The Patents (Fees) Rules 1992

Made10th March 1992

Laid before Parliament11th March 1992

Coming into force11th May 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 123(1), (2) and (3) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to, the Patents Act 19771, of the power conferred upon him by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 19882, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 19713 and with the consent of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 123, hereby makes the following Rules:—

1

These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees) Rules 1992 and shall come into force on 11th May 1992.

2

The Patents (Fees) Rules 19914 are hereby revoked.

2

These Rules shall be construed as one with the Patents Rules 19905 and, to the extent that they continue to apply in relation to existing patents and existing applications, to the Patents Rules 19686.

3

The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Patents Act 1977 or arising under the Patents Act 19497 shall be those specified in Parts A and B of the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in Part A or Part B of the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is required by the Patents Rules 1990 or, as the case may be, the Patents Rules 1968 to be used, that form shall be accompanied by the fee, if any, specified in respect of that matter or, where payment maybe made within a prescribed period of time after the form has been filed, the fee so specified shall be paid within that period.

ReayParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Industry and TechnologyDepartment of Trade and Industry6th March 1992

We consent to the making of these Rules.

Irvine PatnickNicholas BakerTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury10th March 1992

SCHEDULEFEES PAYABLE

Rule 3

PART A

(In this Part of this Schedule, any reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Patents Act 1977 and any reference to a rule is a reference to that rule of the Patents Rules 1990.)

Number of corresponding Patents Form	Item	Amount
		£
1/77	On request for the grant of a patent (the filing fee) …	25
2/77	On reference under section 8(1), 12(1) or 37(1) …	—
3/77	On application under section 8(5) or 37(3) for authorisation by comptroller …	—
4/77	On request for directions under section 10 or 12(4) …	—
5/77	On reference under section 11(5) or 38(5) to determine the question of a licence …	—
6/77	On application to comptroller under section 13(1) and/or 13(3) …	—
7/77	Statement of inventorship and of right to the grant of a patent …	—
8/77	On request for certificate authorising release of sample of micro-organism …	—
8A/77	On notice of intention to restrict availability of samples of micro-organism to expert …	—
8B/77	On request for certificate authorising release of sample of micro-organism to expert …	—
9/77	On request for preliminary examination and search, request for further search under section 17(6) or payment for a supplementary search under section 17(8) …	130
10/77	On request for substantive examination …	130
11/77	On request to amend application before grant …	30
12/77	*On payment of renewal fee (and additional fee for late payment)—
	Before the expiration of the 4th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 5th year …	110
	Before the expiration of the 5th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 6th year …	120
	Before the expiration of the 6th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 7th year …	130
	Before the expiration of the 7th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 8th year …	140
	Before the expiration of the 8th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 9th year …	150
	Before the expiration of the 9th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 10th year …	170
	Before the expiration of the 10th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 11th year …	190
	Before the expiration of the 11th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 12th year …	210
	Before the expiration of the 12th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 13th year …	230
	Before the expiration of the 13th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 14th year …	260
	Before the expiration of the 14th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 15th year …	280
	Before the expiration of the 15th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 16th year …	310
	Before the expiration of the 16th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 17th year …	340
	Before the expiration of the 17th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 18th year …	370
	Before the expiration of the 18th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 19th year …	410
	Before the expiration of the 19th year from the date of filing of the application for the patent or, in the case of an existing patent, the date of the patent and in respect of the 20th year …	450
	Additional fee for late payment of a renewal fee under section25(4)–
	Not exceeding one month …	24
	Each succeeding month … (but not exceeding six months)	24
14/77	On application to amend specification after grant of a patent …	66
15/77	On notice of opposition to amendment of specification after grant …	—
16/77	On application for the restoration of a patent …	135
17/77	Additional fee on the application for restoration of a patent …	135
18/77	On offer to surrender a patent …	—
19/77	On notice of opposition to offer to surrender a patent …	—
20/77	On request for alteration of a name, for each patent or application …	—
21/77	On application to register or to give notice of a transaction, instrument or event affecting the rights in a patent or application fora patent or in further patents or applications for patents where the devolution of title is the same as in the first patent or applicationfor a patent …	55
22/77	On request for the correction of an error in the register or in any connected document …	—
23/77	On request for miscellaneous information …	—
24/77	On request for certificate of the comptroller— a rubber stamp impression …	16
a Signed and sealed certificate …	22
25/77	On application for entry of order or direction of court in the register …	—
26/77	On application for compensation by employee …	—
27/77	On application under section 41(8)	—
28/77	On application by proprietor for entry to be made in the register to the effect that licences under the patent are to be available as of right	—
29/77	On application for settlement of terms of licence of right …	—
30/77	On application by proprietor under section 47(1) for cancellation of entry in the register …	—
31/77	On application under section 47(3) by person interested for cancellation of entry in the register …	—
32/77	On notice of opposition to an application under section 47(1) or 47(3) for cancellation of entry in the register …	—
33/77	On application under section 48(1) for a compulsory licence or entry in the register …	—
34/77	On application by Crown in case of monopoly or merger …	—
35/77	On notice of opposition to application made under section 48 or 51 …	—
36/77	On reference to the comptroller of a dispute as to infringement …	—
37/77	On application for declaration of non-infringement …	—
38/77	On application for the revocation of a patent …	—
39/77	On application to register copy of entry made in European Register of Patents …	—
40/77	On payment of filing fee upon conversion of European patent application to an application under the Act …	25
41/77	On request for conversion of European patent application …	—
43/77	On request for publication of translation …	12
44/77	On application to the comptroller for an international application to be treated as an application under the Act …	25
45/77	On application for order for evidence to be obtained in the United Kingdom …	—
47/77	On request for correction of error or mistake …	40
48/77	On opposition to request for correction of error or mistake …	—
49/77	On request for information relating to a patent or application …	25
50/77	On request for extension of time or period under rule 110(3) … Each	135
51/77	On appointment or change of agent …	—
52/77	On request for extension of time or period under rule 110(4) …	135
53/77	Additional fee for extension of time or period under rule 110(6) …	135
54/77	On filing of translation of European Patent (UK) under section77(6)(a) …	35
55/77	On filing of translation of an amended European Patent (UK) under section 77(6)(b) …	35
56/77	On request for publication of translation of claims of application for European Patent (UK) filed under section 78(7) …	35
57/77	On request for publication of corrected translation of European Patent (UK) or application for European Patent (UK) filed under section 80(3) …	35
58/77	On declaration that licences of right shall not extend to excepted uses …	—
—	National fee (section 89A(3)) …	25
	As Receiving Office or International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Co-operation Treaty— a Transmittal fee (rule 118(1) of the Patents Rules 1990)	55
	a Preliminary examination fee (rule 120 of those Rules)	130
	a Additional fee (rule 121 of those Rules)Maximum	130
* One half of these fees if entry in the register “Licences of Right”.

PART B

(In this Part of this Schedule–

1

any reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Patents Act 1949; and

2

any reference to a rule is a reference to that rule of the Patents Rules 1968, as it continues to apply by virtue of rule 124 of the Patents Rules 19788.)

Number of corresponding Patents Form	Item	Amount
		£
1 Add	Application for grant of patent of addition in lieu of independent patent …	—
7	For extension of time under rule 30, 33 or 50– Not exceeding one month …	—
	Each succeeding month …	—
8	On application for result of search made under sections 7 and 8 …	—
9	On application under section 9(2) for deletion of reference …	—
13	On notice that hearing before the comptroller will be attended …	—
14	On request under section 16(3) …	—
15	On claim under section 16(4) …	—
16	On application for extension of the period under section 16(5) …	12
17	On application for a certificate under section 16(8) …	—
18	On claim under section 17(1) for application to proceed in name of claimants …	—
19	On application for directions under section 17(5) …	—
20	On request for sealing of a patent …	—
21	On application for extension of the period for requesting the sealing of a patent under section 19(3)—
	Not exceeding one month …	17
	Each succeeding month …	17
22	On application for extension of the period for requesting the sealing of a patent under section 19(4)—
	Not exceeding one month …	17
	Each succeeding month …	17
23	On application under section 20 for amendment of a patent …	—
32	On application under section 28 for sealing of a patent …	31
33	On opposition to application under section 28 …	—
34	Additional fee for sealing under section 28 …	80
35	On application to amend specification after acceptance …	52
36	On notice of opposition to amendment …	—
38	On application to amend an application for a patent …	26
39	On application for revocation of a patent under section 33 …	—
43	On application for settlement of terms of licence under patent endorsed “Licences of Right” …	—
44	On application by patentee for cancellation of endorsement of patent “Licences of Right” …	—
46	On notice of opposition to cancellation of endorsement of patent “Licences of Right” …	—
53	On application under section 55(1) for directions of comptroller …	—
54	On application under section 55(2) for directions of comptroller …	—
55	On application under section 56(1) to determine dispute …	—
63	On application for entry in the register of claim to a licence under a patent extended under section 23, 24 or 25 …	—
64	On request to comptroller to correct a clerical error …	40
65	On notice of opposition to the correction of a clerical error …	—
68	For duplicate of patent …	—
69	On application for entry of order of court in the register …	—

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules revoke and replace the Patents (Fees) Rules 1991 (S.I.1991/1627). Fees in respect of several matters have been increased; the increases take effect from 11th May 1992.

It is estimated that the total amount of fees collected per annum at the new levels will be 10 per cent greater than the amount collected per annum at existing levels.