There are currently four ways to pay patent annual fees, as follows:
1. Online payment (online payment). Registered users of electronic applications can log in to the electronic application website of the Patent Office and follow the instructions. Relevant requirements require payment using the online payment system. Online payment is limited to users with patent electronic application accounts who can log in to the China Patent Electronic Application Network to pay fees. Other users who apply for patents through agencies cannot use online payment.
2. Post office remittance or bank transfer. Post office remittance to the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, and bank transfer to the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office. The specific account number can be checked on the official website of the Patent Office. When paying patent annual fees through the above two remittance methods, the application number, fee name (or abbreviation) and itemized amount must be accurately stated. If the application number and fee name (or abbreviation) are not stated, it will be deemed that the payment procedures have not been completed. In addition, after the remittance transfer is completed, the user also needs to register and log in to the "Patent Payment Information Online Supplement and Management System" and fill in the relevant payment information, etc.
3. The window of the patent office hall or local patent agencies On-site payment, the advantage of on-site payment at the window is that you can get the payment receipt on the spot, without waiting for the mailed receipt; the disadvantage is that you need to go to the window location in person; and not all cities have window payment, generally provincial capital cities and larger cities Only then will there be a service window of the Patent Office Agency.
4. Entrust a third-party annual fee manager to pay the patent annual fee on your behalf. There are many on the market, and the good and bad are mixed. You can search on Baidu to monitor the annual fee. You can also pay annual fees online, etc.