The designation fees are deemed paid for all Contracting States upon payment of seven times the amount of one designation fee. Such payment simply need to be marked "Designation fees" in order for the purpose of the payment to be established.

If, on the other hand, the applicant intends to pay fewer than seven designation fees when filing the application, he should indicate the relevant Contracting States in Section 32.2b of the Request for Grant form (Form 1001). This helps to ensure that the designation fees paid are properly entered in the books and to avoid unnecessary communications under Rule 85a(1) and Rule 69(1) where the applicant has intentionally not paid the fees for certain States because he does not want a patent there. If designation fees are not paid within the basic time limit, communications under Rule 85a(1) and Rule 69(1) are issued only in respect of those States for which the applicant indicated his intention to pay. As regards the other designated States no communications are issued; he may, however, still pay the fees (plus surcharge) for these States up to the end of the period of grace under Rule 85a(2).

For applicants taking part in the automatic debiting procedure, see also XI, 7.2.