Amendment
of the Patent-Related Fee System
2003.5.2
Application
fee, Examination Fee and Annual fees shall be revised on April
1, 2004.
Current
fees
Revised
fees
Basic
fees
Fees
applied to each additional claim
Basic
fees
Fees
applied to each additional claim
Application
fee
21,000
-
16,000
-
Examination
fee
84,300
2,000
168,600
4,000
Annual
fee
(1st to 3rd year)
13,000
1,100
2,600
200
Annual
fee
(4th to 6th year)
20,300
1,600
8,100
600
Annual
fee
(7th to 9th year)
40,600
3,200
24,300
1,900
Annual
fee
(10th to 25th year)
81,200
6,400
81,200
6,400
(Notes)
Examination fees shall be increased to twice the current fees.
On the other hand, Application fee and Annual fees shall be
reduced.
For more information regarding the matter, please see the
following web site of the Japanese Patent Office. http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/linke.cgi?url=/torikumi_e/hiroba_e/hourei_e/amendment.htm
21,000