{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3292",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Other fees",
  "text": "(1) The prescribed fee to publish a translation filed at the Patent Office under section 89A(3) or (5) (international and national phases of application) is £16.\n(2) The prescribed fee for an application to the comptroller for an order under the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 as applied by section 92(1) (obtaining evidence for proceedings under the European Patent Convention) is nil.\n(3) The fee to transmit an international application for a patent filed at the Patent Office to the International Bureau and the International Searching Authority is £100.\n(3A) The fee to request restoration of the right of priority of an international application for a patent filed at the Patent Office in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty is £200.\n(4) In paragraph (3) “International Searching Authority” has the same meaning as in the Patent Co-operation Treaty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in rule 7(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), 13(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in rule 7(3) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 13(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 7(3A) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Patents and Patents and Trade Marks (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/33), rules 1, 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in rule 7(3A) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 13(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 34."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3292/article/7",
    "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."
}