How much is the patent application fee and how to calculate it?

With the improvement of legal awareness, more and more enterprises and individuals attach importance to patent application. On the one hand, we can use patent law to protect our inventions and prevent them from being imitated and stolen by others in the process of implementation. On the other hand, patents can be used for investment and can also be used as a weapon to increase the competitive advantage of enterprises in the market economy. So what is the standard of application fee for invention patent?

Under normal circumstances, the patentee who applies for a patent accounts for the majority of the patent application fee reduction of 85%. Therefore, the following fees are calculated according to the reduction of 85%, which is convenient for the general public to understand the patent fees.

Application fee for invention patent: 135 yuan.

Publishing and printing fee: 50 yuan

Fee for substantive examination of an application for a patent for invention: 375 yuan.

When applying for a patent for invention, the total amount of formal fees to be paid is: application fee+publishing and printing fee+substantive examination fee =560 yuan. When the invention patent is authorized, the total official fee to be paid is: annual patent fee+stamp duty in the year of authorization.

Stamp Duty: 5 yuan

The annual patent fee of the invention patent in 1-3 years is 135 yuan, so if the invention patent is authorized in 1-3 years, the total official fee to be paid is: 135 yuan +5 yuan = 140 yuan.

Patent for utility model, application fee for patent for utility model 75 yuan.

The utility model patent is generally granted within 7- 14 months. When the patent for utility model is granted, the fees to be paid are: annual fee+stamp duty of the year of authorization, that is, 90 yuan (annual fee for patent in 65438 +0-3 years) +5 yuan (stamp duty) =95 yuan.

Therefore, when the utility model patent is granted, the total cost to be paid is: 95 yuan.

The above is the calculation method of patent application fee. Because of its high accuracy, the cost is implemented in every link, so it may seem cumbersome. In order to make the patent application process smoother, many enterprises and individuals will seek the help of professional institutions.

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