China National Intellectual Property Administration Application Fee
China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) is the National Institution, which is in charge of the registration and administration of Patents, Trademarks, and country of origin geographical indications, and guiding law enforcement work regarding trademarks and patents. For the Patent Government fee, the application fee shall be paid within two months from the date of application or within 15 days from the date of receipt of the acceptance notice. The fees paid at the same time as the application fee also include the Publication printing fee and the additional application fee. If the priority advantage is claimed, the priority advantage fee shall be paid at the same time. If the patent application fee is not paid or fully paid within the prescribed time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to be withdrawn. If the number of pages of the Instructions (including the attached drawings) exceeds 30 or the claims exceed 10, an application surcharge fee shall be paid, and the amount shall be calculated based on the number of pages or items exceeded. The amount of the priority advantage fee shall be calculated based on the number of items claiming priority. If the payment is not made or fully paid within the prescribed time limit, it shall be deemed that the priority advantage is not claimed.
1. Filing Fee | |
Invention Patent | 900 RMB |
Utility Model Patent | 500 RMB |
Design Patent | 500 RMB |
2. Additional Filing Fee | |
If the claims exceed 10 items, additional fees shall be charged for each item from item 11 | 150 RMB /Item |
If the Instructions exceed 30 pages, additional fees shall be charged for each page from 31 pages. | 50 RMB /page |
If the Instructions exceed 300 pages, additional fees shall be charged for each page from 301 pages. | 100 RMB /page |
3. Printing fee and Announcement fee | 50 RMB |
4. Advantage requirement fee | 80 RMB/Item |
5. Substantive Examination fee for Invention patent application | 2,500 RMB |
6. Reexamination fee | |
Invention | 1,000 RMB |
Utility Model | 300 RMB |
Design | 300 RMB |
7. Registration fee | |
Invention | 200 RMB |
Utility Model | 150 RMB |
Design | 150 RMB |
1. Invention Patent | |
1—3 Years(Each year) | 900 RMB |
4—6 Years(Each year) | 1,200 RMB |
7—9 Years(Each Year) | 2,000 RMB |
10—12 Years(Each Year) | 4,000 RMB |
13—15 Years(Each Year) | 6,000 RMB |
16—20 Years(Each Year) | 8,000 RMB |
2. Utility Model Patent or Design Patent | |
1—3 Years(Each Year) | 600 RMB |
4—5 Years(Each Year) | 900 RMB |
6—8 Years(Each Year) | 1,200 RMB |
9—10 Years(Each Year) | 2,000 RMB |
3. Yearly fee overdue fine | |
If the Yearly fee is not paid on time, 5% of the full annual fee of the current year will be charged for each month beyond the specified payment time. |
* The above is only the major Patent Government fees.
* Issued on 1st July 2017 by CNIPA.
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