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Schedule of Charges-2009
PATENT (Including PCT National Stage Work)
applications filed on or after January 1, 1988
APPEAL AND TRIAL PROCEDURES(including Trials filed on and after January 1, 2004)
| Attorney’s Fee (yen) |
Official Fee (yen) |
||
| 141. | Appeal against final rejection, including a first claim (see also Item 150) | 270,000 | 55,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142. | Appeal against final rejection combined with a complaint against decision of dismissal of amendment, including a first claim (see also Item 150) (applicable to the patent applications filed on or after January 1, 1994) | 290,000 | 55,000 |
| 143. | Appeal against decision of dismissal of amendment, including a first claim (see also Item 150) (applicable to patent applications filed on or before December 31, 1993) | 150,000 | 55,000 |
| 144. | Expedited appeal/trial-examination | 100,000 | ----- |
| 145. | Trial for invalidation, including a first claim (see also Item 150) | 600,000 | 55,000 |
| 146. | Intervention in trial for invalidation | 300,000 | 55,000 |
| 147. | Request for correction during the course of procedure of the invalidation trial (applicable to invalidation trials filed on or after April 1, 1994) | 130,000 | 55,000 |
| 148. | Trial for correction, including a first claim (see also Item 150) | 180,000 | 55,000 |
| 149. | Re-trial, including a first claim (see also Item 150) | 300,000 | 55,000 |
| 150. | Additional charges for each additional claim added to the first claim in case of appeal, trial or re-trial | 8,000 | 5,500 |
| 151. | Attendance of oral examination, examination of evidence, preparatory proceedings, hearing, etc. | 140,000 | ----- |
| 152. | Motion for preservation of evidence or taking of evidence | 300,000 | ----- |
| 153. | Demand for official opinion on technical scope | 300,000 | 40,000 |
| 154. | Demand for decision on establishment of non-exclusive license in case of non-working, etc. (Demand for an arbitration) | 240,000 | 55,000 |
| 155. | Administrative appeal | 240,000 | ----- |
| 156. | Reply to trial | 600,000 | ----- |
| 157. | Refutation or reply to refutation in opposition or trial case | 95,000 | ----- |
| 158. | Oral hearing | 100,000 | ----- |
