Schedule of Fees
1. Application
(1) Patents
- Patent application ￥15,000
- Application in foreign language ￥24,000
- Entry into the national phase in Japan (under the PCT) ￥15,000
- Application for registration of an extension of the term of patent right ￥74,000
(2) Utility Models (Note: Applicants are required to pay registration fees for the 1st-3rd years in a lump sum at the time of filing)
- Utility Model application ￥14,000
- Entry into the national phase in Japan (under the PCT) ￥14,000
(3) Designs
- Design application ￥16,000
- Request for secret design ￥5,100
(4) Trademarks
- Trademark application ￥3,400 + ￥ 8,600 per classification
- Defensive mark application ￥6,800 + ￥17,200 per classification
2. Request for Examination
(1) Patents
- Request for examination ￥118,000 +￥4,000 per claim -where the international search report has been
- established by the JPO (under the PCT) ￥71,000 +￥2,400 per claim -where the international search report has been established by an International Searching
- Authority other than the JPO (under the PCT) ￥106,000 +￥3,600 per claim -where the search report has been established by a designated searching organization ￥94,000 +￥3,200 per claim
(2) Utility Models
- Request for Registrability Report ￥42,000 + ￥1,000 per claim -where the international search report has
- been established by the JPO (under the PCT) ￥8,400 + ￥200 per claim -where the international search report has been established by an International Searching
- Authority other than the JPO (under the PCT) ￥33,600 + ￥800 per claim
3. Annual fee / Registration fee
(1) Patents
1) For patent applications filed on or after January 1, 1988(For patent applications requested for examination on or after April 1, 2004)
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥ 2,300 + ￥ 200 per claim
- 4-6th year: annually, ￥ 7,100 + ￥ 500 per claim
- 7-9th year: annually, ￥21,400 + ￥1,700 per claim
- 10-25th year: annually, ￥61,600 + ￥4,800 per claim(For patent applications requested for examination on or before March 31, 2004)
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥11,400 + ￥1,000 per claim
- 4-6th year: annually, ￥17,900 + ￥1,400 per claim
- 7-9th year: annually, ￥35,800 + ￥2,800 per claim
- 10-25th year: annually, ￥71,600 + ￥5,600 per claim
2) For patent applications filed on or before December 31, 1987(For patent applications requested for examination on or after April 1, 2004)
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥ 1,500 + ￥ 1,000 per claim
- 4-6th year: annually, ￥ 4,800 + ￥ 2,900 per claim
- 7-9th year: annually, ￥14,300 + ￥ 8,800 per claim
- 10-25th year: annually, ￥47,500 + ￥29,600 per claim(For patent applications requested for examination on or before March 31, 2004)
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥ 7,500 + ￥ 4,900 per claim
- 4-6th year: annually, ￥11,900 + ￥ 7,400 per claim
- 7-9th year: annually, ￥23,800 + ￥14,800 per claim
- 10-25th year: annually, ￥47,500 + ￥29,600 per claim
(2) Utility Models
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥ 2,100 + ￥100 per claim
- 4-6th year: annually, ￥ 6,100 + ￥300 per claim
- 7-10th year: annually, ￥18,100 + ￥900 per claim
(3) Designs
1) For Designs applications filed on or after April 1, 2007
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥ 8,500
- 4-20th year: annually, ￥16,900
2) For Designs applications filed by March 31, 2007
- 1-3rd year: annually, ￥ 8,500
- 4-15th year: annually, ￥16,900
(4) Trademarks
- Registration fee: ￥37,600 per classification -Payment of registration fee by installments ￥21,900 per classification
- Renewal fee: ￥48,500 per classification -Payment of renewal fee by installments ￥28,300 per classification
- Defensive mark registration fee: ￥37,600 per classification
- Defensive mark renewal fee: ￥41,800 per classification
4. Request for Trial / Retrial
(1) Patents
- Trial / Retrial ￥49,500 + ￥5,500 per claim
- Trial / Retrial (for registration of an extension of the term of patent right) ￥55,000 (For patent applications filed on or after January 1, 1988)
(2) Utility Models
- Trial / Retrial ￥49,500 + ￥5,500 per claim
- Correction of description, claim or drawing attached to the application ￥1,400
(3) Designs
- Trial / Retrial ￥55,000
(4) Trademarks
- Trial / Retrial ￥15,000 + ￥ 40,000 per classification
5. Others
- Request for extension of a period ￥2,100
- Notification of succession (Change in the name of applicant) ￥4,200
- Request for other certificates: – on-line ￥1,100 / – over the counter ￥1,400
- Request for inspection of documents (paper) ￥1,500
- Request for inspection of documents (digital): – on-line ￥600 / – over the counter ￥900
- Request for inspection of the Register (paper) ￥300
- Request for inspection of the Register (digital) – on-line ￥600 / – over the counter ￥800
- Request for copy of documents (paper) ￥1,400
- Request for issue of documents (digital): – on-line ￥1,000 / – over the counter ￥1,300
- Request for copy of the Register (paper) ￥350
- Request for issue of the Register (digital): – on-line ￥800 / – over the counter ￥1,100
- Fee for rewriting data into electronic format ￥1,200 + ￥700 per sheet
6. After Registration
(1) Registration of transfer of right:
- Patents ￥15,000
- Utility models ￥ 9,000
- Designs ￥ 9,000
- Trademarks ￥30,000
- General successions (inheritance, etc) ￥ 3,000
(2) Change in the name of owner (excluding transfer) ￥ 1,000
Note : An applicant who has neither an address nor residence (office, if the applicant is a legal entity) in Japan is required to pay almost all of fees through an agent who has an address or a residence (office, if the applicant is a legal entity) in Japan
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