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IP Newsletter | Fall 2018
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KIPO Ceases Official Fee Reductions for EPO ISRs
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The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has discontinued offering a reduction in official prosecution fees for submission of an International Search Report (ISR) from the European Patent Office (EPO). The change applies to PCT national phase applications in which the request for examination is filed on or after October 1, 2018.
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This change mirrors the EPO's recent corresponding removal of its counterpart reduction in European search fees based on KIPO ISRs. Previously, the official fee for requesting substantive examination at KIPO could be reduced by 10% if an ISR issued by the EPO was submitted.
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The following discounts to the official fee for requesting substantive examination continue to apply: (i) 30% reduction if either an ISR or International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER) issued by KIPO is submitted, (ii) 70% reduction if both an ISR and IPER issued by KIPO are submitted, and (iii) 70% reduction if the applicant is an individual who is also an inventor.
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