Annual patent fee payment reminding method and reminding device

Abstract

The invention provides an annual patent fee payment reminding method and reminding device. The method comprises the following steps: S1. acquiring the patent of the customer requiring annual patent fee payment reminding; S2. setting the reminding period and the payment period of annual patent fee payment of the patent requiring annual patent fee payment reminding according to the payment habit ofthe customer, wherein the expiration date of the reminding period is earlier than the start date of the payment period; S3, monitoring the reminding period of the payment customer and extracting the contact information and the reminding content of the payment customer; S4. sending the patent requiring annual patent fee payment of the payment customer and the reminding content to the customer; S5,monitoring the payment period of the payment customer and extracting the contact information and the reminding content of the payment customer; S6. and sending the patent requiring annual patent fee payment of the payment customer and the reminding content to the customer. The efficiency of patent management can be improved by sending reminding to the customer twice during the reminding period andthe payment period.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of information processing, in particular to a method and device for reminding customers to pay patent annual fees by using information processing technology. Background technique [0002] The patent annual fee refers to the fee that the patentee should pay to the Patent Office every year during the validity period of the patent right. The annual fee is paid year by year. If the patent annual fee is not paid on time, the patent will become invalid. Especially for small and medium-sized technology service companies, as the number of patent applications increases, it becomes more and more difficult to manage the payment of patent annual fees. If the annual fee is not paid in time or the amount paid is wrong, it will Cause loss of interests of enterprises and customers. [0003] The existing patent annual fee management system in the prior art often tracks the patent payment deadline, and when the system detects that th...

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Problems solved by technology

Although it is more convenient, it has the disadvantages of high cost and inflexible management.

In order to simplify the management, the existing patent annual fee management system often only sets a unified regulatory reminder period for the patent fee payment of all customers at one time. Customers do not know the current value of these patents. As the payment year becomes larger and larger , compared with the annual fee amount, is it worth continuing to pay to maintain

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