UNITED KINGDOM PATENT OFFICE: Patent application fees abolished.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 August 1998-UNITED KINGDOM PATENT OFFICE: Patent application fees abolished (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:120898 Small firms and private individuals will benefit most when the United Kingdom Patent Office abolishes the application fee for patents from 1 October 1998.

The Office will be the first in the industrialised world not to charge a patent application fee. Abolition of the filing fee forms part of a 20 per cent cut in Patent Office fees to come into effect on 1 October. Other reductions include a cut in the trade mark application fee from GBP 225 to GBP 200, a cut in trade mark registration renewal from GBP 250 to GBP 200 and cuts in patent renewal fees by an average of 18 per cent. The cuts will assist entry into the...