When the number of pages in the description (including drawings) exceeds 30 pages or the number of claims exceeds 10, an application surcharge shall be paid, and the amount shall be calculated according to the number of pages or items exceeded.
The amount of priority claim fee is calculated according to the number of items claiming priority. Failing to pay or pay in full within the prescribed time limit shall be deemed as not claiming priority.
2. Substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention
Where the applicant requests substantive examination, it shall submit a request for substantive examination and pay the substantive examination fee. The time limit for paying the substantive examination fee is three years from the date of application (if there is a priority requirement, from the earliest priority date). If it is not paid or paid in full within the prescribed time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
stamp tax
According to the Provisional Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Stamp Duty and other relevant regulations, our bureau collects stamp duty on patent certificates. The applicant shall pay stamp duty within two months from the date of receiving the notice of granting the patent right and the notice of handling the registration formalities issued by the Patent Office.
4. Review costs
If the applicant refuses to accept the rejection decision of the Patent Office and files a review, he shall submit a request for review and pay the review fee. The time limit for paying the reexamination fee is within three months from the date when the applicant receives the decision of the Patent Office to reject the application. If it is not paid or paid in full within the prescribed time limit, the request for review shall be deemed not to have been made.
5. The change fee of the description item, etc.
The time limit for payment of the change fee of description item, the request fee for patent evaluation report and the request fee for invalidation shall be within one month from the date of making the corresponding request. Failure to pay or pay in full within the prescribed time limit shall be deemed as failure to make the above request.
6. Claims for restoration of rights
Where the applicant or patentee requests the restoration of rights, he shall submit a request for restoration of rights and pay the fees for restoration of rights. The payment period of the fee is within two months from the date when the party concerned receives the notice of loss of rights issued by the Patent Office. If it fails to pay or pay in full within the prescribed time limit, its rights will not be restored.
7. Extension request fee
Where the applicant requests to extend the time limit specified by the Patent Office, he shall submit a request for extension of the time limit before the expiration of the original time limit and pay the fee. Failure to pay or pay in full within the prescribed time limit shall not be postponed.
8. Patent document copy certification fee
Pay fees before handling copies of patent register, earlier application documents, patent authorization documents, patent certificate, patent certificate certificate, patent register certificate (patent batch legal status certificate), patent authorization procedure certificate, applicant name change certificate and patent documents. When handling the above business, the parties concerned should pay the fees first, and then make a request for handling. When paying fees, except for filling in the patent application number or patent number, the title of the payment receipt should be the same as the name of the "requester" filled in the document copy request, patent document copy request or certification document request. When handling the legal status certificate of batch patent, the first number in the list of batch patent application number (or patent number) should be filled in when paying the fee.
9. Annual fee
When the applicant goes through the registration formalities, he shall pay the annual fee and stamp duty of the year when the patent right is granted. Failure to pay or pay the full fee at the expiration of the period shall be regarded as giving up the patent right. The annual fee for the year when the patent right is granted shall be paid within two months from the date when the applicant receives the notice of handling the registration formalities issued by the Patent Office, and the annual fee thereafter shall be paid before the expiration of the previous year. The expiration date of the payment period is the corresponding date of the application date of the current year.
10. Late payment fee
(1) If the patentee fails to pay the annual fee on time or the amount paid is insufficient after the year of granting the patent right, the patentee shall pay it within six months from the date of expiration of the annual fee at the latest, and at the same time pay the late fee. If the payment time exceeds the prescribed payment time for less than one month, no late payment fee will be charged; If the payment time exceeds one month, 5% of the full annual fee of the current year will be charged as a late fee. For example, if the payment time exceeds the prescribed payment time for two months, the amount of the late payment fee is the standard value of the annual fee multiplied by 10% (Article 98 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law).
(2) If the amount of the annual fee paid for the first time is insufficient and the patentee pays it again, it shall pay all the annual fees in accordance with the standard of supplementary payment within the supplementary payment period where the actual payment date is located. For example, the payment period of the late fee of 5% of the annual fee is from May 5 to June 5, and the late fee is 45 yuan, but the payer only pays 25 yuan. When the payer pays the late payment fee on June 7th, it shall pay according to the standard of 10% of the overdue part corresponding to the actual payment date. The late payment fee for this period is 90 yuan, so the payer should also pay the late payment fee of 65 yuan.
(3) Calculation of annual fee and late fee when handling the restoration procedure: When the patentee terminates the restoration procedure due to the patent right, it shall pay the annual fee and late fee at 25% of the annual fee of the current year.
For specific payment items and amounts, please refer to "China National Intellectual Property Administration Charge Publicity".