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Fees in proceedings before the European Patent Office
The fees which have to be paid with respect to a European patent application filed at the European Patent Office are laid out in the Rules relating to Fees of 20 October 1977, as adopted by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 7 December 2006 and as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2011.
== Renewal fees ==
(詳細はIf the payment of a renewal fee for a European patent application is not made in due time, the renewal fee may still be validly paid within 6 months of the due date, provided that the additional fee provided by is paid within the 6 months as well.〔 (previously )〕 For the calculation of the 6-month additional period, the so-called ''de ultimo ad ultimo'' rule is applied by the EPO.〔 According to this rule, the six-month period runs "from the last day of the month to the last day of the month".〔(Decision J4/91 of October 22, 1991 ), Legal Board of Appeal 3.1.1 of the European Patent Office. Published in OJ 8/1992, 402.〕 For instance, if a renewal fee was due in February 2004, the additional fee fell due on August 31, 2004 (Tuesday), i.e. 6 months from the end of February 2004.
The obligation to pay renewal fees terminates with the payment of the renewal fee due in respect of the year in which the mention of the grant of the European patent is published. Subsequently, renewal fees are payable to the national offices of the EPC Contracting States in which the European patent is brought into effect. Each Contracting State then pays the European Patent Organisation a proportion of each renewal fee received for a European patent in that State.
Whereas for a pending European patent application an applicant must pay a single maintenance fee at the EPO, it may be much more costly to pay several maintenance fees to the several national patent offices for maintaining a granted European patent in a number of countries. This however depends on the number of countries in which the patent proprietor wants to maintain its European patent into force. For instance, whereas the renewal fee for a European patent application is, as of July 2012, 1495 euros for each of the 10th to 20th year,〔(Article 2.1(4) RFees )〕 the sum of national renewal fees exceeds respectively 7 000 euros and 20 000 euros for the 10th and 20th year.〔(National renewal fees for maintaining a granted European patent )〕
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