{"id":177919,"date":"2022-11-01T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=177919"},"modified":"2023-02-21T01:28:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T01:28:37","slug":"maintain-patent-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/intellectual-property\/maintain-patent-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Maintain My Patent in England?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are a patent holder or are applying for a patent in the UK, you may wonder how to maintain your patent protection<\/a>. You are initially granted patent protection for four years from the date you filed for it. After that, you must renew yearly to keep your patent. The maximum time you can keep your patent is 20 years. After that, your patent will cease to exist, meaning you no longer have any rights concerning the patent. Allowing your patent to lapse means you risk a third party taking advantage of your invention. This article will explain how the UK patent renewal process works<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewing <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can renew your patent by post or telephone, but the simplest method is to renew your patent online through the <\/span>UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO)<\/span><\/a>. You can renew your patent three months before the due date or within one month of it falling due. If you also have trademarks or registered designs that need renewing, you can renew all these simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual fees for renewing your patent increase for each year you choose to keep it. The following table details this:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 1<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a370<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 6<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3170<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 11<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3190<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 16<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3420<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr>

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Year 2<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a390<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 7<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3190<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 12<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3220<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 17<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3470<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr>

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Year 3<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3110<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 8<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3220<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 13<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3260<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 18<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3520<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr>

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Year 4<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3130<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 9<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3260<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 14<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3300<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 19<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3570<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr>

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Year 5<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3150<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 10<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3300<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 15<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3360<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Year 20<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>

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\u00a3610<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First Renewal <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It can take several years from filing your application to being <\/span>granted your patent<\/span><\/a>. Because of this, the rules for a first renewal may differ slightly. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you filed your application more than three years and nine months before your patent was granted, you will need to renew your patent three months from the grant date. You may also have to pay a greater fee to cover any years in which you would have renewed had the patent been granted earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n

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