Can I pay the patent fee myself?

You can pay the annual patent fee yourself. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the patentee shall pay the annual fee from the year when the patent right is granted. Moreover, the patentee can pay directly to the patent administration department in the State Council, or remit money through the post office or bank, or pay in other ways as stipulated by the patent administration department in the State Council.

legal ground

The fees stipulated in Article 94 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and these Detailed Rules may be paid directly to the patent administration department in the State Council, or by other means stipulated by the post office, bank or the patent administration department in the State Council. If remittance is made by post office or bank, the correct application number or patent number and the name of the fee paid shall be indicated on the remittance slip sent to the patent administration department in the State Council. If it does not conform to the provisions of this paragraph, it shall be deemed that it has not gone through the payment formalities. If the fee is paid directly to the patent administrative department of the State Council, the payment date shall be the payment date; If payment is made by post office remittance, the postmark date of post office remittance shall be the payment date; If payment is made by bank remittance, the actual remittance date of the bank shall be the payment date. If the patent fee is overpaid, re-paid or wrongly paid, the party concerned may, within 3 years from the date of payment, request a refund from the patent administration department in the State Council, and the patent administration department in the State Council shall refund it.