Patent Renewal Country Guides

Renewal Procedure and Patent Renewal Fees at the Indian Patent Office An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Indian patents.   Renewal Years Renewal fees are only payable on an Indian patent once it has been granted. The first time renewal fees become due is the second anniversary of the patent’s filing date, at which point the fee for the third year is due. Since renewal fees are not due before grant, even if the second anniversary passes whilst the patent is still…

Renewal Procedure at the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) – the German Patent and Trade Mark Office An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for German patents.   Renewal Years For patents whose applications were placed directly with the German patent office, or at the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) with Germany as a designated country – i.e. a European patent application was not placed at any stage – renewals are due on both applications and granted patents. From the second anniversary of…

Renewal Procedure at France’s Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for French patents.   Renewal Years Renewals fees are due annually, starting on the first anniversary of the patent’s filing date. On this date, the fee for patent year 2 becomes due. The fee for the first year of the patent’s life is included in the fees charged at application. For patents filed through the European Patent Office (EPO), renewal fees are only due to the French patent office…

Renewal Procedure at the US Patent & Trademark Office Renewal fees are only due three times during the life of a US patent. They are only payable after the patent has been granted. The first fee is due three years and six months after grant, and its payment permits the patent to remain in force beyond the fourth anniversary of grant. The second fee is payable by seven years and six months after grant, and the third by eleven years and six…

Renewal Procedure at the UK Intellectual Property Office Renewal fees are due for UK patents from the 4th anniversary of the patent filing date, and every year thereafter. There is a grace period of one month after the end of the payment window, during which no additional late payment penalty fee is charged. Thereafter, there is a fee of £24 per subsequent month for the following five months. After the end of this six month late payment period, the patent is…

Patent Application Renewal Procedures at the European Patent Office Renewal fees are due for UK patents from the 2nd anniversary of the patent filing date, and every year thereafter to maintain the application. Once the patent is granted, no more renewal fees are due to the European Patent Office (EPO). The patent is then considered by each member state designated on the application. To achieve granted patent status in each country, further fees will be due. Your patent agent will…

Renewal Procedure at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office Until a Canadian patent is granted, the Patent Attorney handling the application must also provide for the payment of application maintenance fees. After the patent grant date, the applicant is free to chose another service to manage renewals, such as RenewalsDesk. When a Canadian patent is granted, any fee paid to maintain the application for that year is also considered as the fee paid to maintain the granted patent for that year.…

Renewal Procedure at the Australian Government’s ‘IP Australia’ Office An informational summary of the patent renewal rules in place for Australian patents.   Patent Types There are two types of patents in Australia. Standard patents are patents in the traditional sense. Standard patents require an inventive step, a formal examination procedure and can provide up to 20 years of protection for your intellectual property (with the payment of the appropriate renewal fees).  Innovation patents are less stringent in their requirements and can provide only up…