South Africa Invention patent

General pricingCombined filing- and grant-stage fee, excluding drafting and translation. It includes annuities for the first three years. Although there is no substantive examination, novelty is still examined.

General pricingA scanned priority document and English translation are required; translation is included. We recommend relying on an application subject to substantive examination or an existing PCT search report.

General pricingNo qualifying condition applies; acceleration may be requested directly to shorten examination, or deferred examination may be requested.

General pricingFees vary according to the technical field and drafting-quality requirements.

General pricingChinese-to-English translation fee, calculated by the word count in the draft patent documents.

General pricingCharged per amendment item; two amendments are charged at twice this fee.