What is the stamp duty on the patent licensing contract?

Stamp duty is levied on the patent licensing contract according to the transfer of property rights. Stamp duty is a kind of tax levied on the act of signing books and obtaining legally effective certificates in economic activities and economic exchanges. It is named after the use of stamping on taxable documents as a tax payment symbol. Taxpayers of stamp duty include enterprises, administrative units, institutions, military units, social organizations, other units, individual industrial and commercial households and other individuals who set up account books and receive prescribed economic vouchers in China.

Measures for the registration of patent pledge

Article 16

The pledgor and pledgee may consult or copy the relevant documents of patent pledge registration if they have justified reasons to make a request.

Where the patentee requests to inquire and copy on the grounds that others have gone through the registration formalities of patent pledge without their consent, he may consult and copy the application submitted when going through the registration formalities of patent pledge and the documents signed or sealed by the pledger. Article 17

During the period of patent pledge, if the pledgor fails to submit the certification materials that the pledgee agrees to give up the patent right, China National Intellectual Property Administration will not go through the formalities for giving up the patent right.