Information concerning renewals
To keep your patent or patent application in force annual fees must be paid at the beginning of the third year and each following year counted from the date of filing.
The fee is falling due on the last day of the application month (example: filing date 15/06/08 3rd annuity due on 30/06/10). If the fee is not paid before the expiry of the second month from the due date, it may be paid together with a surcharge of 50 EUR before the expiry of the sixth month from the due date (in the above example that time limit expires on 31st December 2010).
Reduced fees apply in case of declaration of willingness to license (Sec. 23 (1) Patent Law)
| Fee
Euro (€) |
Reduced Fee
Euro (€) |
Description | |
| 1th year | 0 | 0 | |
| 2th year | 0 | 0 | |
| 3th year | 70 | 35 | |
| 4th year | 70 | 35 | |
| 5th year | 90 | 45 | |
| 6th year | 130 | 65 | |
| 7th year | 180 | 90 | |
| 8th year | 240 | 120 | |
| 9th year | 290 | 145 | |
| 10th year | 350 | 175 | |
| 11th year | 470 | 235 | |
| 12th year | 620 | 310 | |
| 13th year | 760 | 380 | |
| 14th year | 910 | 455 | |
| 15th year | 1060 | 530 | |
| 16th year | 1230 | 615 | |
| 17th year | 1410 | 705 | |
| 18th year | 1590 | 795 | |
| 19th year | 1760 | 880 | |
| 20th year | 1940 | 970 |
A full list of current fees can be found at "Information concerning Costs, Fees, and Expenses of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and the Federal Patent Court" .
Innovaccess is a constituent part of the IP Awareness and Enforcement: Modular Based Actions for SMEs project (IPeuropAware) which is co-financed by the CIP Programme, DG Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission
