What is the patent application process? How long is each period? how much is it? What's the difference between invention and utility model?

Patent application documents (including claims, specifications, drawings of specifications, abstracts and drawings of abstracts) and patent request (including invention name, applicant, inventor and related materials, etc.) shall be submitted. ) and the patent application fee paid to the patent office (that is, the formal fee paid to the patent office).

After submitting these projects to the patent office, you can of course get the application date and application number, which is the only number that the patent office will review in the future. The formal admission notice will be issued within two weeks after the application date.

After the examination and approval, the Patent Office issued a notice of authorization, indicating that it agreed to authorize. The announcement of patent authorization shall take effect after the applicant authorizes registration.

China patents include inventions, utility models and designs:

It takes more than 2 years to apply for a patent for invention, and the standard official fee is 3,450 (including the application fee of 950 and the substantive examination fee of 2,500), which can be reduced to 1070 if it meets the conditions of company fee reduction and exemption, and to 560 if it meets the conditions of personal fee reduction and exemption;

After 6-8 months of utility model patent application, the standard official fee is 500, which can be reduced to 150 if it meets the conditions of company fee reduction and exemption, and can be reduced to 75 if it meets the conditions of personal fee reduction and exemption.

After applying for a design patent for 5-6 months, the standard official fee is 500, which can be reduced to 150 if it meets the conditions of company fee reduction and exemption, and 75 if it meets the conditions of personal fee reduction and exemption.

In addition, if the entrusted agent needs additional agency fees.