I invented a medicine to treat industrial sewage. Does anyone know the procedure for applying for this patent? About how much will it cost?

Procedure:

1. Novelty search confirmed that no one had applied for similar technology before.

2. Write application documents, including instructions, claims, summaries of instructions, etc.

3. Submit the application documents and pay the application fee and examination fee, ranging from 560 to 3,450 yuan.

4. Patent preliminary examination and substantive examination.

5. Reply to the review comments.

6. Authorize or close the case.

Cost:

1. The application fee is 950 yuan, and the examination fee is 2500 yuan.

If you hire an intermediary, you need an agency fee.

3. If the filing can be postponed, the above application fee and examination fee can be reduced to 15% or 30%.