New fee rates 

The Serbian Intellectual Property Office has informed us that some patent fees have been changed^[ 1 ].

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Serbia are advised that from 1 June 2015 the following rates for renewal fees apply:

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,

Having regard to the European Patent Convention (hereafter referred to as "EPC") and in particular Article 33(1)(c) thereof,

On a proposal from the President of the European Patent Office,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Patent Law,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The President of the European Patent Office,

Having regard to the agreement signed on 16 October 2013 between the Republic of Moldova and the European Patent Organisation on the validation of European patents,

1. On 1 November 2015, the European Patent Office (EPO) will launch a pilot programme aimed at providing additional information regarding the search performed by the examiner in a new sheet called "Information on Search Strategy". This sheet will be provided for information only.

2. The pilot will test whether and to what extent the information sheet is useful to applicants and third parties.

The fees guidance currently applicable is set out in OJ EPO 2014, A37, taking into consideration the changed amounts of fees for international applications (OJ EPO 2015, A33).

The current schedule of fees and expenses of the EPO is set out in supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2014.