Ancillary Regulations Part II: Rule 94 OJ 2003, 371

Rule 94 OJ 2003, 371: Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2003 revising the Office's fees and costs

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Foreword

Ancillary Regulations

Part II

Rule 94

Rule 93(d) OJ 2001, 458: Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 7 September 2001 concerning documents excluded from file inspection

Rule 94 OJ 2003, 371: Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2003 revising the Office's fees and costs

Rule 94 OJ 2003, 370: Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2003 on the inspection of files

Rule 94 OJ 2003, 373: Notice from the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2003 concerning the inspection of files

Rule 94 - OJ 2003, 371

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2003 revising the Office's fees and costs

- OJ 2003, 371 -

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Rules relating to Fees, the amount of the administrative fees and costs provided for in Rule 94(2) EPC and in the decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2003 on the inspection of files shall be revised as shown in the extract from the schedule of fees given below. The extract from the schedule of fees shall form part of this decision.

Article 2

The fees and costs as revised in accordance with Article 1 shall be binding on requests received at the European Patent Office on or after 18 June 2003.

Article 3

This decision shall enter into force on 18 June 2003.

Done at Munich, 6 June 2003

Ingo KOBER
President

2.1

EUR

Administrative fees

Online inspection of the files of European

patent applications and patents (R 94(1) EPC)

free

- for each A4 page printed (available only by self-service on

European Patent Office premises)

0.20

7.1

Charge for furnishing paper copies (up to 100 A4 pages) or

an electronic storage medium for file inspection

30.00

- surcharge per A4 page over 100

0.30

7.2

Additional charge for sending copies by fax, per page

- in Europe

2.50

- outside Europe

4.00

8.1

Unchanged

8.2

Certification of other documents

30.00