July 10, 2007
On Monday, the USPTO announced a fee change pertaining to Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications. Effective August 1st, the search fee required when the European Patent Office (EPO) acts as the International Searching Authority (ISA) will increase from $2,059 to $2,197 (a $138 increase). This announcement was based on the World Intellectual Property Office’s (WIPO) notification to the USPTO of such an increase, which was signed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Jon Dudas, on June 28, 2007. The July 2007 installment of the PCT NEWSLETTER, an electronic WIPO publication, also provided notice of such an increase in its “PCT Fee Tables” section starting on page 12 (link below).
USPTO Announcement: LINK
USPTO Fee Listing: LINK
July 2007 PCT NEWSLETTER: LINK
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