Laws of the People's Republic of China

The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance

Notice of National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on the Relevant Issues of Charging Standard Adjustment of PCT International Application

Fa Gai Jia Ge [2005] N0.2097

To the State Intellectual Property Office:

We have received from your Office the Letter on Adjusting the Charging Standard of PCT International Application (Guo Zhi Fa Gui Han Zi [2005] No. 62). After consideration and study, the Notice on the relevant issues of charging standard of PCT international application is hereby given as follows:

1.

In accordance with the provisions on rules for the implementation of PCT of World Intellectual Property Organization, when you Office handles PCT international application relating to nucleotide or amino acid sequence, if the applicant fails to offer the copy of computer readable form sequence table, your Office shall notify the applicant to pay the overdue copy within prescribed time limit and may charge the applicant filing fee for PCT international application, the standard of charging shall be RMB 200 per copy.

2.

In the light of the provisions on rules for the implementation of PCT of World Intellectual Property Organization, When undertaking international searching for the PCT international application submitted by the applicant, your Office shall add content of examination, agree to adjust international searching charge, append charging standard of searching charge, adjust the charging fee from RMB 1,500 per piece to 2,100 per piece.

3.

Your Office shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions, handle alteration procedure for charge license in the National Development and Reform Commission and use charge instrument uniformly printed by the Ministry of Finance.

4.

Your Office shall strictly implement it in accordance with the provisions in the Notice; shall not increase items of charge without authorization , and improve extend scope of charge, raise charge standard; shall consciously accept the supervision and examination of authorities of price, finance and auditing.

5.

The aforesaid provision shall come into effect as of the date of its promulgation.

The National Development and Reform Commission

The Ministry of Finance

October 19, 2005