China Patent Application Requirements

1. Name and address of the applicant. If it is a Company, place of incorporation.

2. Name, address and citizenship of the Inventor(s).

3. Invention Title, Abstract of the Invention or Design.

 

4. Invention specifications / description.

5. Claims.

 

6. Formal Drawings.

7. Chinese translation of the specification is required.

 

8. Inventors Declaration which does not need to be notarized.

 
9. Certified priority document, including priority number and country of origin,

accompanied by a Chinese translation. Has to be filed within 3 months

(The priority could be claimed if the foreign patent application was filed within 12 months).

 

10. Simple Power of Attorney

 Fees for Filing China Patent

Charges and official fees US$ Official fee US$ Legal fee US$ Total Patent searches General searches – – hourly rates Analysis of results – – hourly rates Patent applications, prosecution and grant Invention 140 563 703 PCT Application 140 625 765 Grace period request for PCT national entry 147 100 247 Utility model 75 450 525 Claiming single priority 11 68 79 Translation from English into Chinese (per 100 words) – 16* 16* Excess claims fee (more than 10 claims) per claim 22 6 28 Request for substantive examination (invention) 368 163 531 Obtaining certified Chinese Application Document 22 200 222 Reporting and analysis of official action – – hourly rates Responding to official action – – hourly rates Payment of grant fees and reporting 37.5 159 196.5 Maintenance fee (per annum from the third year) 44 per year 34 per year 78 per year Re-examination and invalidation Re-examination against rejection – – hourly rates Invalidation – – hourly rates Annuities Patent for inventions 1st to 3rd year 133 56 189 4th to 6th year 176 68 244 7th to 9th year** 294 79 373 Miscellaneous Change of name and/or address 30 88 118 Recordal of assignment 30 150 180 Recordal of licence – 163 163