New PCT International Fees Effective November 15, 2007

The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization has informed the United States Patent and Trademark Office, that due to an adjustment in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss franc, the dollar amount of the international filing fee for international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office will increase, effective 15 November 2007, as follows

• $1163.00 - International filing fee (first thirty pages)
• $1080.00 - International filing fee (first thirty pages - filed in paper with PCT-EASY file on diskette, CD-R or DVD-R or filed electronically without PCT-EASY zip file)
• $ 997.00 - International filing fee (first thirty pages - filed electronically with PCT-EASY zip file)

The new amounts will be posted at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapps/pct/fees.htm.