What does the EU patent application fee include?

1. What does the EU patent application fee include? (1) Official Fees For an ordinary European patent application, if the documents and fees are accurately submitted within the time limit stipulated in the Convention, and there are no late fees and other problems caused by overdue documents or fees at the expiration of the time limit, the required official fees are: application fee, search fee, designation fee, right surcharge, actual examination fee, maintenance fee, authorization fee and annual fee. (II) Agency fees Another fee for applying for a European patent is agency fees, including agency fees for foreign companies and agency fees for domestic institutions. The agency fees of foreign firms include fees for preparing application documents, translation fees, reply to review opinions and miscellaneous fees such as fax, mailing and copying. The agency fees of foreign companies vary from company to company. Some expenses are fixed, and some are calculated according to working hours, which is uncertain. The agency fees of domestic agencies include contacting foreign firms, preparing application documents, translating documents, delivering documents, time limit monitoring, reminding and other miscellaneous expenses. Domestic agency fees vary from agency to agency, and some are one-time fees, that is, a fee is charged between the submission of the application and the receipt of the authorization notice or rejection notice, and then the fee is charged according to the situation. Some are charged according to the actual cost, that is, a certain domestic agency fee is added on the basis of each foreign agency fee. How to collect fees is determined by the applicant and the domestic agency through consultation. Second, suggestions for domestic applicants If there are inventions worthy of protection and want to be protected in different European countries, the author provides the following ways to choose from: 1. First apply for an invention patent in China, which is the basis of priority, and directly apply for a European patent within the priority period. 2. If you want to get protection in countries other than European countries, you can file a PCT international patent application within the priority period, and then enter the European stage. 3. Submit the PCT international patent application directly, and then enter the European stage. The advantage of the first method is that it can quickly obtain European patent authorization and has low cost. The advantages of the second and third methods are that you can have enough time to consider which European countries (3 1 month from the priority date) will be protected, but the disadvantage is that the international phase of PCT will cost some money. It costs a certain fee to apply for a European patent. In the whole process from application to authorization, the official fees of the European Patent Office and each designated country are relatively certain, but the agency fees in the whole process are uncertain and vary greatly, which requires domestic applicants to be very cautious when choosing an agency, and to find a foreign-related patent agency with rich foreign agency experience. Generally, such agencies have long-term stable and reliable foreign partners, and the fees are reasonable. They can strive for the maximum protection scope for the applicants on the basis of low fees, and truly achieve the purpose of applying for European patents and obtaining patent protection in designated countries. With the passage of time, various economic levels in our country have not only developed, but also established many enterprises. In order to ensure the protection of the developed products, the state also stipulates that you can apply for a patent, and others may not use it without authorization after applying for a patent. Then, in order to develop overseas, some enterprises will apply for EU patents as required.