Patent application payment process

The patent application fee payment process is that after the Patent Office notifies the applicant to pay the application fee, the applicant can pay directly to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council, or pay through the post office or bank remittance, or pay in other ways. Regarding the patent application payment process, the editor of Legal Savior Network will give you detailed answers below.

1. Patent application payment process

1. Patent application payment process is After the Patent Office notifies the applicant to pay the application fee, the applicant can pay directly to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council, or pay by post office or bank remittance, or by other means.

2. Legal Basis"Implementing Rules of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised)》

Ninetieth Article 3 When applying for a patent and handling other procedures with the patent administration department of the State Council, the following fees shall be paid:

(1) Application fee and application surcharge , publication printing fee, priority claim fee;

(2) Substantive examination fee and reexamination fee for invention patent application;

(3) Patent registration fee, announcement printing fee, annual fee;

(4) Rights restoration request fee, extension request fee ;

(5) Fees for changes in descriptions, patent rights evaluation report request fees, and invalidation declaration request fees. The payment standards for the various fees listed in the preceding paragraph shall be stipulated by the price management department and the financial department of the State Council in conjunction with the patent administration department of the State Council.

Article 94 Various fees stipulated in the Patent Law and these Rules may be paid directly to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council, or through post office or bank remittance. , or pay in other ways prescribed by the patent administration department of the State Council.

2. How to pay the patent application fee

1. Payment can be made directly to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council, through post office or bank remittance, or in other ways prescribed by the Patent Administration Department of the State Council.

2. If payment is made through post office or bank remittance, the correct application number or patent number and the name of the fee paid shall be stated on the remittance form submitted to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council. If it does not comply with the provisions of this paragraph, it shall be deemed to have not been paid. Go through the payment procedures.

3. If the fee is paid directly to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council, the payment day shall be the day of payment; if the fee is paid by post office remittance, the payment date shall be The postmark date remitted by the post office is the payment date; if the fee is paid by bank transfer, the actual bank remittance date is the payment date.

4. Overpayment , overpayment or wrong payment of patent fees, the party concerned may submit a refund request to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council within 3 years from the date of payment, and the Patent Administration Department of the State Council shall refund the fee.

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