1. Application fee
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If it is not paid or paid in full within the prescribed time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.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.
2. Substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention
Where an applicant requests substantive examination of an application for a patent for invention, he shall submit a request for substantive examination and pay the substantive examination fee. The time limit for submitting the request for substantive examination and paying the fee for substantive examination is three years from the date of application (if there is a priority requirement, the earliest priority date shall prevail). If it is not paid or paid in full within the prescribed time limit, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
3. The patent fee decreased
A patent applicant or patentee who meets one of the following conditions may request China National Intellectual Property Administration to reduce or exempt part of the patent fee: a. an individual whose average monthly income in the previous year was less than 3,500 yuan (42,000 yuan per person per year); B enterprises with taxable income of less than 300,000 yuan in the previous year; C institutions, social organizations and non-profit scientific research institutions. Where two or more individuals or units are the same patent applicant or patentee, they shall abide by the provisions of the preceding paragraph respectively.
The patent applicant or patentee may request to reduce the following patent fees: application fee (excluding publication and printing fee and application surcharge), substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention, annual fee and reexamination fee for six years from the date of being granted the patent right. If the patent applicant or patentee is a single individual or unit, the above expenses will be reduced by 85%. If two or more individuals or units are * * * the same patent applicant or * * * patentee, 70% of the above fees will be reduced or exempted.
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agency fee
Many enterprises and individuals, due to their own time problems and complicated application problems, choose to apply for patents in state-recognized agencies, and there will be some agency service fees. (Different agencies have different agency service fees. )