Step 8: Grant of patent / Notice of Allowance
The grant of a patent refers to the official issuance of a patent by the patent office, providing legal protection and exclusive rights to the inventor. It signifies the recognition of the invention’s novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability, allowing the patentee to exclude others from making, using, or selling the patented invention without permission.
If the examiner determines that your application is in satisfactory condition and meets the requirements, you will receive a Notice of Allowance.
The notice of allowance will list the issue fee and may also include the publication fee that must be paid prior to the Patent being issued. The patent grant is mailed on the issue date of the patent.
If your patent application is allowed, you’ll be sent a notice of allowance that will ask for the final fee, as well as an excess page fee of $6.12 for each page of the specification and drawings after 100 pages. If you do not pay the final fee by your deadline (4 months from the mailing date of the notice), your patent application is deemed abandoned.
Final fees in Canada is :
| Small entity | Standard fees | |
| Final Fees | CAD 153.00 | CAD 306.00 |
| Grant of patent | Responsibilities | |
| Inventor |  | patent is granted to you. By paying issue fee you get right to exclude others from using, selling offering for sale, importing your patented invention |
| Patent agent or attorney |  | Inform inventor / applicant about procedures, renewals and communication to CIPO after grant of patent |
| Patent office |  | Grant the patent for invention or reject the patent based on response to objections raised. Giving Notice of Allowance |
For Patent Maintenance Fees refer to patent maintenance fees on CIPO link here
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