PCT Information Update
IB International Bureau (corrigendum to fee tables)
The amount of the transmittal fee, payable to the International Bureau (IB) as receiving Office in USD, was erroneously indicated in Table I(a) of the PCT Fee Tables which were published in PCT Newsletter Nos. 01 and 02/2025. The correct amount of the fee is USD 117.
IR Islamic Republic of Iran (fees; special requirements for entry into the national phase)
The amounts of the following fees, payable to the Intellectual Property Center (Islamic Republic of Iran) as receiving Office, have changed with effect since 25 July 2024:
Transmittal fee:
For natural persons:.............................................................. IRR 500,000
For legal persons:.................................................................. IRR 2,500,000
Fee for priority document:
For natural persons:.............................................................. IRR 500,000
For legal persons:.................................................................. IRR 2,500,000
Fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority:
For natural persons:.............................................................. IRR 500,000
For legal persons:.................................................................. IRR 2,500,000
There has also been a change in the amounts of the following national fees, payable to the Office as designated (or elected) Office, with effect from the same date:
For patent:
Filing fee:
For natural persons:......................................................... IRR 500,000
For legal persons:............................................................. IRR 2,500,000
The Office has also notified the IB that national fees are payable only in Iranian rial (IRR); the payment of national fees in euros (EUR) or US dollars (USD) is no longer possible.
Furthermore, the Office has changed one of its requirements for entry into the national phase – the translation of the international application should now be furnished in electronic form.
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (IR) and National Chapter, Summary (IR))
PT Portugal (institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made)
The following depositary institution acquired the status of International Depositary Authority (IDA) under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, with effect from 20 February 2025:
Micoteca da Universidade do Minho (MUM)
Centre of Biological Engineering
University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
SE Sweden (fees)
The Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) has notified the IB of a change in the amount of the fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority, payable to the Office as designated (or elected) Office, with effect from 15 March 2025, as follows:
Fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority:.............. SEK 2,000
The amounts of the following national fees, payable to the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) as designated (or elected) Office, have also changed with effect from the same date:
Fee for reinstatement of rights:..................................................... SEK 2,000
Annual fee for the third year1:..................................................... SEK 1,920
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, National Chapter, Summary (SE))
UY Uruguay (competent International Searching Authorities)
The National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI) (Uruguay) has specified, with effect from 7 January 2025, the European Patent Office (EPO), in addition to the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil), the National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, as competent International Searching Authority for international applications filed by nationals and residents of Uruguay with the DNPI (Uruguay) (or with the IB) as receiving Office.
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (UY))
Search fee and other fees relating to the international search (various Offices)
As from 1 April 2025, there will be changes in the equivalent amounts payable in the currencies specified below for international searches carried out by the following Offices:
Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)..................................................... USD
Federal Service for Intellectual
Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)................................ USD
As from 1 May 2025, there will be changes in the equivalent amounts payable in the currencies specified below for international searches carried out by the following Office:
National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)...................... CHF, EUR
The new amounts are indicated in Fee Table I(b).
(Updating of PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex D (BR, EA and RU))
- This fee is due on the last day of the month containing the second anniversary (24 months) of the international filing date; where PCT Article 22 or 39(1) applies, it is payable within two months after performing the acts for entering the national phase, unless the 24-month time limit has not yet expired.