What are the fee reductions for electronic filing?
The PCT Assembly in September/October 2006 approved a new fee schedule that entered into force on October 12, 2006. The international filing fee is reduced by the following amount if the international application is, in accordance with and to the extent provided for in the Administrative Instructions, filed: • on paper together with a copy in electronic form, in character coded format, of the request and the abstract (PCT-EASY type application): 100 CHF (or equivalent), • in electronic form, the request not being in character coded format (e.g. in PDF or TIFF): 100 CHF (or equivalent), • in electronic form, the request being in character coded format (XML): 200 CHF (or equivalent), • in electronic form, the request, as well as the description, claims and abstract being in character coded format (XML, prepared e.g. with the PCT-SAFE Editor): 300 CHF (or equivalent).
