The Patents Rules 1995

Transmittal and late payment fees

118.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, payment of a prescribed transmittal fee referred to in Rule 14.1 of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty shall be made to the Patent Office under the said Treaty not later than one month after the date on which the international application to which it relates is filed at the Patent Office as the competent receiving Office under the said Treaty.

(2) Where in accordance with Rule 19.4(a) of the said Regulations, an international application is considered to have been received by the Patent Office on behalf of the International Bureau as receiving Office, the transmittal of the application by the Patent Office shall be subject to the payment of a fee as provided by Rule 19.4(b) of the said Regulations.

(3) Where the Patent Office as the competent receiving Office under the said Treaty issues an invitation pursuant to rule 16 bis.1(a) or rule 16 bis.1(b) of the said Regulations, that invitation shall require the applicant to pay to the Patent Office a late payment fee as provided by Rule 16 bis.2 of the said Regulations.