{"id":6365,"date":"2025-02-07T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forresters-ip.com\/no-epo-fee-increases-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:01:08","slug":"no-epo-fee-increases-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forresters-ip.com\/de\/no-epo-fee-increases-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"No EPO Fee Increases in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditionally, the European Patent Office (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epo.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPO<\/a>) has reviewed its official fees every two years to account for inflation, and for the most part this has resulted in fee increases. Recently, however, we have seen fee reviews in\u00a0<em>consecutive<\/em>\u00a0years, with increases of around 3%, 5% and 4% in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EPO has confirmed that there will be\u00a0<strong>no inflationary adjustment to its fees in<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>2025<\/strong>\u00a0and that the biennial review will likely resume in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is of course good news for applicants generally; and additionally means that the pressure to pay fees earlier, to avoid any increase, is not necessary this year.\u00a0If you have any questions or would like advice on fee payments, please consult with your usual\u00a0Forresters attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forresters-ip.com\/people\/\">Speak to the team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, the European Patent Office (EPO) has reviewed its official fees every two years to account for inflation, and for the most part this has resulted in fee increases. 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