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(As of year 2005). Answer: Utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date the applications were filed. You must make the timely payment of the appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. No maintenance fees are required for design patents.
Once granted, a standard patent lasts for 20 years. There is also a cheaper and easier option called an 'innovation patent'. This is a 'no frills' patent which is doesn't involve the same degree of examination and search by the patents office and it's much quicker to be issued â between one and three months.