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Legal basis for levying renewal fees |
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1 Amount of fees (plus any charges levied by banks) |
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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) Last day of the patent year preceding the patent year for which the renewal fee is due (a patent year starts on the anniversary of the date of filing) (b) n/a (c) n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 Period of grace for payment of fees (with surcharge) (a) duration (b) surcharge |
(a) 6 months from due payment date (b) 50% Art. 81 PL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) Within 3 months of the date on which the grounds for non-observance of the time limit ceased to exist or, if the applicant learned of the non-observance after that date, of the date on which he learned of it, but no later than 12 months after the non-observed time limit. Art. 85 PL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) No (b) n/a (c) Yes Art. 29 Rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 patent bulletin Art. 3 Rules |
* For first renewal fee to be paid, see Art. 141(2) EPC.
