Law of Patents Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits 1

A. Annual fees shall be due for the protection application or the protection document – in accordance with the Table attached to this Law – which shall be paid at the beginning of each year starting from the year following the application filing date. B. If the applicant or the owner of the protection document fails to pay the fees within a maximum period of three months from its due date, he shall be liable to pay double the amount. If he fails to pay after being warned during the three months following the expiration of the first three months, the application or the protection document shall be rendered invalid, and this shall be recorded in the Register and published in the Gazette. C. When an applicant pays the required fees for three years without being granted the protection document, he may postpone payment of the fees for the following years until the decision to grant the protection document is issued.