How much does it cost for an individual to apply for an invention patent from the time of application to the time of issuing a certificate without going through a third party to reduce the cost?

The People's Daily pointed out that in the process of patent application, the official fee is the examination and approval fee for establishing national intellectual property rights in order to obtain patent rights. This part of the expenses is clearly and conspicuously publicized on China National Intellectual Property Administration's website, because there may be various matters in the process of patent application, and the website shows the details of official expenses to the public in various ways. However, for a specific patent application, the fees in most websites are unnecessary. Therefore, the author only states that the fees for normal patent application are normal, and other extra fees may be incurred under specific circumstances.

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.

Getting a patent right is actually not expensive; It won't cost much. It's very cheap ... does anyone think so?

However, this idea ignores a very important cost: the annual fee!

annual fee

Some people say that patents, like children, need not only to be born, but also to be raised. What they are talking about is the annual patent fee, that is, they need to pay China National Intellectual Property Administration once a year to maintain the validity of the patent right.

The annual patent fee is not an equal figure, but will be higher and higher with the passage of time (if a patent is still valid under the premise of increasing annual fee, it is generally believed that the patent has brought better market benefits to the patentee), and the specific amount is as follows:

900 yuan 1 ~ 3 years, 4 ~ 6 years 1200 yuan, 7 ~ 9 years 2000 yuan,10 ~/2 years 4000 yuan,13 ~/5 years 6000 yuan.

The utility model and design were in 600 yuan in 1 ~ 3, 900 yuan in 4 ~ 5, 1200 yuan in 6 ~ 8, and 2000 yuan in 9 ~ 10.

In this way, if you get a patent right in the first year of patent application, for example, if you get a patent certificate, the official fee for invention patent is 4605 yuan, and the official fee for utility model and design is 1305 yuan.

The above official expenses can be saved under certain conditions. The patent law stipulates: "The application fee, substantive examination fee and annual fee can be reduced or exempted within three years from the date of the patent right being granted. If an individual applies for a reduction of 85%, if an entity applies for a reduction of 70%, if two or more individuals apply for a reduction of 70%, if two or more entities apply for a reduction of 70%, the reduction will not be granted. In addition, the review fee for applying for review can also be reduced or exempted. "

Therefore, under the premise of no incidental cost, from applying for a patent to obtaining a patent certificate, if you apply for an invention patent and don't enjoy the cost reduction, you need to pay 4605 yuan; After applying for fee waiver in one's own name, you need to pay 1205 yuan; After applying for fee waiver in the name of the company, you need to pay 1850 yuan; After two or more individuals apply for fee waiver, they need to pay 1850 yuan.

If you apply for utility model and design and do not enjoy fee reduction, you need to pay 1305 yuan. After applying for fee waiver in the name of an individual, you need to pay 575 yuan. After applying for fee reduction in the name of the company, you need to pay 740 yuan. After applying for fee reduction in the name of two or more individuals, you need to pay 740 yuan.

However, Ma Xiao feels that there are so many complicated things in applying for a patent. It is better to go to the third-party patent trading platform and make your own suggestions, and then the platform will be responsible, saving time and effort.