What are the payment items and payment methods of patent application?

The payment items of patent application generally include: application fee, publication and printing fee, priority claim fee (each item), examination fee for invention patent application, reexamination fee, patent registration fee, annual fee, etc. Specific charges can be seen as follows: China National Intellectual Property Administration charges publicity.

Patent fees are paid in the following ways:

The payer may pay the patent fee directly to the Patent Office or the agency of the Patent Office. Please visit /zldbc for information about the patent office agency.

Users who apply for electronic registration can log on to China Patent Electronic Application Network () and use the online payment system to pay patent fees. Among them, individual users can use the bank card payment method, and patent agencies and users of enterprises and institutions can use the enterprise account payment method.

The payer can also remit the patent fee through the bank or post office. When remitting patent fees through banks or post offices, the correct application number (or patent number), fee name (or abbreviation) and amount shall be stated in the postscript column of the remittance slip.