Applicability of 75% Reduction in International Search and Preliminary Examination Fees at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office

(status on 1 July 2022)  

In accordance with its Agreement with the International Bureau of WIPO, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office shall act as International Searching Authority and/or International Preliminary Examining Authority for any PCT Contracting State that specifies the Authority for that purpose (See PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C). 

The search fee and preliminary examination fee payable to the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office are reduced by 75% if the applicant or, if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a natural person or a legal entity and is a national of and resides in a State not party to the European Patent Convention and which is classified by the World Bank in the group of countries of “low income”, “lower middle income” or “upper middle income”.  The States concerned are indicated below:

1. Applicants from this State must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national of and/or resides in a PCT Contracting State that has specified the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office for the purposes of international search or international preliminary examination (see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C).
2. Applicants from this State must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national of and/or resides in a State that has specified the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office for the purposes of international search or international preliminary examination (see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C).