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Today, let's talk about how to avoid or reduce the excess claim fee for patent application in China.

A foreign patent application may enter China via PCT or the Paris Convention. Since the CNIPA charges the excess claim fee differently for applications via PCT and applications under the Paris Convention, the applicant may employ special strategies for applications entering China through the two paths, so as to reasonably avoid or reduce the excess claim fee. Furthermore, regardless of the excess claim fee, by making full use of the opportunity to make voluntary amendments, it is possible to benefit the subsequent examination and gain a more desirable scope of protection.