(Currency: Yuan renminbi)

Patents
Application fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900
Publication fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fee for priority claims, per claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Special fee (see paragraph CN.08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Maintenance fee, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Examination fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500

Annual fees:
    for the 1st to the 3rd year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900
    for the 4th to the 6th year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200
    for the 7th to the 9th year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000
    for the 10th to the 12th year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000
    for the 13th to the 15th year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000
    for the 16th to the 20th year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
Surcharge for late entry into the national phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
Patent registration fee (must be paid within two months from the receipt of the notice
of the grant of the patent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Utility models
Application fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Fee for priority claims, per claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Patent registration fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Annual fee for the 1st to the 3rd year, per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

How can payment of fees be effected?
All fees must be paid to the China Intellectual Property Office through the agency appointed by the applicant.

 
Editor: Catherine