With Indonesia’s Ministerial Regulation No. 6 of 2026 now fully in force, DJKI has used its online filing system this week to issue a practical warning: any excess claims fees for new patent applications must be paid in full at the time of filing. The message is procedural, but its effect is immediate. Claim counting, specification drafting and payment checks now need to be handled as one filing task, not as separate follow-up items.
For applicants, the main risk is not simply a higher official fee. It is the loss of room to correct a fee gap after the application has entered the system. Before filing in Indonesia, applicants should review the claim set, trim dependent claims where commercially sensible, and make sure the local filing budget matches the claim structure. DJKI’s approach also points to a more front-loaded patent filing environment, where online validation may become as important as the legal drafting itself.
