Patent Fees – Domestic

I.Filing Fee

1. Invention

900

2. Utility Model

500

3. Design

500

II.Additional Fee for Filing an Application  

1.Additional fee for each claim Exceeds 10 items

150

50

Additional fee for each page of the Description of the Application Documents Exceeds page 300

100

III.Printing Fee for Publishing the Application  

50

IV.Fee for Claiming Priority (Each Claim)

80

V.Fee for Substantive Examination for an Application of Patent for Invention

2500

VI.Reexamination Fee

1. Invention

1000

2. Utility Model

300

3. Design

300

VII.Annual Fee

1. Invention

1-3 Years (Each Year)

900

4-6 Years (Each Year)

1200

7-9 Years (Each Year)

2000

10-12 Years (Each Year)

4000

13-15 Years (Each Year)

6000

16-20 Years (Each Year)

8000

2. Utility Model

1-3 Years (Each Year)

600

4-5 Years (Each Year)

900

6-8 Years (Each Year)

1200

9-10 Years (Each Year)

2000

3.Design

1-3 Years (Each Year)

600

4-5 Years (Each Year)

900

6-8 Years (Each Year)

1200

9-10 Years (Each Year)

2000

11-15 Years (Each Year)

3000

VIII. Surcharge

The amount of the surcharge shall be, for each month of late payment, 5% of the whole amount of the annual fee of the year within which the annual fee is due to be paid.

IX.Fee for Requesting Restoration of Right

1000

X.Fee for Requesting Extension of Time Limit

1.Fee for First Requesting Extension of Time Limit (Each Month)

300

2. Fee for Second Requesting Extension of Time Limit (Each Month)

2000

XI.Fee for Making a Change in the Bibliographic Data

1.Change of Inventor, Applicant, Patentee

200

XII.Fee for Requesting for Evaluation Report of Patent

1.Utility Model

2400

2.Design

2400

XIII.Fee for Requesting for Announcement of Invalidation of Patent

1. Invention

3000

2. Utility Model

1500

3. Design

1500

XIV.Fee for Certification of Copies of Patent Document (Each Copy)

30

Note:

1. Reduction of payment for applicants or patentees having difficulties paying the fees are subject to the rules in the Measure on Reduction of Payment of Patent Fees.

2.In case the applications for invention patent have already entered the substantive examination phase, but the applicant voluntarily withdraws the application prior to the expiration of the period for response to the first office action (except when a response to the office action has already been submitted), the applicant may request reimbursement of 50% of the fee for substantive examination.  

Patent Fees – PCT Filing Fees

I.PCT Filing – International Phase

1.Fees Charged by CNIPA for WIPO's International Bureau

The fee schedule and reduction provisions of the fees charged by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) for the International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are subject to the provisions in the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Pursuant to A Memorandum of Understanding Concerning PCT Fees between the two organizations, from December 1, 2021, CNY formallybecame the pricing and clearing currency for international fees of PCT applications. The international fees for the PCT applications received on and later than December 1, 2021, and the handling fees for the request for the PCT international preliminary examination received on and later than December 1, 2021, both paid to the CNIPA, shall be subject to the CNY-based fee schedule available in the PCT section on the CNIPA website.

2.Fees Charged by CNIPA

(1) Search Fee

2100

Additional Search Fee

2100

(2) Priority Document Fee

150

(3) Preliminary Examination Fee

1500

Additional Preliminary Examination Fee

1500

(4) Protest of the Unity of Invention Fee

200

(5)Copy Document Fee (Each Page)

2

(6) Late Furnishing Fee

200

(7)Fee for Requesting Restoration of Right

1000

(8)Surcharge is 50% of the unpaid fee. If the amount exceeds 50% of the international application fee (excluding the supplemental fee for filing), 50% of the international application fee should be charged.

II.PCT Applications Entering China's National Phase

1. Surcharge for the Late Entry

1000

2. Fee for Correction of Translation

Preliminary Examination Phase

300

Substantive Examination Phase

1200

3. Restoration Fee for Unity

900

4. Restoration Fee for Priority Rights

1000

Policy for other fees of PCT applications entering China's national phase is in accordance with the domestic section. 

Patent Fees – International Design Filing Fees

International design applications are subject to the payment of following fees to the IB of WIPO: basic fee, publication fee, and standard designation fee or individual designation fee for each contracting party where protection is sought. Fees are governed by Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1906 Act of the Hague Agreement. WIPO's website offers the schedule of fees and a fee calculator. Under CNIPA Announcement No. 481 Interim Measures of Related Provisions after Accession to Hague Agreement, applicants shall pay all the fees stated in the Hague Agreement directly to the IB.

Fees payable during the national phase of the international design applications designating China are in accordance with the domestic section.

Patent Fees – Charge as Agreed

Where CNIPA performs search and examination service for patent applications of other countries and regions, fees are subject to the fee schedule agreed by the two parties.