On January 1, 2021, the patent fees and trademark fees for the services outlined below will increase by 2%, in accordance with the Service Fees Act.
Patent Fees:
Fee for applying for extension of time
Fees respecting applications:
- Application Fee;
- All maintenance fees that are over $150.00;
- Request for examination fee (except for the small entity examination fee when application was subject of an international search);
- Advanced examination fee;
- Final Fee;
- Withdraw notice of allowance and return to examination fee;
- Reinstatement fee;
Fees in Respect of International Applications:
- Transmittal fee
- Search fee
- Additional fee for search
- Preliminary examination fee
- Additional fee for examination
- Basic national fee
- Fee for reinstatement of rights
Fees in Respect of Patents:
- Fee for requesting correction of an error
- All maintenance fees that are over $150.00
- Fee for requesting reversal of deemed expiry of a patent
- Reissue fee
- Re-examination fee
- Fee for presenting an application under section 65 or 127 of the Patent Act
- Fee to advertise an application
Fees in respect of patent agents:
- Patent agent qualifying exam
- Entry on the register of patent agents
- Maintaining name on register
- Reinstatement on the register
As a result of this fee adjustment, the amounts shown in the Tariff of Fees in Schedule 2 of the Patent Rules may not be up-to-date.
Fees for Trademarks :
- Application for the registration of a trademark;
- Statement of opposition;
- Application to extend the statement of goods or services;
- Request for the giving of one or more notices under subsections 44(1) or 45(1) of the Trademarks Act;
- Renewal of a registered trademark;
- Issuance of a certificate of registration under item 15 of the Tariff of Fees of the former Trademarks Regulations;
- Trademark agent qualifying examination;
- Request for a name to be entered, maintained or reinstated on the list of trademark agents.
As a result, the amounts shown in the Tariff of Fees of the Trademarks Regulations may not be up-to-date.
For more information about the patent fees and trademark fees, please find the links below:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00142.html
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02003.html
Source: CIPO