Patent annual fee management system and method with recharging and value storage function

Abstract

The invention provides a patent annual fee management system and method with a recharging and value storage function. The method comprises the following steps that: obtaining a recharging instruction,wherein the recharging instruction comprises a preset recharging plan; and according to the recharging instruction, determining a corresponding value storage account, and automatically carrying out recharging according to the recharging plan in the value storage account. The method has the beneficial effects that: 1) the organic combination of the online recharging, the value storage and the payment of the patent annual fee is realized, payment can be automatically carried out for users, and patent annual fee management can be more convenient and efficient; 2) the user can more flexibly drawup a patent payment plan, such as automatic and continuous payment or annual payment on schedule; and 3) through a value storage function, user advance funds can be stored in the account, payment canbe automatically carried out for users, a situation that the patent fails when the user can not be in touch accidentally is avoided, and a risk that the patent fails can be reduced to a highest limit.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of patent management, in particular to a patent annual fee management system and method with the function of recharging and storing value. Background technique [0002] In the patent management work, the annual fee management after the patent authorization has become an important task to ensure the validity of the patent and prevent the accidental invalidation of the patent. However, in practice, the management of patent annual fees is a cumbersome and professional work, and it is difficult to generate more profits for patent agencies. Therefore, patent agencies usually complete their work after the patent is granted, and will The matter of the patent annual fee is transferred to the obligee to manage by himself, and the letter is transferred only when the "Payment Notice" and the "Patent Right Termination Notice" are received indicating that there is a late payment fee. At present, most of the patent manag...

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Problems solved by technology

Although this technical solution provides a more flexible payment method on the basis of Patent Document 2, and can track the legal status of the patent information data entered by the user, the technical solution still cannot automatically execute the payment

[0006] Patent document 4: The patent document disclosed in 2015 with the publication number CN105117995A provides another patent fee payment system and its method. Although this technical solution discloses a recharge module on the basis of patent document 2 to allow customers to pay for their accounts Recharge, but the customer needs to confirm when paying, and the payment cannot be executed automatically

[0007] Combining the above existing technologies, it can be seen that the focus of the inventive concept of the prior art is to remind, and judge whether to start the payment action according to the user's feedback on the reminder, that is, the user needs to continue to pay attention to the patent dynamics

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