Following the granting of an invention or utility patent of Ukraine, a no less significant and responsible stage ensues – maintaining the patent. This is required because only a valid patent of Ukraine grants its owner exclusive rights residing in the patent.
The procedure of maintaining a patent consists in an annual payment of patent fees established by the legislation of Ukraine. Hence, we draw your attention to that the patent maintenance stage is critical for subsequent patent validity.
The following actions are required to maintain a patent:
- - timely payment of annual patent fees;
- - tracking information on changes in annual patent fees and in the payment procedure;
- - if actions related to maintenance of patents were untimely, the critical terms and amounts needed for renewal of patents should be defined.
IMPORTANT! Ukraine provides for reducing annual patent fees charged to physical persons who are simultaneously the authors and owners of an invention or utility model patent.
Table 1 summarises the cost of maintaining an invention patent in Ukraine, and Table 2 does the same for a utility patent.
To maintain an invention or utility model patent in Ukraine, we require the following:
- - the No. of the invention or utility model patent of Ukraine;
- - the email address for correspondence with the patent owner.
Table 1 – Maintaining an invention patent of Ukraine
| Maintaining an invention patent of Ukraine, breakdown by years | Governmental fee, USD | Company services, USD | |
| For a patent owner: a physical person – inventor | For a legal entity | ||
| 1. 1st year | 1.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 |
| 2. 2nd year | 1.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 |
| 3. 3rd year | 1.50 | 15.00 | 35.00 |
| 4. 4th year | 2.00 | 20.00 | 35.00 |
| 5. 5th year | 2.00 | 25.00 | 35.00 |
| 6. 6th year | 3.00 | 30.00 | 35.00 |
| 7. 7th year | 4.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| 8. 8th year | 4.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| 9. 9th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 10. 10th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 11. 11th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 12. 12th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 13. 13th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 14. 14th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 15. 15th year | 8.00 | 160.00 | 45.00 |
| 16. 16th year | 8.00 | 160.00 | 45.00 |
| 17. 17th year | 8.00 | 160.00 | 45.00 |
| 18. 18th year | 8.00 | 160.00 | 45.00 |
| 19. 19th year | 8.00 | 160.00 | 45.00 |
| 20. 20th year | 8.00 | 160.00 | 45.00 |
Table 2 – Maintaining a utility patent of Ukraine
| Maintaining a utility patent of Ukraine, breakdown by years | Governmental fee, USD | Company services, USD | |
| For a patent owner: a physical person – inventor | For a legal entity | ||
| 1. 1st year | 1.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 |
| 2. 2nd year | 1.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 |
| 3. 3rd year | 1.50 | 15.00 | 35.00 |
| 4. 4th year | 2.00 | 20.00 | 35.00 |
| 5. 5th year | 2.00 | 25.00 | 35.00 |
| 6. 6th year | 3.00 | 30.00 | 35.00 |
| 7. 7th year | 4.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| 8. 8th year | 4.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| 9. 9th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
| 10. 10th year | 5.00 | 85.00 | 45.00 |
Inventa experts will perform all procedures required for maintaining your patents in Ukraine and recovering missed terms.