Patent/patent application fee payment method and system, and storage medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a patent / patent application fee payment method, which comprises the following steps of: 1) generating a fee payment order after receiving a fee payment request of a patent / patent application needing fee payment submitted by a user; 2) after an order amount which is paid by the user and corresponds to the payment order is received, the payment amount of each patent / patent application in the payment order being remitted to a payment account specified by the State Intellectual Property Office; and 3) submitting remittance information of remittance to a payment account specified by the State Intellectual Property Office and payment information of the patent / patent application corresponding to the remittance information to a system specified by the State Intellectual Property Office. The invention further provides a patent / patent application fee payment system and a storage medium, the patents or various fees of the patent applications can be paid to the State Intellectual Property Office, the payment operation can be effectively simplified, and the situation that payment is unsuccessful due to the fact that a payer makes an error in the payment process is avoided.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of computer software, and specifically relates to a patent / patent application fee payment method, system and storage medium. Background technique [0002] At present, the payment of patent fees is mostly carried out through patent agencies. For enterprises, institutions or individuals applying for patents, this is a cumbersome but important task that cannot be missed. At the same time, corresponding service fees must be paid, which also constitutes additional financial burden. [0003] At present, although the State Intellectual Property Office has opened patent payment-related services, enterprises, institutions or individuals (hereinafter referred to as payers) can realize independent payment through bank remittance, post office remittance and window payment. Among them, bank remittance can be realized through online payment or window payment, post office remittance needs to go to the designated postal se...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] 1. During the entire life cycle of a patent from application to authorization and from authorization to termination, there are many types of fees that need to be paid, and the payment amount of each type of fee is inconsistent, resulting in the possibility that the payer may have the wrong type of payment or the wrong amount of payment. And ultimately, the amount of payment cannot correspond to the corresponding patent or patent application and the type of fee for the patent or patent application, resulting in payment failure;

[0005] 2. The time span of the entire life cycle of a patent from application to authorization and from authorization to termination is long, and each type of fee has a strict payment time limit. If the corresponding fee is not paid beyond the time limit, the patent will be invalidated and given Huge economic losses caused by patent applicants or patentees;

[0006] 3. After remittance to the payment account of the State Intellectual Property Office, the payer often thinks that the payment has been completed, and thus ignores or forgets to supplement the patent or patent application information and remittance information into the system designated by the State Intellectual Property Office, thereby As a result, the remittance and payment amount of the payer cannot correspond to the corresponding patent or patent application and the type of fee for the patent or patent application, resulting in payment failure and huge losses

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