I. General

The current Regulation on the European qualifying examination (REE) and its Implementing provisions (IPREE) are available on the European qualifying examination (EQE) website (www.eqe.org).

The fees guidance currently applicable is set out in OJ EPO 2019, A29.

The current schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO is set out in supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2019.

Fee information is also published on the EPO website: www.epo.org/fees.

New fee rates

By Ministerial Order No. 201-A/2019 of 1 July 2019, amended by the Statement of Rectification No. 32/2019 published on 4 July 2019,^[ 1 ] some patent fees of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) have been changed.

I. Background

The European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), referred to as the IP5 Offices, have decided to extend the comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway programme.