The European Patent Office (EPO) has issued its Decision to increase the official fees as of 1 April 2020.
The majority of all official fees will be increased.
Payments of official fees that will become due after 1 April 2020 can be made early, i.e. by the end of March, in order to still profit from the old fee schedule.
A link to the official Decision of the EPO to increase the fees can be found here.
Below please see a list of the most important fees showing the costs before and after the cut-off date of 1 April 2020.
| Fee Description | Before 1 April 2020 (EUR) |
After 1 April 2020 (EUR) |
| Filing fee | 120 | 125 |
| Additional fee for a European patent application comprising more than 35 pages (per page) |
15 | 16 |
| Search fee for a European or supplementary European search (on an application filed on or after 1 July 2005) |
1300 | 1350 |
| Designation fee (flat fee) | 585 | 610 |
| Renewal fees: | ||
| 3rd year renewal fee | 470 | 490 |
| 4th year renewal fee | 585 | 610 |
| 5th year renewal fee | 820 | 855 |
| 6th year renewal fee | 1050 | 1090 |
| 7th year renewal fee | 1165 | 1210 |
| 8th year renewal fee | 1280 | 1330 |
| 9th year renewal fee | 1395 | 1450 |
| 10th – 20th year renewal fee | 1575 | 1640 |
| Examination fee (for an application filed after July 1st, 2005) |
1635 | 1700 |
| Examination fee for an international application filed on or after July 1st 2005 for which no European Search Report is drawn up |
1825 | 1900 |
| Fee for grant and printing | 925 | 960 |
| Opposition fee | 785 | 815 |
| Appeal fee, filed by a natural person or small entity | 1880 | 1955 |
| Appeal fee, filed by any other entity | 2255 | 2705 |
| Further processing fee | 255 | 265 |
| Fee for re-establishment of rights | 640 | 665 |
| Claims fee, for the 16th and each subsequent claim up to the limit of 50 | 235 | 245 |
| Claims fee, for the 51st and each subsequent claim | 585 | 610 |
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