What should I do if the utility model patent expires?

The validity period of the utility model patent is 10 year from the date of application, and the expiration date of the utility model patent also has the payment expiration date. If the annual fee is overdue or insufficient, there will be a delay period of 1 month. If the annual fee is paid in time during the delay period, there is no need to pay additional late fees. What should I do if the utility model patent expires? What should I do if the utility model patent expires? If the patentee fails to pay the annual patent fee for more than 1 month after the successful application, he will receive a notice of payment from the patent administration department, which will carefully list all the fees that the patentee should pay: annual fee, late payment fee, etc. Late payment fee: If the patent fails to pay the annual fee for 2-6 months, 5%, 65,438+00%, 65,438+05%, 20% and 25% of the annual fee of the current year shall be paid as late payment fee respectively. If the annual patent fee is not paid for more than 6 months, the patent termination notice will be received, but the patentee can still keep his patent right at this time. The patentee can submit the right of restoration by paying the annual patent fee, the late payment fee of 25% and the patent restoration fee of 1000 yuan on time within 2 months after receiving the notice. If the patent restoration procedures are not handled within 2 months and the relevant fees are paid, the patent right will be completely terminated and cannot be restored, and it can be used by the whole people. In fact, after the protection period of invention patents, utility model patents and design patents expires, in fact, many patents no longer have the novelty required by patents, and the applicant's patent rights are lost. Only by reapplying for patents can we save the situation. In the actual service, we found that after losing the patent right, as long as a new or improved technical scheme is added on the basis of the original technical scheme, patent protection can be successfully obtained. What should I do if the utility model patent expires? We are here to answer this question for you. If you have more questions about patents, you can continue to pay attention to Bajie Intellectual Property or contact us by phone.