What is the annual patent fee? When will the salary be paid? How much will it cost in the first year? How much will it cost in the second year? When will you get paid?

The annual fee is an annual fee that needs to be paid to maintain the validity of the patent right, starting from the year when the patent right is granted.

Patents in China are divided into inventions, utility models and design patents. The protection period of invention patent is 20 years, and that of utility model and design is 10 year. If you don't want to give up your patent right, you must give it to the end of the protection period.

Among the three patents, the annual fees for utility model and design are the same, as follows:

It should be noted that the annual fee is calculated on the date of application, and it is regarded as one year from the application date of the previous year to the application date of the second year.