

The fee for grant and publishing falls due on notification of the communication under Rule 71(3) requesting that this fee be paid. Under Rule 71(4), the same applies for claims fees, unless they were already paid under Rule 45(1) and (2) or Rule 162(1) and (2).

GL A X 5.2.2 Examination fee and designation fee

The examination fee is due when the request for examination is filed. Since the latter is contained in the prescribed form for the request for grant (EPO Form 1001), the examination fee may be paid straight away on the date of filing of the European patent application if the application is filed with said prescribed EPO Form 1001.

GL A X 5.2.1 Filing fee and search fee

The filing and search fees are due on the day the European patent application is filed. They must be paid either within one month from that date (Rule 38(1), Rule 17(2), Rule 36(3)) or, for Euro-PCT applications, within 31 months of the filing date or, where applicable, from the earliest priority claimed (Rule 159(1)(c) and (e)).

GL A X 5.2 Due date for specific fees

5.2.1 Filing fee and search fee

5.2.2 Examination fee and designation fee

5.2.3 Fee for grant and publishing

5.2.4 Renewal fees

5.2.5 Claims fees

GL A X 5.1.2 Amount of the fee

When the fees are generally increased, the date of payment is set as the relevant date for determining the amount of the fees (see Art. 2 of the Decision of the Administrative Council of 5 June 1992, OJ EPO 1992, 344). Setting the date of payment as the relevant date makes it unnecessary as a rule to ascertain the actual due date for determining the amount of the fee.

GL A X 5.1.1 Due date

In the EPC, the term "due date" has a special meaning, namely the first day on which payment of a fee may be validly effected, not the last day of a period for such payment (see A‑X, 6, "Payment in due time"). The due date for fees is generally laid down by provisions of the EPC or of the PCT.

GL A X 5.1 General

5.1.1 Due date

5.1.2 Amount of the fee

GL A X 5 Due date for fees

5.1 General

5.2 Due date for specific fees