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Legal basis for levying renewal fees |
Art. 67 PL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 Amount of fees (plus any charges levied by banks) |
Tariff No. 109 Fees Law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 (a) Due date (in the patent year concerned) (b) Time limit for payment (without surcharge)* (c) Earliest possible date for payment |
(a) Anniversary of date of filing (b) 2 months from due date (c) Payment may not be made more than 6 months before due date. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 Period of grace for payment of fees (with surcharge) (a) duration (b) surcharge |
(a)(i) 3 months from due date (ii) 9 months from due date (b)(i) 25% (ii) 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 Communication of a reminder in cases of non-payment (a) provided for? (b) date of despatch |
(a) No (b) n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 Restitutio in integrum (a) provided for? (b) time limit for submitting application |
(a) Yes (b) Not later than 3 months from expiry of the non-observed time limit Art. 105 Law on GAP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 Appointment of a national professional representative for (a) payment of fees (b) communication of a reminder of non-payment (c) proceedings in respect of restitutio in integrum |
(a) Yes (b) n/a (c) Yes Art. 16 PL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 Information regarding lapse of patent in cases of non-payment of renewal fees |
Entry in the patent register Publication in the official gazette Art. 39 Reg. |
* For first renewal fee to be paid, see Art. 141(2) EPC.
