Practice question
A patent is maintained as amended under Section 65.2, but the patentee fails to pay the new-patent printing fee within the prescribed time. What consequence does Section 65.3 specify?
- The fee is permanently waived automatically.
- The patent term necessarily doubles.
- The unpaid fee invalidates every unrelated patent.
- The petitioner must pay the fee as damages.
- The patent should be revoked.
Legal references
- RA 8293, Intellectual Property Code, Sections 61-66, 121-124, 144-146, 165 and 167: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
- RA 10372, IP Code amendments including appellate jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html
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