PCT Fee Adjustments for January 1, 2008

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 following fees for international applications filed in the RO/US and IPEA/US will increase, effective 01 January 2008.

$1194 - International filing fee (first thirty pages)
$1109 - 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)
$1023 - International filing fee (first thirty pages - filed electronically with PCT-EASY zip file)
$13 - Supplemental fee for each additional page over first thirty pages
$5200 - Sequence listing and/or sequence-related table on electronic medium only (PCT AI Section 801)
$171 - Handling fee (Chapter II fee associated with filing Demand for International Preliminary Examination)

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