Q&A【Patent】

NAIP can pay renewals almost in most countries, including all the listed countries on PVIGO website. If you have special needs of paying renewals for any country, you are very welcomed to contact us.

For customers located in Taiwan, and only entrusting NAIP to pay renewals without requesting other services, the quotation is normally the final amount (TAX not included) of our service fee. Overseas clients need to cover bank charges either by choosing OUR when making remittance or by paying bank fee added to each invoice.

For most countries, there is no need to change attorney to pay renewals. In few countries, such as Malaysia, Poland, Cananda (before allowance), etc., changing attorney is required since renewals can only be paied by registered attorney.

NAIP will e-mail you the notification of completion after finishing renewal payments to the patent office. PVIGO members can also log in PVIGO website and check the renewal payment status through the function of 『Patent Docket』or『Patent Renewals』in the 【Patent Service】section.

Different countries vary. For some countries that provide official receipts (in electronic format), NAIP will send you same electronic files accordingly. For contries of no official receipt, clients may check the updated renewal payment status on the corresponding patent office website. And NAIP will provide either local agent's invoice of official fee or bank confirmation of cable transfer as proof of payment. If you have more inquiries anout payment receipt, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Normally, NAIP can accept entrustment of urgent case that is about to be due very soon. However, a surcharge or urgent fee will be charged for late payement. Please note the following: 1) For coutries that NAIP can pay renewals directly to the patent office: clients must complete entrusting procedure as least 7 working days prior to the due date to avoid generating surchges. 2) For coutries that NAIP can NOT pay renewals directly to patent office: clients must complete entrusting procedure as least 14 working days prior to the due date to avoid generating surchges for most countries. However, some foreign attorneys will charge urgent service fee strating from one month before the due date. 3)Above-mentioned situations only limit to cases not changing attorneys. If clients request to change attorneys, extra time and fees will be added according to the complexity of procedure.

If your renewals belong to the countries that have grace period, you can still pay overdue renewals within a specific period of time. But the amount of surcharge differs. For instance, in Taiwan, the penalty of paying overdue renewal within one month is 20% of the original official fee; in some other countries, the penalty is 100% of the original official fee; in America, it is a fixed amount of surcharge. PVIGO Service Team has full knowledge about the regulations of late payment and penalty in most countries; if you have more questions, you are very welcomed to contact us.

1)For clients giving payment instructions via PVIGO, NAIP will use the spot exchanged rate of the day of online order. 2)For clients giving payment instructions NOT via PVIGO, NAIP will use the spot exchanged rate of the day invoice is issued.

Please refer to the Taiwan Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the China Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the The United States of America Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the European Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Canada Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Germany Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the France Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Japanese Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Korea Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Mexico Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Norwegian Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the Singapore Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.

Please refer to the South African Patent Official Fees Reduction Rules.