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From: "Patrizio Menchetti" <patrizio.menchetti@menchlaw.com>
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On 5 Dec 2003 at 16:29, alex thurgood wrote:

> No, it isn't wrong, because you only pay patent renewal fees in the US
> at the third, seventh, and eleventh anniversaries, so 3x910 = 2730.
> 
> Alex Thurgood,
> Partner, French and European Patent Attorney
> Cabinet Michel Richebourg
> 
Thank you - very good to know. As I am not a patent attorney (so forgive me if the 
question is obvious), from what you say I understand that on that basis the calculation 
set out in the Commission document is basically correct, regardless to the exchange 
rate applied. Is that right?



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