Guidelines for Examination:PART A: CHAPTER XI FEES, 9. Reduction of fees, 9.3 Special reductions, 9.3.1 Reduction of the search fee for a supplementary European search

Guidelines for Examination
PART A
CHAPTER XI FEES
9. Reduction of fees
9.3 Special reductions
9.3.1 Reduction of the search fee for a supplementary European search

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PART A
CHAPTER XI FEES
9. Reduction of fees
9.3 Special reductions

9.3.2 Reduction of the examination fee where the international preliminary examination report is being...

9.3.1

Reduction of the search fee for a supplementary European search

The search fee for a supplementary European search report is reduced for PCT applications for which the Patent Office of the USA, Japan, China, Australia, Russia or Korea was the International Searching Authority (see OJ 9/1979, 368; OJ 1/1981, 5; OJ 1-2/1994, 6; OJ 7/2000, 321).

Art. 157(3)(b)

The search fee for a supplementary European search report is also reduced for PCT applications filed on or after 1 April 2005 for which the Patent Office of Finland was the International Searching Authority and for PCT applications filed on or after 1 July 2005 for which the Patent Office of Austria, Spain or Sweden was the the International Searching Authority (cf. OJ 7/2005, 422)