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Schedule of Charges-2009
PATENT (Including PCT National Stage Work)
applications filed on or before December 31, 1987
APPEAL AND TRIAL PROCEDURES
(including Trials filed on and after January 1, 2004)
| Attorney’s Fee (yen) |
Official Fee (yen) |
||
| 241. | Appeal against final rejection, including a first independent claim (see also Item 249) | 270,000 | 55,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 242. | Appeal against decision of dismissal of amendment, including a first independent claim (see also Item 249) | 150,000 | 55,000 |
| 243. | Expedited appeal/trial-examination | 100,000 | ----- |
| 244. | Trial for invalidation, including a first independent claim (see also Item 249) | 600,000 | 55,000 |
| 245. | Intervention in trial for invalidation | 300,000 | 55,000 |
| 246. | Request for correction during the course of procedure of the invalidation trial (applicable to invalidation trials filed on or after January 1, 1994) | 130,000 | 55,000 |
| 247. | Trial for correction, including a first independent claim (see also Item 249) | 180,000 | 55,000 |
| 248. | Re-trial, including a first independent claim (see also Item 249) | 300,000 | 55,000 |
| 249. | Additional charge for each additional independent claim added to the first independent claim in case of appeal, trial or re-trial | 40,000 | 27,500 |
| 250. | Attendance of oral examination, examination of evidence, preparatory proceedings, hearing, etc | 140,000 | ----- |
| 251. | Motion for preservation of evidence or taking of evidence | 300,000 | ----- |
| 252. | Demand for official opinion on technical scope | 300,000 | 40,000 |
| 253. | Demand for decision on establishment of non-exclusive license in caseof non-working, etc. (Demand for an arbitration) | 240,000 | 55,000 |
| 254. | Administrative appeal | 240,000 | ----- |
| 255. | Reply to trial | 600,000 | ----- |
| 256. | Refutation or reply to refutation in opposition or trial case | 95,000 | ----- |
| 257. | Oral hearing | 100,000 | ----- |
