2. The amount of agency fee shall be determined by the applicant through consultation with the agency according to the difficulty and workload of the technical field to which the application belongs.
3. Official expenses are paid to China National Intellectual Property Administration. The first official fee includes the application fee and the examination fee for the invention application, and the amount (RMB) is: the application fee for the invention patent in 950 yuan (including the printing fee in 50 yuan); Application fee for utility model patent 500 yuan;
4, the design patent application fee 500 yuan; The examination fee for invention application is 2500 yuan.
In order to obtain and keep the patent, the applicant also needs to pay the annual patent fee and other fees to the patent office within a few years after the application.
6. The Patent Office may reduce or exempt certain fees (application fee, examination fee for invention application, maintenance fee for invention application, reexamination fee and annual fee for three years after authorization) for applicants with real difficulties. If the applicant is an organization, the above fees can be reduced by 70% (the examination fee can be reduced by 60%), and if the applicant is an individual, the above fees can be reduced by 85% (the examination fee can be reduced by 80%).