The following is the payment time of the patent fee.
1. application fee: the application fee shall be paid within two months from the date of application or within 15 days from the date of receipt of the acceptance notice. The fees paid at the same time as the application fee also include publication printing fee and application surcharge. Where the priority is claimed, the priority claim fee shall be paid at the same time.
2. Substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention: the payment period of the substantive examination fee is within three years from the date of application (if there is a priority requirement, the earliest priority date shall prevail).
3. Examination fee: The examination fee shall be paid within three months after the applicant receives the decision of the Patent Office to reject the application.
4. Describe the project change fee, etc. : The payment period for the change fee of the specification 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.
5. Request fee for restoration of rights: the payment period of this fee is within two months from the date when the party concerned receives the notice confirming the loss of rights issued by the Patent Office.
6. Request fee for extension of time limit: If the applicant requests to extend the time limit specified by the Patent Office, he shall submit a request for extension of time limit and pay the fee before the original time limit expires.
7. Patent registration fee, annual fee for authorization, announcement printing fee and stamp duty: the payment period of the above fees is within two months from the date when the applicant receives the notice of granting the patent right from the Patent Office.
8. Annual fee: the annual fee for the year in which the patent right is granted shall be paid within the time limit specified in the notice of handling the registration formalities issued by the Patent Office, and the annual fees 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.
9. Fees for the international phase of PCT application: Please refer to the information provided by PCT Business Column (www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pct) on the official website of China National Intellectual Property Administration.
10. PCT application fee for entering the national phase in China: When going through the formalities for entering the national phase in China, the application fee, publication and printing fee, application surcharge and grace fee shall be paid if necessary. Where priority is claimed, the fee for claiming priority shall be paid within 2 months from the date of application; Where the applicant requests to restore the priority when entering the national phase, he shall pay the priority restoration fee at the same time. Where the applicant proposes to modify the translation of the application documents, it shall pay the handling fee for the correction of translation errors within the time limit for proposing the translation modification. If necessary, the unit repair fee shall be paid within the time limit specified in the notice of the Patent Office. The payment period of other fees is the same as that of the national application.