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Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 Article 11

Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 Article 11

Renewal fees

Article 11

1.   Renewal fees for European patents with unitary effect and additional fees for their late payment shall be paid to the European Patent Organisation by the patent proprietor. Those fees shall be due in respect of the years following the year in which the mention of the grant of the European patent which benefits from unitary effect is published in the European Patent Bulletin. 2.   A European patent with unitary effect shall lapse if a renewal fee and, where applicable, any additional fee have not been paid in due time. 3.   Renewal fees which fall due after receipt of the statement referred to in Article 8(1) shall be reduced.

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