Patents include three types: invention, utility model and design. Before the patent is submitted for authorization, the invention fee is 3450 yuan, and the utility model and design fee is 500 yuan. After China National Intellectual Property Administration decided to authorize, the invention cost 255 yuan, and the utility model and design cost 205 yuan.
Therefore, the official cost of invention before authorization is 3705 yuan, and the official cost of utility model and design is 705 yuan.
What is the time from patent application to authorization procedure?
1. Submit all necessary documents related to patent application to the Patent Office.
2. After formal examination and approval by the Patent Office, it shall be published within 18 months from the date of application (of course, it may be required to be published as soon as possible, but the application shall also be submitted).
3. The applicant shall file an application for substantive examination with the Patent Office within 3 years from the date of application, or submit it together with the documents in the first step.
4, the substantive examination stage, the examination period is one year or longer.
5. Authorization, registration and announcement. The applicant can go through the registration formalities and obtain a patent certificate within 2 months after receiving a series of documents such as the registration notice, and announce it in the patent gazette two months later.