What are the precautions for paying patent fees at the State Patent Office?

At present, China has begun to accelerate the improvement of cultural entertainment and people's quality of life, in which the state pays more and more attention to intellectual property rights and patent rights. Whether an enterprise or an individual applies for a patent, they need to go to the State Patent Office to pay the patent fee. Do you know what are the precautions for paying patent fees in the State Patent Office? What are the precautions for paying patent fees at the State Patent Office? (1) The payer may pay the patent fee directly to the Patent Office or its agency. Information about the agency of the Patent Office can be found on the government website of the Patent Office. The payer can also 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) and fee name (or abbreviation) shall be stated in the postscript column of the remittance slip. The correct application number or patent number should be 9 digits (patents filed before 10 in 2003) or 13 digits (patents filed after 10 in 2003), and the decimal point before the last check digit can be omitted. For example, the 9-digit application number can be written as 99 10xxxxx.2 or 9910xxxxx2; The application number of 13 can be written as 2005 10 xxxxx. 1 or 2005 10xxxxx 1. (2) When remitting money, the payer should carefully check the application number or patent number, and the payer's mailing address and postal code after receiving the remittance voucher from the bank or post office. Avoiding the loss of necessary information caused by input errors of bank or post office staff plays an important role in future procedures. For remittance by post office, the application number (or patent number) should be remittance. (3) If the payer pays by remittance, if the above necessary information is not indicated at the time of remittance, it can be supplemented by fax or e-mail on the day of remittance. Information added beyond this time period is regarded as invalid information. If supplementary information is needed to pay the patent fee through the bank, it should be provided by fax or e-mail: a copy of the bank remittance slip, the remittance date, the application number (or patent number) used for payment, the name and detailed amount of each fee, the name of the remitter, the detailed address and postal code of the payer, etc. If supplementary information is needed to pay patent fees through the post office, information such as remittance date, application number (or patent number) for payment, name and detailed amount of each fee, bill number, merchant customer number, remitter's name (name) and detailed address zip code should be provided in fax or e-mail. If the payment information is supplemented by fax or e-mail, the date when the Patent Office receives the correct information shall be 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. What are the precautions for paying patent fees at the State Patent Office? We are here to answer this question for you. If you have more questions about patents, you can continue to pay attention to Bajie's intellectual property rights or contact us by phone.