Patent Renewal Country Guides

Japan: Patent Annual Fee Guide

Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Japanese Patent Office (JPO). An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Japanese patents.   Renewal Years Renewal fees are due on patents of any age that are granted at the Japanese Patent Office. Fees for the first to third years are due as a lump sum within 30 days of the decision to grant the patent. After than, fees are annual.   Renewal Dates & Payment Windows There are…

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Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden: Scandinavian Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the four (distinct) patent offices of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish patents.     Scandinavian Commonalities These four Scandinavian countries have the same basic renewal rules, as detailed below.   Renewal Years In all the above countries, fees are due throughout the patent’s whole lifetime – from the very first day of filing the application, through to when…

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South Korea: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for South Korean patents.   Renewal Years Korean patents entail the payment of annual fees to the KIPO after the first three years from registration or grant date. The first three years’ fees are paid as a lump sum at grant. For the fourth year onwards (ie at 3 years from the grant date onwards), renewal fees are…

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China: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the SIPO – the Chinese Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Chinese patents.   Renewal Years Chinese patent must be renewed annually throughout their granted lifetime. No matter when the patent is granted, renewal fees begin.   Renewal Dates & Payment Windows The renewal date each year is the anniversary of the filing date of the patent. There is no extended payment window – fees…

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Switzerland: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Swiss patents.   Renewal Years Renewal is required right from the filing of an application, every year throughout the lifetime of the patent. The first three years are paid upon the filing of the application. From year four, fees become due annually.   Renewal Dates & Payment Windows For the first year of annual renewal, the…

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Spain: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas. An summary for information purposes of the patent renewal rules in place in Spain.   Renewal Years Spanish patents must be renewed after grant every year from the third year onwards. For nationally filed patent rights, there is a similar set up to the UK, where annuities accrued during the pendancy of the application before grant are payable once the patent has granted. Note that this doesn’t…

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Italy: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Italian Patent Office (Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi). An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Italian patents.   Renewal Years Fees are due both before and after the grant of the patent from the time the patent hits the fourth anniversary of the filing date. From then on, fees are due annually.   Renewal Dates & Payment Windows The end of the payment window is defined as the end…

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Ireland: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Irish Patents Office. An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Irish patents.   Renewal Years Renewal of Irish patents is required annually from the third year from the patent filing date. The first two years are paid for on filing.   Renewal Dates & Payment Windows As with other European countries, the renewal fee is due at the end of the month that holds the filing date anniversary. Payments can…

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New Zealand: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for New Zealand patents.   Renewal Years The patent office requires renewal payments both before and after the grant of the patent, at four points during the patent’s life, starting with a payment for the fifth year of the patent’s life, due by the fourth anniversary of the effective filing date (i.e. the earliest filing date applied to the patent…

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Austria: Patent Renewal Guide

Renewal Procedure and Patent Annual Fees from the Austrian Patent Office (Das Österreichische Patentamt) An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Austrian patents.   Renewal Years Renewal fees only become due on Austrian patents once they have been granted and published in the local patent gazette (Österreichisches Patentblatt). The requirement to pay fees starts fairly late on in the patent’s life – with the fee due for the sixth year being the first. After that, fees are due annually.   Renewal Dates &…

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