Patents Renewals HELP

 

 

You have selected the option to pay a patent renewal fee. You are invited to enter the number of the patent(s) you wish to renew in the box (example below).

 

 

 

A single number or multiple numbers can be entered. When entering more than one number separate each number with a comma. e.g. S11236,0912567,55555, 2004/001, etc.

 

Irish short-term patents have the letter "S" preceding the number; this letter "S" must be entered as part of the number.

 

In the case of a pending patent application for which a renewal fee is due the application number must be entered as follows: 2002/0001 or 02/0001.   

 

Numbers can be cut and pasted from a word document or an EXCEL spreadsheet.

 

The BROWSE button on this screen can be used to locate your file containing the numbers to be renewed and having located this file you can insert all the numbers by clicking on the LOAD FILE button. This is a very useful feature where large volumes of renewals are being processed.

 

You must not enter a mixture of patent, trademark or design numbers.  Confine the number to the category you initially selected.  Once you have entered your number or numbers you should click the PROCEED button on the bottom right of the screen to proceed.