Securing Your Investments - Patent Maintenance Fees

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Securing Your Investments — Patent Maintenance Fees

The patent process requires the payment of specific fees in order to obtain or maintain a patent or patent application. While there are three basic types of fees required to obtain a patent: filing fees, examination fees, and grant of patent fees, a fourth type, maintenance fees, is required to ensure that your patent application or patent remains current.

Date: 2006
Format: Brochure, HTML, PDF
Registration Number: 60117
Catalogue Number: lu71-4/8-2006E
ISBN: 0-662-42551-0

Available Online Only.

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