Individual Fees under the Hague Agreement

Last update: December 2025

Individual designation fees at the international application stage

 Contracting party Category Swiss francs
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) for a single deposit 73
  for a multiple deposit 110
  Applicants from LDCs1:  
  – for a single deposit 8
  – for a multiple deposit 12
Canada for each design 370
China for each application 497
European Union for each design 59
Israel for each design  
  – default amount 114
  – reduced amount 68
Japan for each design 436
Kyrgyzstan for the first design 129
  for each additional design 64
Mexico First part:
– default amount for one design 98
– default amount for each additional design 3
– reduced amount for one design 49
– reduced amount for each additional design 1
Second part:
– default amount 283
– reduced amount 141
Republic of Korea2 for each design 143
Republic of Moldova for the first design 65
  for each additional design 7
Russian Federation for the first design 107
  for each additional design 22
Turkmenistan for one design 518
for each additional design 32
United States of America First part:  
  – default amount 1,150
  – amount for "small entity" applicant 460
  – amount for "micro entity" applicant 230
  Second part:  
  – default amount 1,150
  – amount for "small entity" applicant 460
  – amount for "micro entity" applicant 230
Second part (where the international registration date is from October 2, 2020 to April 30, 2023):
– default amount 718
– amount for "small entity" applicant 359
– amount for "micro entity" applicant 179
  Second part (where the international registration date is from January 16, 2018 to October 1, 2020):  
  – default amount 662
  – amount for "small entity" applicant 331
  – amount for "micro entity" applicant 166
Uzbekistan for the first design 262
  for each additional design 43

Individual designation fees at the renewal stage (under the 1999 Act only)

 Contracting party Category Swiss francs
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) for each design 168
Canada First renewal: for each design 324
Subsequent renewals 0
China First renewal  922
Second Renewal 1,820
European Union for each design 30
Israel First renewal: for each design 142
  Second renewal: for each design 170
  Third renewal: for each design 199
  Fourth renewal: for each design 227
Japan for each design 493
Kyrgyzstan for the first design 64
  for each additional design 6
Mexico – default amount for each design 290
– reduced amount for each design 145
Republic of Korea3 First renewal: for each design 230
  Second renewal: for each design 544
  Third renewal: for each design 628
Republic of Moldova for the first design 93
  for each additional design 9
Russian Federation First renewal 170
  Second renewal 417
  Third renewal 620
  Fourth renewal 1,079
Turkmenistan4 for the first renewal 897
for the second renewal 1,395

Footnotes

1 [WIPO Note]: Recommendation adopted by the Assembly of the Hague Union:
"Contracting Parties that make, or that have made, a declaration under Article 7(2) of the 1999 Act or under Rule 36(1) of the Common Regulations are encouraged to indicate, in that declaration or in a new declaration, that for international applications filed by applicants whose sole entitlement is a connection with a Least Developed Country, in accordance with the list established by the United Nations, or with an intergovernmental organization the majority of whose member States are Least Developed Countries, the individual fee payable with respect to their designation is reduced to 10 per cent of the fixed amount (rounded, where appropriate, to the nearest full figure). Those Contracting Parties are further encouraged to indicate that the reduction also applies in respect of an international application filed by an applicant whose entitlement is not solely a connection with such an intergovernmental organization, provided that any other entitlement of the applicant is a connection with a Contracting Party which is a Least Developed Country or, if not a Least Developed Country, is a member State of that intergovernmental organization and the international application is governed exclusively by the 1999 Act."

2 For designs belonging to classes 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 or 19 of the Locarno classification, level 3 of the standard designation fee applies in respect of a designation of the Republic of Korea. For designs belonging to any other class, the individual designation fee applies.

3 In respect of a designation of the Republic of Korea, the designation fee applies in the following manner and according to the international registration date:
- If the international registration date is before December 1, 2020: For designs belonging to classes 2, 5 or 19 of the Locarno Classification, the standard designation fee applies. For designs belonging to any other class, the individual designation fee applies.
- If the international registration date is on or after December 1, 2020:For designs belonging to classes 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 or 19 of the Locarno Classification, the standard designation fee applies. For designs belonging to any other class, the individual designation fee applies.

4 In respect of a designation of Turkmenistan, the designation fee applies in the following manner and according to the international registration date:
- If the international registration date is before December 11, 2020, the standard designation fee applies.
- If the international registration date is on or after December 11, 2020, the individual designation fee applies.