Patent Annuities – NJQ & Associates https://njq-ip.com Treat Your IP Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 QATAR: UPDATE ON THE PAYMENT OF PATENT ANNUITIES https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2024/09/qatar-update-on-the-payment-of-patent-annuities/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:30:12 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=11164 DOHA – The Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has retracted its decision issued in Circular number 2/2024 regarding the new regulations concerning the payment of the patent annuities announced a few months ago.

Under the new guidelines, the patent annuities have to be paid in accordance with their due dates regardless of whether a decision on the application has been issued.

For more information, please contact qatar@qumsieh.com.

]]> QATAR: FURTHER UPDATES ON PATENTS https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2024/07/qatar-further-updates-on-patents/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:24:34 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=11149 DOHA — The Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (the Department) has implemented several changes to its patent practice.

PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES
Last month, the Department announced that applicants can choose not to pay the annuity fees after the third year (from the date of filing or from the international filing date if the application is a PCT-national phase application) if the patent application is still pending. Once the Patent Office issues a grant decision, the applicant must pay all overdue annuities along with the grant fees, while the remaining subsequent annuities can be paid on their respective due dates.

The new announcement confirms that the Department will not accept further annuity payments after the third year if the application is still under consideration.

PATENT FEES
The Department has announced the implementation of Ministerial Decision No. 60 for 2024, which reduces the official fees for certain services provided by the Ministry. The reduction affects services related to businesses and intellectual property rights, including patents and industrial designs.

The new rates went into force on 11 July 2024.

For more information, please contact qatar@qumsieh.com.

]]> QATAR: NEW DIRECTIVE ON PATENT ANNUITY FEES https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2024/06/qatar-new-directive-on-patent-annuity-fees/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:16:11 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=11146 DOHA – The Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (the “Patent Office“) has released a new directive (circular number 2/2024) regarding the payment of patent annuity fees.

Applicants can now choose not to pay the annuity fees after the third year [from the date of filing or from the international filing date if the application is a PCT-national phase application] if the patent application is still pending. Once the Patent Office issues a grant decision, the applicant must pay all overdue annuities along with the grant fees, while the remaining subsequent annuities can be paid on their respective due dates.

For more information, please contact qatar@qumsieh.com.

]]> KUWAIT: PATENT ANNUITIES ARE NOW DUE https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2020/07/kuwait-patent-annuities-are-now-due/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 05:48:57 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=10774/ KUWAIT CITY – The Trademark and Patent Department in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the activation of patent laws with respect to the PCT national phase annuity payments in Kuwait.

Patent annuities are due for all applications filed for at least one or more years where the annuity fees have to be paid retroactively for all previous years calculated from the PCT application date.

Below are the fees as announced by the Ministry’s office.

 

Item Price for an Individual Applicant (KWD) Price for a Company Applicant (KWD)
2nd year’s annuity 25 50
3rd year’s annuity 50 100
4th year’s annuity 100 200
5th year’s annuity 100 200
6th year’s annuity 100 200
7th year’s annuity 100 200
8th year’s annuity 100 200
9th year’s annuity 100 200
10th year’s annuity 100 200
11th year’s annuity 100 200
12th year’s annuity 100 200
13th year’s annuity 100 200
14th year’s annuity 100 200
15th year’s annuity 100 200
16th year’s annuity 100 200
17th year’s annuity 100 200
18th year’s annuity 100 200
19th year’s annuity 100 200
20th year’s annuity 100 200
Amendment of a patent 35 70
Penalty fee for the late payment of the annuity 35 70
     

 

For more information, or for our detailed schedule of charges, please contact kuwait@qumsieh.com.

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