VI.A Payment of renewal fees

* Maintenance fees due on or before 31 May 2022, including the first year's maintenance fee, shall be payable according to Art. 3(7) FeeDecr.

This rule does not apply to the first year's maintenance fee for patent applications filed between 7 August 2021 and 31 May 2022 due on the day of filing. This fee shall not be payable.

The first three years' maintenance fees falling due on or after 1 June 2022, including the second and third years' maintenance fees falling due for patent applications specified in the preceding paragraph, shall not be payable. The amount of the maintenance fees payable annually from the fourth year to the twentieth year shall be governed by Art. 3(7) FeeDecr.

Art. 23(1) PA
Art. 3(7) FeeDecr

(a) Anniversary of date of filing

(b) 3 months from due date

If the first renewal fee is due within 3 months of the publication of the mention of grant in the Euro­pean Patent Bulletin, the renewal fee may be paid within said 3 months without a surcharge.

Renewal fees which – in the case of revocation of a European patent as a result of an omission or a decision reviewed by the Enlarged Board of Appeal – would have been due after the revocation, may also be paid within a grace period of six months from the communi­cation of the decision re-establish­ing the rights or re-opening pro­ceedings before the Board of Appeal.

(c) Payment may not be made more than 2 months before due date.

Art. 23, 84/L(2), (3), 115/M(3) PA

(a) 6 months from due date (the first 3 months without surcharge)

(b) 4th, 5th and 6th month: 50%

Art. 23, 115/M PA

(a) Yes, but not binding

(b) One payment reminder issued before the due date and another during the period of grace

(a) No, however, request for restora­tion of patent protection is possible

(b) Within 3 months of the end of the period of grace if double the amount of that year's renewal fee is paid within that period

Art. 40 PA
Art. 9(4) FeeDecr

Unless an international treaty provides otherwise, foreign applicants whose perma­nent residence or seat is not in the territory of the EEA must appoint a professional representative who is entitled to act before the HIPO.

This professional representative does not have to be a national professional representative but must be domiciled in the EEA.

Art. 51(1), (4) PA

Publication in the official gazette of the HIPO, the "Szabadalmi Közlöny és Védjegyértesítő"

Entry in the patent register (available also from the HIPO website)

Art. 54, 56 and 56/A PA