Article 118 Transmittal, international and search fees
Payment of the prescribed transmittal fee and the basic fee referred to in rule 15.1(i) of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty shall be made to the Patent Office not later than one month after the date on which the application to which they relate is filed at the Patent Office.
Payment of designation fees referred to in rule 15.1(ii) of the said Regulations shall be made to the Patent Office in the amount provided for in rule 15.2(b) thereof not later than—
one year after the date on which the application to which they relate is filed at the Patent Office in a case in which there is no date to be treated by virtue of section 89B(1)(b) as the declared priority date; and
one month after that date or, if later, one year after the date to be treated by virtue of section 89B(1)(b) as the declared priority date in any other case.
Payment of the search fee referred to in rule 16.1 of the said Regulations shall be made to the Patent Office in the amount fixed by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation and published in the Journal.