Fees for applying for intellectual property patents

Fees for applying for intellectual property patents: the application fee shall be paid within two months from the date of application. The fees paid at the same time as the application fee also include the publication and printing fee of the application for a patent for invention and the application surcharge. Where the priority is claimed, the priority claim fee shall be paid at the same time. If it is not paid or paid in full within the prescribed time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. When the number of pages in the description (including drawings) exceeds 30 pages or the number of claims exceeds 10, an application surcharge shall be paid, and the amount shall be calculated according to the number of pages or items exceeded. The amount of priority claim fee is calculated according to the number of items claiming priority. Failing to pay or pay in full within the prescribed time limit shall be deemed as not claiming priority. Where the applicant requests substantive examination, it shall submit a request for substantive examination and pay the substantive examination fee. The time limit for paying the substantive examination fee is three years from the date of application (if there is a priority requirement, from the earliest priority date). If it is not paid or paid in full within the prescribed time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. If it is really difficult for the applicant or the patentee to pay the patent fee, he may request a postponement. There are five kinds of fees that can be reduced or exempted: application fee (printing fee and surcharge are not reduced), examination fee for invention patent application, reexamination fee, maintenance fee for invention patent application, and annual fee for three years from the year when the patent right is granted. Other expenses will not be delayed. Where a patent fee is requested to be reduced or exempted, it shall submit a request for fee reduction and exemption, truthfully fill in the economic income status, and attach relevant supporting documents when necessary. In China, there are three types of patents: design patents, utility model patents (called new models in Hongkong, but there is no utility model patent in some developed countries) and invention patents. Choose the protection method according to your own protection point for the product. If you need to protect the shape, pattern, color and the combination of the three, you need to apply for a patent for appearance. The product applying for appearance must be a three-dimensional product. If it is necessary to protect the shape and structure of products or put forward applicable new technical solutions in combination with them, it is generally necessary to apply for a patent for utility model. If the creativity and novelty of the product are unprecedented, then apply for an invention patent. At the same time, only one invention patent can be applied for the method or formula of producing, processing and manufacturing a certain product. To judge the types of patents, it is best to entrust an agency with professional classification by its patent agents. Duration of protection: The provisions of patent laws vary from country to country. The shortest is less than five years, such as Iran and Venezuela. Most countries stipulate that the period is between 10 and 20 years, such as Britain 16, the United States 14, the Federal Republic of Germany 18 and France for 20 years. Other countries, such as Argentina and Chile, have set several time limits for applicants to choose. In some countries, the time limit starts from the date of filing the application, while in other countries, it starts from the date of granting the patent right. The patent law of our country stipulates that the term of invention patent right is 20 years, and the term of utility model and design patent right is 10 years, all of which are counted from the date of application.