How does patent renewal work In Austria?

Renewal fees are payable to the Austrian Patent Office in respect of national patent applications.

Whereas for a pending European patent application an applicant must pay a single maintenance fee at the EPO, after grant, during the term of the European patent, maintenance fees are payable to the national patent office, where the patent has been validated and is sought to be kept in force.

Austria participates in the Unitary Patent system as well. Annual renewal fees for Unitary Patents are paid to the EPO. Proprietors no longer need to pay national renewal fees in different currencies to multiple patent offices applying different legal requirements.

What is the deadline for renew a patent in Austria?

The annual fees are due each year on the last day of the application month.

For example if the application for the patent was submitted on September 9, 2013 and granted on May 8, 2019. The due date for the payment of the annual fee is September 31.

The annual fees may also be paid up to a maximum of six months after the due date. Payments made after the due date must include the annual fee plus a 20% surcharge.

For national patents, the annual fees must be paid after the patent is granted beginning with the sixth year (calculated from the last day of the application month).

For granted European patent applications, the first annual fee that must be paid to the Austrian Patent Office can be paid up to a maximum of 3 months after the due date without a 20% surcharge for payments made after the due date. After this, the first annual fee that must be paid to the Patent Office can be paid up to a maximum of another 9 months after that (i.e. up to a maximum of 12 months after the due date) including a 20% surcharge for payments made after the due date.

What is the Patent renewal fee in Austria?

1st year: No fee

2nd year: No fee

3rd year: No fee

4th year: No fee

5th year: No fee

6th year: EUR 104 official fee

7th year: EUR 208 official fee

8th year: EUR 313 official fee

9th year: EUR 417 official fee

10th year: EUR 522 official fee

11th year: EUR 626 official fee

12th year: EUR 731 official fee

13th year: EUR 835 official fee

14th year: EUR 940 official fee

15th year: EUR 1044 official fee

16th year: EUR 1148 official fee

17th year: EUR 1253 official fee

18th year: EUR 1356 official fee

19th year: EUR 1566 official fee

20th year: EUR 1775 official fee

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