To apply for a patent abroad, you need to pay fees to foreign patent offices and patent agents, and the fees are settled in US dollars. According to the practice of patent agencies, it costs an average of $4,000 to $5,000 to apply for a patent in a country.
The time from filing an international application to payment can be delayed by 8 months to 18 months. In addition, we have to pay the fees for the international phase of PCT, including the transmission fee, retrieval fee and international preliminary examination fee of about 265,438+000 yuan charged by China Patent Office, and the basic fee, designation fee and handling fee of about 65,438+065,438+050 yuan charged by the International Bureau.
If it is an international application filed by an individual from China; The fees charged by the International Bureau can be reduced by 75%.