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Legal basis for levying renewal fees |
Art. 33(3) PA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 month in which the date of filing occurred (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 date (b) 25% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2 months after USBM's communication on expiry of the time limit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) and (c) Foreign applicants must appoint a professional representative who has been entered on the list of patent attorneys maintained by the USBM. (b) An address for correspondence in the Republic of San Marino must be given. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 Information regarding lapse of patent in cases of non-payment of renewal fees |
Communication to proprietor of patent or to his representative and mention in the bulletin |
* For first renewal fee to be paid, see Art. 141(2) EPC.
