Failure to Pay Maintenance Fees Will Result in Termination of Protection Certificate Validity
According to Article 95 of the 2005 Intellectual Property Law, a protection title shall be terminated in the following cases:
- The protection title holder does not pay the fee for maintaining the validity or extending the validity as prescribed;
- The protection title holder declares to relinquish the industrial property rights;
- The protection title holder no longer exists, or the holder of the Trademark Registration Certificate ceases business activities without a lawful successor;
-...
Thus, currently, you are the owner of a patent protection title, but if you do not pay the maintenance fee as prescribed, the protection title will be terminated.
Sincerely!
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