Fees for Foreign Clients
Please find a list below of our Fees for incoming agency work from foreign clients.
Local clients are requested to please Contact Us directly for an obligation-free quote in respect of your local and international intellectual property requirements.
| Patents: | USD |
| Filing South African patent application | $912 |
| Acceptance, advertisement and grant | $275 |
| Delay of acceptance for 21 months (non PCT), or for 15 months (PCT national phase) | $256 |
| Receiving and late filing one batch of documents | $149 |
| Clerical correction (minimum) | $208 |
| Substantive amendment (typically) | $267-531 |
| Annual Renewal – A reduced fee is payable for the second and subsequent fees if more than one fee is paid at one time. Paying a single renewal fee: | |
| End of 3rd, 4th and 5th years | $170 |
| • 6th and 7th years | $170 |
| • 8th and 9th years | $170 |
| • 10th and 11th years | $170 |
| • 12th and 13th years | $186 |
| • 14th and 15th years | $186 |
| • 16th and 17th years | $172 |
| • 18th and 19th years | $185 |
| • FULL TERM | $545 |
| Designs: | USD |
| Filing a South African design application | $636 |
| Each further design application filed simultaneously | $572 |
| Registration and advertisement | $181 |
| Receiving and late filing one batch of documents | $153 |
| Clerical correction (minimum) | $217 |
| Annual Renewal – The fees are the same as in respect of patents, up to the 9th year in respect of functional designs and the 14th year in respect of aesthetic designs. | |
| Trademarks: | USD |
| Filing a South African trade mark application | $570 |
| Filing the second to fifth applications simultaneously in the same name (each) | $534 |
| Filing the sixth application and subsequent applications simultaneously in the same name (each) | $511 |
| Acceptance, advertisement and grant | $204 |
| Receiving and late filing one batch of documents | $175 |
| Renewal of a South African trade mark registration | $443 |
| Renewal of each additional registration at the same time | $352 |
| Registerability search in South Africa | $352 |
| Standard Office Action | $311 |