Patent fee withholding system and method thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a patent fee withholding system and a method thereof. The patent fee withholding system comprises a background management system and a client connected with a business support module via networks, the background management system has functions of patent information inputting, checking, and screening, the client displays an information interface via a browser, the displayed information interface comprises a register module, a login module, a checking module, a screening module, and a payment module, and the business support module comprises a database, a data operation module, and a short message transmit-receive module with an auto-response function. The invention also provides a patent fee paying method based on the patent fee withholding system. By employing the patient fee withholding system and the method thereof, the workload for the clients can be greatly reduced, consequences of patent failure due to late fee payment or recovery of the patent right via the payment of right requirement recovery fees can be avoided, and the manual error cost is reduced to the maximum.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of patent affairs management, in particular to a patent fee payment system and a method thereof. Background technique [0002] The core of the competition among enterprises is the competition between knowledge innovation, technological innovation and high-tech industrialization, and the innovation achievements can only exert their competitive advantages if they are protected by law. Practice has proved that the patent system is a legal system and an effective mechanism to maintain fair competition in the market economy and promote and protect technological innovation. The number of patents also reflects an enterprise's technological innovation ability and intellectual property protection level. With the intensification of market competition, all regions and departments pay more attention to and support for intellectual property work, and enterprises pay more and more attention to patents. Some enterprises in...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] In order to solve the technical problem of loss of patent right due to unpaid fees due to manual errors in the above-mentioned patent management, the present invention provides a patent fee payment system and its method, which remind customers to pay patent fees in time through SMS or email and provide payment services , reduce the workload of enterprise patent management workers, and at the same time ensure that patent fees are paid on time and maintain the validity of patent rights

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