428 yuan cut

The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance jointly enacted a circular, approving the State Intellectual Property Office's suggestion of reducing and adjusting several patent cooperation treaty (PCT) fees. During the international procedure of PCT application, the fee will decrease from 8,555 yuan to 8,127 yuan if the application document has less than 30 pages. If the applicant is a natural from a country with national income per capita of less than $3,000 per year, the international application fee and formality fee will be cut 90 percent as compared with 75 percent previously.

(Source：China Daily)

AFD China Newsletter is intended to provide our clients and friends information only. It should not constitute legal advice of AFD China or any of its attorneys, and AFD China will not be held responsible for any reliance on its contents.