Ancillary Regulations Part I: Article 151 OJ 1978, 271

Article 151 OJ 1978, 271: PCT Time for payment of the basic fee and the search fee for international applications

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Foreword

Ancillary Regulations

Part I

Article 151

Article 150(2) OJ 1993, 540: PCT Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 18 June 1993 concerning the language of correspondence with the EPO as an International Authority under the PCT

Article 151 OJ 1978, 271: PCT Time for payment of the basic fee and the search fee for international applications

Article 150 OJ 2002, 260: Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 March 2002 concerning business methods

Article 151 OJ 1992, 383: PCT Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 15 June 1992 concerning the late payment fee under Rule 16bis.2 PCT

Article 151 - OJ 1978, 271

PCT
Time for payment of the basic fee and the search fee
for international applications

- OJ 1978, 271 -

Where the European Patent Office acts as a receiving Office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the basic fee and the search fee for the international application, which falls due on the date of receipt of the international application, may be paid up to one month after the date of receipt of the application without the applicant losing the international filing date.

The European Patent Office will not draw the applicant's attention to the observance of this time limit for payment in the event of lack of receipt of the amount of fees received on the date of receipt of the application.

Rules 15.4(a) and 16.1(b) PCT refer.

The provisions concerning payment of the

(a)	transmittal fee, which is payable on the filing of the application (Article 152, paragraph 3, of the European Patent Convention), and the

(b)	designation fees, which must be paid before the expiration of one year from the priority date (Rule 15.4(b) in conjunction with Article 2(xi) PCT) remain unaffected by this Communication.