The related expenses were transferred by the inventor to the patent service agency and paid to China National Intellectual Property Administration. The specific process is as follows:
1. The patent service agency will notify the inventor of the patent annual fee information to be paid by mail. If the inventor confirms to maintain the patent right, the patent service agency will reply by email, print the annual fee payment notice and electronic invoice provided by the patent service agency, and transfer the relevant expenses to the patent service agency through the online reimbursement system of the school finance department;
2. The patent service institution will pay the annual patent fees and other fees to China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the patent right will be maintained;
3. If the inventor confirms to give up the patent right, the patent service agency will not pay the relevant fees by email, and the patent right will be terminated.
4. In principle, the annual fee supervision shall be the responsibility of the patent agency at the time of patent application, and the inventor may also choose other storage institutions according to the service demand.
In modern times, patents are generally documents issued by government agencies or regional organizations representing several countries according to their applications. This kind of document records the contents of the invention and creation, and in a certain period of time, it has produced such a legal state that the patented invention and creation can only be implemented by others under normal circumstances with the permission of the patentee. In China, there are three kinds of patents: inventions, utility models and designs.