How to pay for the patent? What are the payment methods?
How to pay for the patent? What are the payment methods? Many patentees do not know how to pay the patent fee when applying for a patent or after applying for a patent; As we all know, if the patent fee is not paid on time, the patent application will be unsuccessful, and if it is serious, the patent will be directly disclosed to the public. Therefore, we should pay attention to the payment of patents, and if we forget to pay them, we will lose more than we gain. So how can we avoid forgetting to pay the patent fee? What are the channels for patent payment? How to pay for patents, and what are the payment methods? First, you can open the China Electronic Patent Application Network and configure the computer according to the instructions. Click to log in to a foreign service. Click online payment, and then click the national application number to pay. Enter the application number and click Query. Confirm whether the invention name and payment list corresponding to the application number are correct, and then fill in the payer's name. Click OK to complete the payment. Of course, if the patentee is uneasy about this payment method, he can also pay by manual payment, usually at the patent agency. The full name of the patent agency is XX Agency of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, which is a patent agency established by China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office in the intellectual property offices of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. At present, its main business includes: accepting patent application documents, approving fee reduction requests, collecting patent fees, filing patent licensing contracts, handling copies of patent registers and related business consulting services. If the patentee is too busy or too lazy, he can pay the patent fee in another way, that is, through a third-party payment method and a patent agency. Generally speaking, it is enough to pay a certain service fee directly to the intellectual property agency. For those who don't understand patent application, it is suggested to apply for a patent through a patent agency and wait for the patent to be issued.