{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2496",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Patents (Fees) Rules 1998",
  "text": "After rule 3 insert—\n“3A. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the fee to be paid to keep a patent in force after a renewal date which falls on the anniversary indicated in the first column of the first table in Part AA of the Schedule is the amount specified in relation to that anniversary in the second column.\n(2) Where rule 39A(3) of the 1995 Rules applies, the fee to be paid to keep a patent in force after the first renewal date is the sum of the following amounts—\n(a) the amount specified in relation to the relevant anniversary, and\n(b) the amounts specified in relation to all previous anniversaries.\n(3) Where rule 39A(4) of the 1995 Rules applies, the fee to be paid to keep a patent in force after the first renewal date is the amount specified in relation to the relevant anniversary.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the relevant anniversary is the last anniversary to fall on or before the first renewal date.\n3B. (1) The additional fees prescribed for late payment under section 25(4) of the Patents Act 1977 are specified in the second table in Part AA of the Schedule.\n(2) Where payment is made before the end of the month indicated in the first column of that table, the fee to be paid is the amount specified in the second column.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2496/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:52.871467+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}