Three-month safety period under Rule 13(4) UPR
97A renewal fee in respect of a Unitary Patent falling due within three months of the notification of the communication referred to in Rule 7(1) UPR (i.e. the one informing the requester of the date of registration of unitary effect) may still be paid within that three-month period without any additional fee under Rule 13(3) UPR (see Rule 13(4) UPR).
98This does not affect the course of the six-month additional period under Rule 13(3) UPR: it nevertheless starts running from the due date. However, Rule 13(4) UPR has the effect that an additional fee under Rule 13(3) UPR does not have to be paid where the renewal fee is paid within the three-month safety period.
