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 and priority claim fee;
(2) Examination fee and reexamination fee for an application for a patent for invention;
(3) Patent registration fee, announcement printing fee and annual fee;
(four) the right to recover the claim fee and the extension of the claim fee;
(five) the specification change fee, the patent evaluation report request fee and the request fee 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.