PCT Information Update
ES Spain (fees)
The amounts of the following fee, payable to the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office as receiving Office, have changed with effect from 1 January 2022:
Fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority:
online:................................................................... EUR 91.35
on paper:.............................................................. EUR 107.46
In addition, the amounts of the national fee, payable to the Office as designated (or elected) Office, has also changed with effect from the same date:
Filing fee:
online:................................................................... EUR 87.03
on paper:............................................................... EUR 102.39
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (ES) and National Chapter, Summary (ES))
GB United Kingdom (filing of international applications in electronic form)
For information on the ceasing of the acceptance by the Intellectual Property Office1 (United Kingdom) of electronic Filings via PCT‑SAFE, please refer to “Electronic Filing and Processing of International Applications”.
IT Italy (fees)
The Italian Patent and Trademark Office has notified the amounts of the fee for an electronic copy of the priority document, as follows (the amounts for paper copies have not changed):
Fee for priority document:
- for the request to prepare the priority document (in fee stamps): ......... EUR 16
- plus, for the download of the electronic copy (in fee stamps): .............. EUR 16
- plus, for a patent application: ................................................................ EUR 3
- or for a utility model application: ........................................................... EUR 3
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (IT))
JM Jamaica (competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities; summary of requirements for entry into the national phase)
The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office has specified, with effect from 17 March 2022, the Australian Patent Office, in addition to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office, as competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority for international applications filed by nationals and residents of Jamaica with the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (or with the International Bureau (IB)) as receiving Office.
Also, information on the requirements of Jamaica as designated (or elected) Office has been published in the PCT Applicant’s Guide (National Chapter, Summary (JM)) on the PCT website at:
https://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/jm.pdf
PL Poland (telephone number)
The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland has deleted one of its telephone numbers and notified a new telephone number. The numbers to be used now are as follows:
Telephone: (48-22) 579 01 27 (International Applications Division)
(48-22) 579 05 55 (Contact Centre)
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex B1 (PL))
SY Syrian Arab Republic (e-mail and Internet addresses; electronic filing)
The e-mail and Internet addresses of the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, Directorate of Industrial and Commercial Property Protection (Syrian Arab Republic) have changed, as follows:
E-mail: patentoffice@spo.gov.sy
Internet: http://ww.dcip.gov.sy
For information on the acceptance, with effect from 15 June 2022, by the Office as receiving Office of international applications filed using ePCT‑Filing, as well as information on the electronic filing fee reductions listed in item 4 of the Schedule of Fees that will be applicable, please refer to “Electronic Filing and Processing of International Applications”.
UA Ukraine (competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities)
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, on behalf of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent)” has specified, with effect from 24 February 2022, the European Patent Office and the Ukrpatent, as competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities for international applications filed by nationals and residents of Ukraine with the Ukrpatent (or with the International Bureau (IB)) as receiving Office.
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (UA))
ZA South Africa (fees)
As from 1 June 2022, there will be a change in the equivalent amounts of the international filing fee and the fee per sheet over 30, payable in ZAR to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) (South Africa) as receiving Office, as well as a change in the equivalent amount(s) in ZAR of the applicable fee reductions listed in item 4 of the Schedule of Fees, as indicated in Fee Table I(a).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (ZA))
Search fee (Australian Patent Office, Austrian Patent Office, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Egyptian Patent Office, European Patent Office, Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation), Finnish Patent and Registration Office, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil), National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile), National Intellectual Property Authority, State Enterprise “Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent)”, Nordic Patent Institute, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, Swedish Intellectual Property Office, Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT), United States Patent and Trademark Office, Visegrad Patent Institute)
As from 1 June 2022, there will be changes in the equivalent amounts payable in the currencies specified below for international searches carried out by the following Offices:
Australian Patent Office............................................................. EUR
Austrian Patent Office................................................................ SGD, USD
China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)..... EUR
Egyptian Patent Office................................................................ EUR
European Patent Office.............................................................. SGD, USD
Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)
(Russian Federation)................................................................. CHF, EUR, USD
Finnish Patent and Registration Office...................................... USD
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore .................................. EUR
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines............................ EUR
National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)......................... USD
National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile).......................... EUR
National Intellectual Property Authority, State Enterprise
“Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent)”................ USD
Nordic Patent Institute................................................................ USD
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office....................................... USD
Swedish Intellectual Property Office.......................................... USD
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT)............. USD
United States Patent and Trademark Office.............................. EUR, ZAR
Visegrad Patent Institute............................................................ USD
The above-mentioned amounts are indicated in Fee Table I(b).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex D (AT, AU, BR, CL, CN, EG, EP, ES, FI, PH, RU, SE, SG, TR, UA, XN, XV, US))
Supplementary search fee (Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation))
As from 1 June 2022, there will be a change in the amount payable in CHF for a supplementary international search carried out by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation), as indicated in Fee Table I(c).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex SISA (RU))