For the purpose of calculating a royalty under an approved royalty agreement for one or more claims involving more than one favourable decision, “late-payment” is the additional benefits arising from the favourable decision made by SSA after the agent`s involvement in the claim. refuse the fee agreement at the time of the decision and, if a decision-maker approves a fee agreement associated with a positive decision, but the positive decision is subsequently annulled, the approval of the fee agreement and the authorization of costs under the agreement are also annulled in the absence of a positive decision. If a decision-maker then makes a positive decision, they will make a new decision to approve or reject the fee agreement. The Claimant appointed more than one representative and not all of the appointees signed a single fee agreement. If there is an exception to the fee agreement procedure. Representatives may use stamped or photocopied signatures instead of their actual signatures on a fee agreement and file a photocopy (or fax) of the original fee agreement. A fee agreement that only bears the name of a representative`s company is not acceptable, as our rules state that only individuals, not legal persons (for example. B companies, partnerships, legal entities or other organizations), may be appointed and act as representatives before us. If the representative submits a fee agreement before the date on which we make a positive decision, we will approve the fee agreement at the time of the positive decision, if the legal conditions for approval are met and if no derogation from the fee agreement procedure applies.