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1 Item CHINA PATENT TRANSLATIONS & SERVICES SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CHINESE PATENT Translation fee (per 100 original words or characters) November 2010 (The fees are subject to change without notice) Official Fees Attorney Fees a) From English into Chinese - 16 b) From Japanese into Chinese - 12 c) From German or French into Chinese - 20 d) From Chinese into English - 20 e) From Chinese into Japanese - 20 f) From Chinese into German or French - 24 I Patents for Invention 101. Filing an (including publication fee) 102. Filing a PCT for national phase entry (including publication fee) 103. Filing a divisional (including publication fee) 104. Additional charge for specification including drawings in excess of 30 pages, per page in excess of 300 pages, per page 15 - a) Microorganisms (per 500 * 112. Fee for viability report a) Microorganisms (per 113. Fee for providing samples of 700 * 50 * 70 *

2 microorganisms a) Microorganisms (per 30 * 50 * 114. Quarantine 50 * 115. Application maintenance fee (per annum) Annuities (per annum) 1st to 3rd year th to 6th year th to 9th year th to 12th year th to 15th year th to 20th year Delayed payment of annuity or maintenance fee within six months 118. Late entering into national phase of PCT 119. Restoring the unity of the invention for PCT Filing request for correction of priority Remark *: It is charged by actual cost. Item II Patents for Utility Model Official Fees Attorney Fees 201. Filing an Filing a divisional Filing a PCT for national phase entry 204. Additional charge for specification (including drawings) in excess of 30 pages, per page 8 - in excess of 300 pages, per page Additional charge for claim in excess of 10, 23 8

3 per claim 206. Filing request for re-examination Patent certificate fee (including printing fee and stamp tax) Filing request for invalidation Annuities (per annum) 1st to 3rd year th to 5th year th to 8th year th to10th year Delayed payment of annuity fee within six months 211. Late entering into national phase of PCT 212. Restoring the unity of the invention of PCT Conducting the search of Utility Model Filing request for correction of priority III Patents for Design 301. Filing an Filing a divisional Filing request for re-examination Patent certificate fee (including printing fee and mp tax) Filing request for invalidation Annuities?? (per annum) 1st to 3rd year th to 5th year th to 8th year th to10th year Delayed payment of annuity fee within six months

4 Item IV Fees in General Official Fees Attorney Fees 401. Late filing of documents and references Receiving and forwarding official documents Registration of change of bibliographic data for agency Registration of change of bibliographic data for inventor, applicant, and patentee Claiming priority a) Claiming single conventional priority b) Additional charge for each additional priority Filing a request for exception to loss of novelty Interview with examiner - 440min 408. Providing a certified copy of Chinese patent Filing request for extension of time limit (for the same notification or office action) The request for the first extension (per month) The request for the second extension (per month) Recording a license contract Recording a transfer of a patent right Recording a transfer of a pending Translation fee (per 100 original words or characters) a) From English into Chinese - 16 b) From Japanese into Chinese - 12 c) From German into Chinese - 20 d) From Chinese into English - 20 e) From Chinese into Japanese - 20 f) From Chinese into German Typewriting per page of English - - per page of Chinese Copying, per page - -

5 416. Making drawings (per piece) a) Drawing against a draft - 75min. b) Correcting a formal drawing - 20min. c) preparing a drawing Making photo (per piece) - 75min Restoring right Preparing observation on the office action - Hourly basis 420. Assuming representation during re-examination or invalidation - Hourly basis 421. Withdrawing a patent - 88

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