Renewal of patents
A patent should be maintained yearly from the third year from the application date, in order to remain active. The following text explains the procedure.
Step 1:
About 3 months before the due date for the renewal/maintenance of your patent, you will receive a form from us explaining the time of expiry of your patent. If you wish to use part of our renewal/maintenance service, and maintain your patent, please follow the steps indicated on the form, sign and return it to us. There are several payment options you may choose from. One way would be to submit a check payable to us directly with the signed order in the enclosed envelope. This payment includes our fees and all necessary governmental fees in order to do the renewal on your behalf. The second option would be the e-invoice. If you choose this option, you will get an electronic invoice, payable by credit card, once we have received a signed form. By choosing this option you will also get the opportunity to leave your credit card details to deduct the fees for the upcoming years, once the fee is due. Once the payment has been received by us the renewal process starts.
Step 2:
We will immediately prepare all the necessary documentation, pay the necessary applicable fees and file the renewal/ maintenance documents. Once the renewal is complete we will send you proof that your patent has been renewed. You will also get a user name and password, so you can monitor and check, when the next fee will be due. We will automatically send you an invoice for the following annual maintenance fee payments.
*In some unique cases additional information or signatures may be required. If so our staff will contact you either by phone or by e-mail and request the necessary documentation. Be aware that it is your responsibility to provide us with all documents and/or signatures needed. In case of failure, a non-refundable termination of the agreement may be applied.
