3 November 2025
Egypt Updates Official Fees for Patents, Plant Varieties, and Copyrights
The Egyptian Intellectual Property Authority (EGIPA) has issued three new decrees revising official fees for patents, plant varieties and copyrights, effective 14 October 2025.
The three decrees are as follows:
- Decree No. 138 of 2025 amending official patent fees and introducing new patent service fees;
- Decree No. 140 of 2025 introducing new official fees for plant variety protection services; and
- Decree No. 141 of 2025 amending copyright-related service fees and introducing new official fees.
The amendments are outlined in the tables below:
Patent fee increases
| Previous fees (EGP) | New fees effective 14 October (EGP) | % Increase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filing fees | |||
| Review of application | 50 | 200 | 300% |
| Other payments | |||
| Official extract of a patent certificate | 500 | 1,000 | 100% |
| Search fee | 2,000 | 7,000 | 250% |
| Translation – per page | 50 | 200 | 300% |
| Formatting the application (up to 100 pages) | 5,000 | 10,000 | 100% |
| Drawing and preparing technical diagrams | 100 | 250 | 150% |
Newly introduced patent service fees
| Fees (EGP) | |
|---|---|
| Amending the applicant details – name or address | 1,000 |
| Amending the company name | 6,000 |
| Request for an extension of time to pay the examination fees (monthly rate) | 25,000 |
| Adding an inventor | 200 |
| Assignment | 10,000 |
| Licence | 10,000 |
| Change of agent | 5,000 |
| Deadline extension for paying expert fees, per month | 1,000 |
| Consultations via electronic filing system | 500 |
| Formatting the application – per page after the 100-page limit | 20 |
Newly introduced plant variety service fees
| Fees (EGP) | |
|---|---|
| Filing fees | |
| Examination fee | 2,000 |
| Amendments | |
| Amendment fees | 400 |
| Other payments | |
| Priority request | 3,000 |
| English certificate fee | 2,000 |
| Recognising distinctness, uniformity, and stability (DUS) results | 10,000 |
| Statement of representation rights | 2,000 |
| Recognising the variety maintenance results report | 2,000 |
| Requesting a copy of DUS results – entities inside Egypt | 4,000 |
| Requesting a copy of DUS results – entities outside Egypt | 10,000 |
| Inquiry about a protected plant variety, a protection request or breeder's right | 500 |
| Issuing a temporary protection certificate | 500 |
| Statement regarding a protected plant variety (for all) | 2,000 |
| Statement regarding a protection request or breeder's right (from the interested party or his/her legal representative only) | 2,000 |
| Requesting a committee to verify infringement of a protected variety | 10,000 |
| Assignment | 10,000 |
| Licence | 10,000 |
| Change of agent | 4,000 |
New copyright service fees/amended fees
| Fees (EGP) | |
|---|---|
| Filing fees | |
| Filing fee | 1,000 (previously 200) |
| Publication fee | 500 |
| Other payments | |
| Prior examination/preliminary review of documents before submission | 300 |
| Request for publication after accepting submitted applications or publication of modifications (deposit/assignment/transfer of ownership/suspension or cancellation of registered transactions/lifting of seizure) | 500 |
| Request to amend the previously deposited work (author only) | 2,000 |
| Request to amend title of assigned work (author only) | 2,000 |
| Modification of data or images, or addition of documents to a previously submitted request | 1,000 |
| Certificate authentication request for documentation purposes | 1,000 |
| Design modification due to non-compliance with specifications | 1,000 |
| Transfer of a representative for a technical inspection requiring travel to the applicant’s location (single request) | |
| – Inside Cairo | 2,000 |
| – Outside Cairo (Delta Governorates) | 5,000 |
| – Outside Cairo (Upper Egypt Governorates) | 7,000 |
| Transfer of a representative to complete deposit/assignment/transfer procedures of financial rights outside the office, off-site (single request) | 5,000 |
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