Patent and Trademark Renewals in India - The Deadlines You Cannot Miss
Rights are won at filing but kept through renewals. Missing a renewal can lapse a patent or remove a trademark from the register - and recovery, where possible, is costly and uncertain. A tracked calendar is the cheapest insurance in IP.
Patent annuities
A granted patent must be renewed every year from the third year onward, for a 20-year term, with fees rising over time. Renewals can be paid in advance, which can also reduce cost.
Restoring a lapsed patent
If an annuity is missed, there is a grace period to pay with a surcharge. Beyond that the patent lapses, and restoration is only possible within a limited window and on showing the lapse was unintentional - never something to rely on.
Trademark renewals
A registered trademark is renewed every ten years. There is a grace window to renew late with a surcharge, and a further limited period to restore a removed mark, but lapses create real risk to your brand rights.
Portfolio tracking
For anything beyond a single right, the danger is administrative, not legal - a missed date in a spreadsheet. Active docketing across the whole portfolio is what prevents avoidable loss.
We track renewal and annuity deadlines across patents and trademarks, in India and abroad, as an ongoing service - not a last-minute reminder.
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