---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.481"
title: "37"
number: "1.481"
heading: "Payment of international preliminary examination fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.481"
---

# §1.481. Payment of international preliminary examination fees.

- (a) The handling and preliminary examination fees shall be paid within the time period set in PCT [Rule 57.3](/cfr/37/57.3.md). The handling fee or preliminary examination fee payable is the handling fee or preliminary examination fee in effect on the date of payment.
  - (1) If the handling and preliminary examination fees are not paid within the time period set in PCT [Rule 57.3](/cfr/37/57.3.md), applicant will be notified and given one month within which to pay the deficient fees plus a late payment fee equal to the greater of:
    - (i) Fifty percent of the amount of the deficient fees, but not exceeding an amount equal to double the handling fee; or
    - (ii) An amount equal to the handling fee (PCT [Rule 58bis.2](/cfr/37/58bis.2.md)).
  - (2) The one-month time limit set in this paragraph to pay deficient fees may not be extended.
- (b) If the payment needed to cover the handling and preliminary examination fees, pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, is not timely made in accordance with PCT [Rule 58bis.1(d)](/cfr/37/58bis.1.md?p=d), the United States International Preliminary Examination Authority will declare the Demand to be considered as if it had not been submitted.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 29619, June 1, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 59888, Oct. 20, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1.401 to 1.499 also issued under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 351 through 376.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 20466, May 11, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 29619, June 1, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 59888, Oct. 20, 2003]