Average Costs of Patent Applications in Germany and Abroad 1) (EURO)

 

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DE
Germany
US
USA
JP
Japan
EP6
European Patent 
WO8
Internat. Patent Appliation (PCT)
RU
Russia
CN
China
Preparing a patent application 3500 3500 3600 3500 3500 3600 3700
Filing incl. search request 310 820
(410)
2
310 1425 1114 600 2005
700 400 1900 2340 2760 1000 1000
Request for substantial examination after search 150 220
(110)
1800 1555 2015 300 400
180 - 700 300 420 300 300
Examination procedure9 1500 3000 3000 2000 2000 2500 2200
Payment of Publication and grant fee - 1740
(870)
2
850 875 - 320 50
- 400 450 70010 - 300 200
Payment of renewal fees for the first five years 3.Jahr: 70
4.Jahr: 70
5.Jahr: 90
3 1/2 Jahr:
940
(470)
2
4.Jahr: 100
5.Jahr: 100
3.Jahr: 445
4.Jahr: 555
5.Jahr: 775
-7 3.Jahr: 155
4.Jahr: 155
5.Jahr: 186
1. bis 3.Jahr je: 262
4.Jahr: 309
5.Jahr: 309
3.Jahr: 110
4.Jahr: 110
5.Jahr: 110
3 1/2 Jahr: 360 4.Jahr: 400
5.Jahr: 400
3.Jahr: 110
4.Jahr: 110
5.Jahr: 110
- 3.Jahr: 110
4.Jahr: 110
5.Jahr: 110
1. bis 3.Jahr je: 110
4.Jahr: 110
5.Jahr: 110
 All costs within the first five years 690 2770
(1385)
2
2855 5865 48294
(2919)
1199 995
6210 6570 9360 7880 67804
(4930)
7205 6520
DE
Germany
US
USA
JP
Japan
EP6
European Patent 
WO8
Internat. Patent Application (PCT)
RU
Russia
CN
China
Given are Attorney's fees (without VAT) and Official fees
1) the average costs refer to a patent application with average degree of difficulty and invested time and with an extent of 8 sides of description and ten claims. 
2) Small entity
4) with (without) Prüfung
5) no search request
6) without national validation. Validation will lead to additional costs per country (not DE, GB, FR und CH) between 1500 to 2500 Euro for translation and professional services in the respective country (without renewal fees)
7)
renewal fees only in national phases 
8)
in the national phase additional costs arise per county being similar to those of individual national application. However, some countries offer reductions of national official fees if a request for examination was filed within the international phase (Chapter II PCT)
9) response to two Office Actions; Declaration according to  Art. 19 PCT
10) incl. costs for translation of the claims into the two other EPA languages

 

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