Automatic Fee Generation

The Patent Place allows US Companies to automatically generate relevant fees. Displaying comprehensive fee breakdowns to know exactly what the cost is when filing formalities directly into the European Patent Office (EPO), or with national patent offices.

Automatic Fee Generation

The Patent Place allows US Companies to automatically generate relevant fees. Displaying comprehensive fee breakdowns to know exactly what the cost is when filing formalities directly into the European Patent Office (EPO), or with national patent offices.

Fee Transparency

Patent Place aims to ensure its users feel confident when they’re filing IP. Our fee breakdown feature helps instil this confidence, by providing complete transparency with all fees. The breakdown clearly distinguishes between official fees due at the EPO and/or national patent offices, and any fees incurred by Patent Place. You can process formalities knowing there are no hidden extra costs.

Fee Transparency

Patent Place aims to ensure its users feel confident when they’re filing IP. Our fee breakdown feature helps instil this confidence, by providing complete transparency with all fees. The breakdown clearly distinguishes between official fees due at the EPO and/or national patent offices, and any fees incurred by Patent Place. You can process formalities knowing there are no hidden extra costs.

Dynamic Fees

Access case overviews where you can prepare formalities ready to be filed directly to the EPO and/or national patent offices. Our formality tools enable quick creation of both forms and fees, saving significant time processing formalities. Once prepared, the formality is ready to be filed directly to the necessary patent office.

Dynamic Fees

Access case overviews where you can prepare formalities ready to be filed directly to the EPO and/or national patent offices. Our formality tools enable quick creation of both forms and fees, saving significant time processing formalities. Once prepared, the formality is ready to be filed directly to the necessary patent office.

See Fees in Color

Our color phase system shows the current and future costs for filing formalities. The period running up to a deadline is broken into price brackets, allowing you to see the costs involved when instructing at each stage.

The cost charts we provide clearly indicate at what stages there are price increases, helping you make the right choice on when to action them. To provide that little more help, we will notify you when color phase is about to begin, prompting you to take action.

See Fees in Color

Our color phase system shows the current and future costs for filing formalities. The period running up to a deadline is broken into price brackets, allowing you to see the costs involved when instructing at each stage. The cost charts we provide clearly indicate at what stages there are price increases, helping you make the right choice on when to action them. To provide that little more help, we will notify you when color phase is about to begin, prompting you to take action.

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What is the difference between official fees and processing fees?

The EPO and national patent offices have set fees which they require in order to process a formality instruction. We call these fees ‘official fees’. ‘Processing fees’ are our fees for providing our service. These fees are all made transparent through our fee breakdown tab which is accessible in the Case Overview panel.

Patent Place incurs an express fee when a case’s formality is instructed within the amber phase, i.e. very close to the deadline. You can find more information on color phases in the deadline reminders page. The fee added is 10% of the official costs.

When a formality enters the red phase, this means it is too close to the deadline for a formality to be processed automatically through the system. It requires urgent processing by one of our IP support team, which incurs additional fees. This additional fee is indicative and is 40% of the official fees. You will be given the final quote when you contact the support team to process the formality.

We are partnered with currency exchange company Moneycorp. They are an integral part of our automated system for filing formalities directly to the EPO. They provide us a daily, competitive USD: EUR FX rate, which feeds into our system. Our FX chart feature shows you the history of the currency exchange rate, so you can monitor trends, to make an informed decision on when is best to process your formality in a cost-effective manner.