Applying for Renewal
Within 30 days of the end of the two-year period of the original
compulsory licence, a pharmaceutical company may apply
to have it renewed. A renewal will only be granted if the full shipment of the original authorization has not yet
been shipped. Only one renewal is allowed for each original application for a total of four years for each
compulsory licence.
The company should complete and submit to the Commissioner of Patents an
Application for Renewal of Authorization Under
Section 21.12 of the Patent Act . The application for renewal
must contain the same information as the original application. The company must certify that the quantity of the
pharmaceutical product that had been authorized to be made and exported has not been fully exported within the
initial two-year term and that the company has met the original
terms and conditions of the compulsory
licence.
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