1.481 Payment of international preliminary examination fees.¶
- (a) The handling and preliminary examination fees shall be paid within the time period set in PCT Rule 57.3 . The handling fee or preliminary examination fee payable is the handling fee or preliminary examination fee in effect on the date of payment.
- (1) If the handling and preliminary examination fees are not paid within the time period set in PCT Rule 57.3 , applicant will be notified and given one month within which to pay the deficient fees plus a late payment fee equal to the greater of:
- (i) Fifty percent of the amount of the deficient fees, but not exceeding an amount equal to double the handling fee; or
- (ii) An amount equal to the handling fee ( PCT Rule 58bis.2 ).
- (2) The one-month time limit set in this paragraph to pay deficient fees may not be extended.
- (1) If the handling and preliminary examination fees are not paid within the time period set in PCT Rule 57.3 , applicant will be notified and given one month within which to pay the deficient fees plus a late payment fee equal to the greater of:
- (b) If the payment needed to cover the handling and preliminary examination fees, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, is not timely made in accordance with PCT Rule 58bis.1(d) , the United States International Preliminary Examination Authority will declare the Demand to be considered as if it had not been submitted.
[63 FR 29614, June 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1998 (adopted as final, 63 FR 66040, Dec. 1, 1998); para. (a) revised, 68 FR 58991, Oct. 20, 2003, effective Jan. 1, 2004]