https://new.epo.org/en/node/f6.html Rules Relating to Fees Close Submenu Breadcrumb Home European Patent Convention (EPC 1973) – Table of Contents Rules Relating to Fees Article 6 Print Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Article 6 – (deleted) Article 1 – General Article 2 – Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations Article 3 – Fees, costs and prices laid down by the President of the Office Article 4 – Due date for fees Article 5 – Payment of fees Article 6 – (deleted) Article 7 – Particulars concerning payments Article 8 – Date to be considered as the date on which payment is made Article 9 – Insufficiency of the amount paid Article 10 – Refund of search fees Article 10a – Refund of the fee for a technical opinion Article 10b – Refund of examination fee Article 10c – Refund of insignificant amounts Article 10d – Refund of fee for international preliminary examination Article 11 – Decisions fixing costs which are subject to appeal Article 12 – Reduction of fees Article 13 – Notification Article 14 – Entry into force Article 6 9 (deleted) A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973. 9Deleted by decision of the Administrative Council of 28.06.2001 which entered into force on 01.01.2002 (OJ EPO 2001, 377). Next Previous Show modifications