By Christopher P. Singer --
Within the last month, a number of foreign patent offices
that act as International Searching Authorities (ISA) for the PCT announced fee
increases to their search fees. IP
Australia and the Korean Intellectual Property Office both enacted search fee
increases that have been effective since September 15, 2009. The search fee for IP Australia to act
as the ISA is now $1,278, while the search fee for the Korean Intellectual
Property Office is now $729.
Effective on October 1, 2009, the European Patent
Office (EPO) also increased its search fee to act as the ISA. The EPO will now charge $2,378 to act
as the ISA. The up-to-date PCT fee
schedule is available online here.
Updated Web Address for PCT Legal Administration
With the recently launched redesign of the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office's website, a number of the previously assigned web
addresses have been changed. The
PCT Legal Administration recently sent out an e-mail notification advising of
its new address, which can be found here.
To navigate to the site from the USPTO's top page,
click on the "Patents" tab on the top menu bar, click on "Resources
and Guidance" from the drop down menu, and from that page, click on "International
Guidance," located below "Type of Patents."
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