(1) Log in to the official website of the Argentine National Institute of Industrial Property at argentina.gob.ar/inpi ;
Step 1: Click the Patents button in the middle of the homepage;
Step 2: After the page jumps, click the Busacar e investigar (patent search) button at the bottom of the page. Click to jump to the patent search page: https://portaltramites.inpi.gob.ar/PatenteConsultas/BusquedaParametros ( cannot be accessed, maybe An external network is required).
(2) Legal event information can be viewed through the European Patent Office EPO - Espacenet: patent database with over 120 million documents ; the legal time column.
(3) WIPO search, website: WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections . Select Argentina in the OFFICES column and Spanish in LANGUAGES (only basic information and no annual fee information).
Argentine patent annuity calculation method
Official website for patents and utility models: aranceles_vigentezsinpi19.pdf (argentina.gob.ar)
Design official website: aranceles_modelos_p144_19inpi.pdf (argentina.gob.ar)
| invention patent | ||||
| year | Annual fee (Argentine peso) | |||
| Standard price | Special price | |||
| on schedule | postpone | on schedule | postpone | |
| Year 1 to Year 3 (each year) | 3000 | 3900 | 1500 | 1950 |
| Years 4 to 6 (each year) | 5000 | 6500 | 2500 | 3250 |
| Year 7 and beyond (every year) | 12000 | 15600 | 6000 | 7800 |
| Utility model | ||||
| year | Annual fee (Argentine peso) | |||
| Standard price | Special price | |||
| on schedule | postpone | on schedule | postpone | |
| Year 1 to Year 3 (each year) | 1500 | 1950 | 750 | 975 |
| Years 4 to 6 (each year) | 2500 | 3250 | 1250 | 1625 |
| Year 7 and beyond (every year) | 6000 | 7800 | 3000 | 3900 |
Argentina Annual Fee Calculation Method
(1) An invention patent is valid for 20 years from the date of application, and a utility model is valid for 10 years from the date of submission. There is a 180-day grace period for annual fee payment.
(2) The design is valid for 5 years and can be renewed twice, each time for 5 years, for a total of 15 years. Payment must be made 6 months before expiration.