Payment – 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 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.

]]> Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Patent Annuity Payments for the Year 2015 https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/12/gulf-cooperation-council-gcc-patent-annuity-payments-for-the-year-2015/ https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/12/gulf-cooperation-council-gcc-patent-annuity-payments-for-the-year-2015/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:53:37 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=8684 Payment of patent annuities in the GCC Patent Office should be paid at the beginning of each year during the first three (3) months until 31 March of each year regardless of the filing date or priority date.

Late payment, however, is allowed for a period of 3 months (i.e. until 30 June) and will be subject to a 100% penalty fine.

The above applies to pending applications as well as granted patents.

If you have any questions, please contact us at patents@qumsieh.com.

]]> https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/12/gulf-cooperation-council-gcc-patent-annuity-payments-for-the-year-2015/feed/ 0 Saudi Arabia – Payment of Patent Annuities https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/12/saudi-arabia-payment-of-patent-annuities-2/ https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/12/saudi-arabia-payment-of-patent-annuities-2/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:52:23 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=8683 RIYADH – Pursuant to the provisions of the Saudi Patent Law effective 1 January 2005, annuity fees must be remedied for granted patents and pending applications at the beginning of each Gregorian year, starting from the year following the application’s filing date.

Official fees have to be paid within three (3) months starting from the beginning of the year, making the deadline to pay 31 March of each year.

Late payment, however, is allowed for a period of 3 months (i.e. until 30 June) and will be subject to a 100% penalty fine.

For more information or assistance, please contact us at saudi-arabia@qumsieh.com.

]]> https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/12/saudi-arabia-payment-of-patent-annuities-2/feed/ 0 UAE – The Patent Office Calls for Payment of Substantive Examination Fees https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/11/uae-the-patent-office-calls-for-payment-of-substantive-examination-fees/ https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/11/uae-the-patent-office-calls-for-payment-of-substantive-examination-fees/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:37:26 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=8679 DUBAI – The head of the Directorate of Industrial Property has issued a Circular letter on 26 October 2014, requesting applicants to pay the outstanding balance with respect to the substantive examination fees in order to setup a plan to complete the pending patent applications.

Therefore, it is requested to attend to the payment of examination fees as follows:

  • The examination fees for valid applications filed during the years 2011, 2012, and 2013 must be paid within 90 days from the date of this circular, i.e. before 24 December 2014.
  • The examination fees for new applications filed after 1 November 2014, must be paid together with the filing fees or upon completing the required document since late submitting of documents of 90 days is permissible.

Please note that regulations regarding the applications filed between 1 January and 31 October 2014 have not yet been issued.

If you have any questions, please contact us at uae@qumsieh.com.

]]> https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2014/11/uae-the-patent-office-calls-for-payment-of-substantive-examination-fees/feed/ 0 Bahrain – Reminder for Payment of Designs Annuities https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2011/06/bahrain-reminder-for-payment-of-designs-annuities/ https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2011/06/bahrain-reminder-for-payment-of-designs-annuities/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:26:51 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=7855 This is to remind you that according to the new implementing regulations dated 25 February 2010, the 5th annuity of designs filed on or after October 2005 are due for payment. Kindly note that designs may be renewed during the last year of their protection period and also within six months after the expiry date. Previously, payment of annuities was not applicable.

If you have any question about Bahrain, please contact us at bahrain@qumsieh.com.

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