Regulations under the PCT

Rule 15
The International Filing Fee

 

15.1       The International Filing Fee
 

        Each international application shall be subject to the payment of a fee for the benefit of the International Bureau ("international filing fee") to be collected by the receiving Office.
 

15.2       Amounts
 
  (a)
  The amounts of the international filing fee is as set out in the Schedule of Fees.
 
  (b)
  The international filing fee shall be payable in the currency or one of the currencies prescribed by the receiving Office ("prescribed currency"), it being understood that, when transferred by the receiving Office to the International Bureau, it shall be freely convertible into Swiss currency. The amounts of the international filing fee shall be established, for each receiving Office which prescribes the payment of that fee in any currency other than Swiss currency, by the Director General after consultation with the receiving Office of, or acting under Rule 19.1(b) for, the State whose official currency is the same as the prescribed currency. The amount so established shall be the equivalent, in round figures, of the amount in Swiss currency set out in the Schedule of Fees. It shall be notified by the International Bureau to each receiving Office prescribing payment in that prescribed currency and shall be published in the Gazette.
 
  (c)
  Where the amount of the international filing fee set out in the Schedule of Fees is changed, the corresponding amount in the prescribed currencies shall be applied from the same date as the amount set out in the amended Schedule of Fees.
 
  (d)
  Where the exchange rate between Swiss currency and any prescribed currency becomes different from the exchange rate last applied, the Director General shall establish the new amount in the prescribed currency according to directives given by the Assembly. The newly established amount shall become applicable two months after the date of its publication in the Gazette, provided that the receiving Office referred to in the second sentence of paragraph (b) and the Director General may agree on a date falling during the said two-month period, in which case the said amount shall become applicable from that date.
 

15.3       [Deleted]
 

15.4       Time Limit for Payment; Amount Payable
 

        The international filing fee shall be paid within one month from the date of receipt of the international application. The amount payable shall be the amount applicable on that date of receipt.
 

15.5       [Deleted]
 

15.6       Refund
 

        The receiving Office shall refund the international filing fee to the applicant:
 
  (i)
  if the determination under Article 11(1) is negative,
 
  (ii)
  if, before the transmittal of the record copy to the International Bureau, the international application is withdrawn or considered withdrawn, or
 
  (iii)
  if, due to prescriptions concerning national security, the international application is not treated as such.
 
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