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Manual of Patent Office Practice
Chapter 25
Tariff of Fees (effective July 26, 2004)
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Introduction
This chapter sets forth the various fees to be collected by the Patent Office for
services rendered to its clients. The general provision for the charging of fees
for service is section 12(1)(e), (f) and (g) of the Patent Act and section 3 of the
Patent Rules. The fees are specified in Schedule II (Section 3) of
the Patent Rules.
25.00.01
Transitional provisions (effective January 1st, 2004)
Maintenance fees paid before January 1, 2004, are paid according to the tariff
of fees listed as items 30 to 32 of Schedule II of the Patent Rules
as they read immediately before January 1, 2004. Maintenance fees paid after
January 1, 2004, are paid according to the tariff of fees listed as items 30
to 32 of Schedule II of the Patent Rules as in force on January 1, 2004
(section 24 of the Transitional Provisions of the Rules Amending
the Patent Rules SOR/2003-208).
For patent application deemed to be abandoned for failure to pay a prescribed
fee before January 1, 2004, the amount of the fee that must be paid for the
purposes of paragraph 73(3)(b) of the Patent Act to reinstate the
application is the amount set out in Schedule II of the Patent Rules
as they read on the date of abandonment (section 25 of the Transitional Provisions
of the Rules Amending the Patent Rules SOR/2003-208).
For patent application filed on or after October 1, 1989, when a notice of
allowance, pursuant to subsection 30(1) or 30(5) of the Patent Rules,
is sent before January 1, 2004, the amount of the final fee that must be paid
is set out in item 6(a) of Schedule II of the Patent Rules as they
read immediately before January 1, 2004 (section 26 of the Transitional
Provisions of the Rules Amending the Patent Rules SOR/2003-208).
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