Legal basis: Article 93 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall pay the following fees when applying for a patent and going through other formalities with the patent administration department of the State Council:
(1) Application fee, application surcharge, publication and printing fee, priority claim fee (2) Examination fee and reexamination fee for application for a patent for invention (3) Patent registration fee, publication and printing fee, annual fee (4) Request for restoration of rights, request for extension of time limit (5) Request for change of specification, request for patent evaluation report and request for invalidation.
The payment standards of the fees listed in the preceding paragraph shall be stipulated by the price management department of the State Council and the financial department in conjunction with the patent administration department of the State Council.