Payment method of patent fee
1, online payment
Electronic application users can use the online payment system to pay patent fees by logging in to China Patent Electronic Application Network (ipa.gov.cn/). Among them, individual users can use bank cards to pay, or they can choose to receive their own receipts at the agency. The date of online payment is determined by the date corresponding to the actual payment time received by the online payment system from the online payment platform of UnionPay.
2. Bank/post office remittance transfer
The payer can remit the patent fee through the bank or post office. When remitting patent fees through banks or post offices, the correct application number (or patent number), fee name (or abbreviation) and complete mailing address, including postal code, should be indicated in the postscript column of the remittance slip. After receiving the remittance voucher from the bank or post office, you should carefully check the information filled in to avoid the loss of necessary information due to staff input errors.
Bank or post office remittance patent fee account number:
(1) Bank remittance account number of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office: bank (CITIC Bank Beijing Zhichun Road Sub-branch)? Account name (China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office) Account number (7110182600166032)
(2) The remittance account number of the post office of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office is: payee's name (China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office), merchant's customer number is 1 1000860 (not the address postcode), and the address and postcode are No.6, West Tucheng Road, Jimenqiao, Haidian District, Beijing (10088).
In ipa.gov.cn/zldbc., you can check the bank and post office account information of various institutions.
If the payer remits money through a bank or post office without indicating the above necessary information, he may supplement the payment information on the remittance day and within 2 days of the next day, and the supplementary date is the payment date. If the remittance is returned or temporarily stored because the supplementary information is overdue or the supplementary information does not meet the requirements, it shall be regarded as unpaid.
Supplementary payment information is as follows:
(1) log in to the online patent payment information supplement and management system (ipa.gov.cn) to supplement;
(2) Supplementary information by fax (010-62084312/8065) or email (shoufufuchu @ sipo.gov.cn).
3, the patent office/agency face to face
The payer can pay the patent fee directly at the charging window of the patent office or patent agency, and the payment date is the payment date.
When paying the fee of the same patent application number (or patent number), if the fee type is incorrectly filled in, the payer shall put forward an opinion statement requesting to change the fee type within the payment period of the correct fee type, and submit it to the acceptance office with corresponding certificates. After confirmation by the Patent Office, the fee type can be changed. However, the fees between different application numbers (or patent numbers) cannot be converted.
If the payer's information is incomplete or inaccurate, and the fee cannot be refunded or the refund is not received, the fee shall be temporarily deposited in the patent office account (hereinafter referred to as temporary deposit). If the expenses are temporarily stored, it shall be deemed that the payment procedures have not been handled.
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Ways and methods of patent fee inquiry
1, telephone enquiry
(1) national application: the payer can inquire about the payment information of five or less patents by telephone at 010-62356655, and the application number or patent number should be provided when inquiring.
(2) International stage of 2)PCT international application: 0 10—62088476.
(3) National phase of 3)PCT international application: 0 10—62088300.
2, network query
Payers log on to the government service platform of China National Intellectual Property Administration government website, click "Patent Search Query" in public inquiry to enter the patent examination information inquiry of China and many countries, or click "Patent Affairs Service" to enter the "Patent Affairs Service System" to inquire about the fees payable and paid fees.
3. On-site inquiry
There is a fee inquiry service desk in the acceptance hall of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, which can inquire about the type, amount and payment period of the fees payable on the day of payment for the payer on the spot.
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