Updated PCT Patent Fees For Singapore

A Slow Week of updates to patent fees

Updates to patent fees this week are few and far between, a minor update planned for Singapore is all we have to report this week.

This week’s PCT applicant guide highlighted some updates to patent fees in Singapore, effective November 1.

Highlights of the changes:

In Annex C: Search fee (PCT Rule 16), the international search fee increases from SGD 1,932 to SGD 2,052.
The fee per sheet over 30 increases from SGD 22 to SGD 23.
Electronic filing (the request in character-coded format) increases from SGD 291 to SGD 309.
Electronic filing (the request, description, claims, and abstract in character coded format) increases from SGD 436 to SGD 463.
In Annex E – International Preliminary Examining Authority, the handling fee (PCT Rule 57.1) increases from SGD 291 to SGD 309.