根据 EPC Rule 162 - Claims incurring fees
(1) If the application documents on which the European grant procedure is to be based comprise more than fifteen claims, claims fees shall be paid for the sixteenth and each subsequent claim as laid down in the Rules relating to Fees within the period under Rule 159, paragraph 1.
如果在PCT进入EPO时补正(EPC Rule 159),权项费将按照补正后的数目计算,所以有机会节省费用。
“进入欧盟之后再展开”恐怕不行吧,补正期限本身就有限制,就算被接受了,“再展开”后的版本即“application documents on which the European grant procedure is to be based”,按照Rule 162,附加费仍从第16项起征。
另外可否请ls解释一下“但很有可能检索报告也来不及得到就需要缴纳审核费,则没有修改后再缴审核费的机会”?谢谢 |