Patent – Fee Schedule for international clients 2024

Schedule of Fees for International Clients 2024

We have decided to disclose our schedule of fees and charges for international clients in consideration of the client’s convenience. We believe our professional fees and charges for JP filing are competitive compared with other Japanese patent firms, and there are no hidden costs.

Meanwhile, you should know that our patent attorneys have extensive experience with incoming cases from international clients, and are very familiar with English claim drafting as well as foreign patent practices such as US, EP, and CN.

We would also like to inform you that we can accept payment in US dollars or euros, i.e., we can absorb the risk of exchange rate fluctuations between Japanese yen and US dollars or euros.

Furthermore, you can select payment through WISE, Paypal, or cryptocurrencies such as DAI (ERC-20), BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP in addition to traditional wire transfer using the interbank network.

In this regard, we have multicurrency WISE accounts (USD, EUR, GBP, SGD) and cryptocurrency exchange accounts for DAI, BTC, EHT, LTC, XRP etc. to improve your payment experience and greatly reduce remittance costs.

 

Patent – Fee Schedule for international clients 2024

Typical Procedure Flow

STEP
File a Japanese patent application through the Paris route or file a request for entry into PCT national phase(see Fees).
STEP
File a request for examination(see Fees).
STEP
Receive an office action from the JPO.
STEP
Respond to the office action with amendments and/or arguments(see Fees).
STEP
Receive a notice of allowance and pay registration fees (see Fees).
STEP
Receive a certificate of patent.

Patent application filing based on basic application

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic filing fee¥100,000¥14,000*
Submitting Japanese translation¥20,000
Preparing Japanese translation¥32/word
Preparing formal drawings suitable
for JP practice (per sheet)
¥2,500
Claiming Paris priority (per one case)¥5,000
Submitting a priority document¥10,000
Filing a divisional application¥100,000¥14,000
Conversion from utility model or design
application to patent application
¥100,000¥14,000
Adding new claim(s) in conversion
or divisional application
Hourly charges

*Official fees: ¥22,000 for JP filing based on foreign language specifications

PCT National Entry 

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic fee for PCT national entry¥100,000¥14,000
Submitting Japanese translation¥20,000
Preparing Japanese translation¥32/word
Preparing formal drawings suitable
for JP practice (per sheet)
¥2,500
Submitting amendment under PCT Art. 19/34¥25,000

 

Before Examination

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Preparing a document for applying to
the exception of the loss of novelty
¥50,000
Voluntary amendment¥25,000
Amendment for addressing formality matter¥15,000
Filing request for early publication¥15,000

Request for Examination

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Filing a request for substantive examination¥30,000¥138,000 +
N* x ¥4,000**
Petition for accelerated examination (except PPH)¥30,000
Petition for accelerated examination (PPH)¥50,000
Petition for prioritized examination ¥80,000
Request for refund of examination fees¥15,000
Filing a request for a reduction in substantive
examination fees (mainly for SMEs and Startups)
¥15,000

*N indicates number of claims.
** ¥124,000 + (number of claims) x ¥3,600 for PCT national entry where ISA other than JPO conducted international search.

Office Action

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Reporting an office action¥20,000
English translation of office action¥14/Japanese character
Reviewing an office action, providing
comments on the office action, and preparing
and filing a response to the office action
Hourly charges
Conducting interview with examiner¥40,000
Request for extension of the due date
for response to the office action (each time)
¥15,000¥2,100
Hourly rates¥20,000*/hr.

*Partners: ¥25,000/hr.

Registration 

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Reporting a notice of allowance¥20,000
Payment of registration fees
(1st to 3rd year annuities)
¥20,000see Table 1
Request for extension of the due date
for payment of registration fees
¥15,000
Sending a certificate of patent¥10,000
Payment and management of
annuity (each year)
¥15,000see Table 1

Decision of Rejection/Appeal against the Decision

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Reporting a decision of rejection¥20,000
English translation of decision of rejection ¥14/Japanese character
Filing an appeal against the decision
of rejection
¥100,000¥49,500 +
N* x ¥5,500
Reviewing a decision of rejection,
providing comments on the decision, and
preparing and filing an appeal against
the decision along with an amendment
Hourly charges
Petition for accelerated trial¥30,000
Conducting interview with examiner ¥40,000
Hourly rates¥20,000**/hr.

*N indicates number of claims.
**Partners: ¥25,000/hr.

Expert Opinion

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic fee for expert opinion¥300,000*
Hourly rates ¥20,000/hr.**

*Professional fees for 8 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 8 hours. Partners: ¥25,000/hr.

Opposition

Opponent side

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic fee for opposition request¥250,000*¥16,500 +
N**x ¥2,400
Hourly rates ¥20,000/hr.***
Submission of opposition request by dummy¥25,000****

*Professional fees for 6 hours of review are included.
**N indicates number of patented claims.
***This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 6 hours. Partners: ¥25,000/hr.
****This fee will be applied if you wish to use a dummy in the opposition request.

Patent owner side

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic management fee for opposition¥40,000
Reporting an office action made by
the board of appeal
¥20,000
English translation of office action¥14/Japanese character
Reviewing an office action, providing comments
on the office action, and preparing and
filing a response to the office action
along with a request for correction
Hourly charges
Hourly rates¥20,000/hr.

Invalidation trial

Requester side

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic fee for invalidation trial¥400,000*¥49,500 +
N**x ¥5,500
Hourly rates ¥20,000/hr.***

*Professional fees for 8 hours of review are included.
**N indicates number of patented claims.
***This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 8 hours. Partners: ¥25,000/hr.

Patent owner side

DescriptionsProfessional Fees (JPY)JPO Fees (JPY)
Basic fee for invalidation trial¥350,000*
Hourly rates¥20,000/hr.**

*Professional fees for 8 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 8 hours. Partners: ¥25,000/hr.

Table 1: Patent Annuity (JPO Fees)

DescriptionsJPO Fees (JPY)
1st to 3rd patent annuities ¥4,300 +(number of claims) x ¥300 (each year)
4th to 6th patent annuities ¥10,300 + (number of claims) x ¥800 (each year)
7th to 9th patent annuities¥24,800 + (number of claims) x ¥1,900 (each year)
10th to 25th patent annuities¥59,400 + (number of claims) x ¥4,600 (each year)

You can see the detailed schedule of JPO fees here.