Do not hesitate to replay these use cases when presenting the simulator to your clients!
Use case 1: Change the jurisdictions and see the impact on the total budget
Use case 2: Change the lifetime of the patent and see the impact on the total budget
Use case 3: Dig into the figures
Use case 1: Change the jurisdictions and see the impact on the total budget
Unselect France and Germany and it becomes more cost-effective to take the European patent validations route.
Use case 2: Change the lifetime of the patent and see the impact on the total budget
Reduce the lifetime of the patent in Italy and the Netherlands to 7 years and it becomes more cost-effective to take the European patent validations route.
Use case 3: Dig into the figures
This section focuses on the figures behind the simulation.
- The first use case shows the impact that requesting unitary effect has on figures when filing a translation initially prepared for a validation.
- The second use case shows the impact on figures when a specific translation needs to be prepared to request unitary effect.
- The third use case shows you the behavior of the simulator when the selection of jurisdictions doesn't have any jurisdictions having ratified or signed the UPCA.
Use case 3.1: File a translation prepared for a validation to request unitary effect
Assumptions:
- Jurisdictions: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
- All patents are abandoned after 10 years
- Language of the proceedings: English
- The time between application and grant: 48 months
- Number of words in the description: 4500
- Number of words in the claims: 500
- IP Firm service fee on European patent validations and Maintenance: 100 EUR
Note: The maintenance fees start to be paid in the jurisdictions the year following the grant of the patent.
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Use case 3.2: File a full translation specifically prepared to request unitary effect
Assumptions:
- Jurisdictions: Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
- All patents are abandoned after 10 years
- Language of the proceedings: English
- The time between application and grant: 48 months
- Number of words in the description: 4500
- Number of words in the claims: 500
- IP Firm service fee on European Patent Validations and Maintenance: 100 EUR
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Use case 3.3: Not selecting any jurisdictions that have ratified or signed the UPCA
In the present use case, as the United Kingdom and Spain are not part of the Unitary Patent system, the simulator assumes that the Unitary Patent route shall not be taken. Therefore, the prices are the same in the two scenarios and correspond to the costs of the annuities paid at the European Patent Office before the grant of the patent and the costs of the validations and maintenance in the United Kingdom and Spain.
Assumptions:
- Jurisdictions: United Kingdom, Spain
- All patents are abandoned after 10 years
- Language of the proceedings: English
- The time between application and grant: 48 months
- Number of words in the description: 4500
- Number of words in the claims: 500
- IP Firm service fee on European Patent Validations and Maintenance: 100 EUR