What subjects does the patent application fee include?

Legal subjectivity:

Patent application fees generally include the following subjects: the company's R&D expenditure and management expenses. The cost of patent application includes patent application fee, application surcharge and publishing and printing fee; Patent registration fee, announcement printing fee, annual fee, etc.

Legal objectivity:

Detailed Rules for the Implementation of People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law

Article 94

The fees specified in the Patent Law and these Detailed Rules may be paid directly to the patent administration department in the State Council, or by other means specified by the post office, bank or the patent administration department in the State Council.

Detailed Rules for the Implementation of People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law

Article 93

When applying for a patent and going through other formalities with the patent administration department of the State Council, the following fees shall be paid:

(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.