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Maintenance fees for a German utility model

year	Office (€)	Attorney (€), excluding VAT
1^st to 3^rd	-	-
4^th to 6^th	210	50
7^th and 8^th	350	50
9^th and 10^th	530	50
Surcharge for late payment	50	50

Due date	Last day of the month in which the date of filing occurred
Time limit for payment without surcharge	Up to the end of the last day of the 2^nd month of due date
Earliest possible payment date	Payment may not be made more than 12 months before due date.
Time limit for payment with surcharge	Up to the end of the last day of the 6^th month of due date
Surcharge	50 € office fee + 50 € attorney's fee

Representation

We do not charge an additional fee for taking over representation when renewing German utility models.

There are two ways of taking over representation:

The preferred way is that you provide a PDF copy of an executed Power of Attorney (PoA) or have our PoA executed by your client. The advantage of this method is that the present representative does not need to cooperate.
Alternatively you may instruct your present representative to terminate his representation. Then we may take over without presenting a PoA.

It is the policy of our office to renew German utility models only which we represent and not to advance office fees for new clients.

This page should not be construed as legal advice.
No responsibility is accepted for the correctness of the official fees. The attorney's fees indicated on this page are minimum charges of the law firm Dr.-Ing. Hellmich which may be raised in urgent cases.
This page does not constitute an offer but rather "invitatio ad offerendum" (invitation to make an offer).