If authorization and quality are not considered, price is given priority, and the lower the agency price is, the better, or the inventor imitates writing with reference to existing patent cases to achieve the goal of zero expenditure; Those who pay attention to patent quality and technical protection need to be another matter. They should pay attention to value and entrust appropriate institutions. So, how to choose a suitable patent application agency from many agencies? There is no single standard answer to the question of how to evaluate the quality of patent application institutions. From the perspective of the industry, it is better to choose a patent agency than to choose a suitable agent.
It is very important that whether it is a famous big agent or a powerful small agent, whether the agent is familiar with your technical field and whether the agent understands and accurately grasps your technical core. Because different technical fields are very different, it is best to choose an agency that is familiar with and good at your technical field. However, it should be noted that in some so-called excellent and famous agency companies, the nominal agents are not really engaged in patent application writing, but are engaged in patent translation, official reply, invalid litigation and other work with higher income, and the patent writing work is usually replaced by inexperienced newcomers. In addition, when choosing to cooperate with well-known agencies, even if an agent is appointed as an agent, it is difficult for SME customers to obtain the expected agent, because senior agents often serve large enterprise customers with stable cases.
The most important thing to point out is that the application for science and technology patents that pay attention to quality and protection needs to be equipped with high-end talents who know patents and R&D to do patent analysis and infringement analysis, so as to correctly and profoundly understand the technical core and innovative ideas of the client, complete a large number of patent documents, technical analysis and right comparison of technical documents in a limited time, and write the application strategies of defensive claims and offensive claims in the claims, making the patent an independent right. Furthermore, when writing the patent claim, we should also consider the layout of the inventor's industry, evidence compensation in future litigation and other factors, so as to properly guide technicians to complete the evasion design of the corresponding technical route, which is simply more difficult for agents who only have legal knowledge and professional foundation but not enough research and development experience.
The annual salary of high-end talents who only know technology and don't know patents is much higher than that of regular agents, often many times, so compound high-end talents who know technology and know patents are rare. Therefore, there are few institutions or companies that can engage in high-end patents at present. The main reason is cost, which is also a pain point in the current intellectual property industry. Therefore, when some high-tech customers need to write high-quality patents, they consult the top universities in China one by one and find that no agent is qualified for the job, so they hire American talents, and they spend about 1 week writing. The agency fee 1.4 million, while the current domestic high-end agency fee is 20 thousand. The normal patent agency fee in three first-tier cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing is 60,000. In order to seek long-term development, some powerful startups in first-tier cities sacrifice short-term profits and take some low-cost orders with high cost and low return.
The reputation ranking and qualification identification of patent agencies can be achieved in many ways, but writing patents is not like producing products by machines. It is an individual who writes your patent, so the level of personal ability plays a decisive role. Of course, if your understanding of this industry is blank, I believe that ranking and recognition can be regarded as a relatively safe standard in the face of unknown environment. So objectively speaking, choosing an agency to apply for a patent is essentially choosing an agent to write a patent. Find a powerful and professional agent, and the cost performance and authorization rate will be very high.