{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3292",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application fee and the fee to begin the national phase",
  "text": "(1) The application fee is—\n(a) in respect of an international application for a patent (UK), nil;\n(b) ... in respect of any other application for a patent, including an application treated as an application under the Act following a direction under section 81 (conversion of European patent applications)—\n(i) which is filed in electronic form or using electronic communications in accordance with directions given under section 124A, specified in Table 1; and\n(ii) which is filed otherwise than in the form referred to in subparagraph (i), specified in Table 2\nTable 1 (Electronic filing)\nWhere the filing of the application is accompanied by the application fee\n£75\nWhere the filing of the application is not accompanied by the application fee\n£95\nTable 2 (Non-electronic filing)\nWhere the filing of the application is accompanied by the application fee\n£120\nWhere the filing of the application is not accompanied by the application fee\n£150\n(2) The prescribed fee to begin the national phase of an international application for a patent (UK) is £40.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 3(1)(b) and tables substituted for rule 3(1)(b) (6.4.2018) by The Patents and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1100), rules 1(1), 6 (with rule 11(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 3(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 6(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in rule 3(1)(b) Table 1 substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 6(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in rule 3(1)(b) Table 2 substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 6(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in rule 3(2) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Rule 3(3) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 6(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3292/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:55.199099+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}