1) Log in to the South African patent search website https://iponline.cipc.co.za/Account/Login.aspx (the official website of the South African Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office http://www.cipc.co.za/za/) *You need to register an account to query, and registration requires a South African ID.
(2) Pass the European Patent Office EPO - Espacenet: patent database with over 120 million documents ; (only basic information and no annual fee information).
(3) WIPO search, website: WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections . Select SOUTH AFRICA in the OFFICES column, select ALL in LANGUAGES, and enter ZA+patent number in the input box to search (only basic information and no annual fee information).
Patent annual fee calculation method
Patent official fee website: cipc.co.za/files/4814/2
Design official fee website: cipc.co.za/files/8613/9
| patent | |
| year | Annual fee (South African Special R) |
| Year 3 to Year 5 (before expiration of each year) | 130 |
| Year 6 to Year 7 (before expiration of each year) | 85 |
| Year 8 to Year 9 (before expiration of each year) | 100 |
| Year 10 to Year 11 (before expiration of each year) | 120 |
| Year 12 to Year 13 (before expiration of each year) | 145 |
| Year 14 to Year 15 (before expiration of each year) | 164 |
| Year 16 to 17 (before expiration of each year) | 181 |
| Year 18 to Year 19 (before expiration of each year) | 206 |
| First month extension fee | -- |
| Subsequent extension fee (monthly) | 50 |
| Appearance design | |
| year | Annual fee (South African Special R) |
| Year 3 to Year 5 (before expiration of each year) | 120 |
| Year 6 to Year 7 (before expiration of each year) | 77 |
| Year 8 to Year 9 (before expiration of each year) | 90 |
| Year 10 to Year 11 (before expiration of each year) | 110 |
| Year 12 to Year 13 (before expiration of each year) | 132 |
| Year 14 (before expiry each year) | 149 |
| First month extension fee | 82 |
| Subsequent extension fee (monthly) | 44 |
Annual fee calculation method
(1) The term of patent rights is 20 years from the date of application, and the term of registration of a design is 15 years from the earlier of the registration date or the date of publication.
(2) The patent renewal fee shall be paid on the publication date of the journal (for sealing date, please refer to Article 47 of the Regulations. The date of publication in the journal is stamped as sealing, and the sealing date is the date of publication in the journal) or the third year period of Article 46 of the Law. The annual fee must be paid before the later of the expiration date and before the expiry of each subsequent year (can be paid in advance).
(3) For designs registered under the repealed Act, payment shall be made at the expiration of the first five years and the second five years, before the expiry date of the third year under Section 22 of the existing Act, and at each subsequent date. Pay before the expiry of one year.