Article 4 Renewal fees

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 table in Part 1 of Schedule 2 is the amount specified in relation to that anniversary in the second column.

Where rule 37(3) of the 2007 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—

Where rule 37(4) of the 2007 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.

For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the relevant anniversary is the last anniversary to fall on or before the first renewal date.