CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 1 to 5) > PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES > SUBPART C—International Processing Provisions (§1.401 to §1.499) > 1.482—International preliminary examination fees.

1.482—International preliminary examination fees.

(a) The following fees and charges for international preliminary examination are established by the Director under the authority of 35 U.S.C. 376 :
(1) The following preliminary examination fee is due on filing the Demand:
(i) If an international search fee as set forth in § 1.445(a)(2) has been paid on the international application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an International Searching Authority—$600.00
(ii) If the International Searching Authority for the international application was an authority other than the United States Patent and Trademark Office—$750.00
(2) An additional preliminary examination fee when required, per additional invention—$600.00
(b) The handling fee is due on filing the Demand and shall be as prescribed in PCT Rule 57.

Code of Federal Regulations

[68 FR 59888, Oct. 20, 2003]