How to pay for patent application in China?
How to pay for patent application in China? When you invent a new product, you must apply for a patent if you want to use it to create profits. When applying for a patent, you need to pay a certain fee first. For the inventors in the patent application stage, most of them are in a relatively poor state, and it is not clear what the cost is. Bian Xiao gave you some advice. How to pay for patent application in China? How to pay for patent application in China 1? Application Fee Invention: Application Fee 950 yuan (including printing fee 50 yuan) Utility Model: Application Fee 500 yuan Design: Application Fee 500 yuan 2. Examination fee This fee is only paid when applying for invention patent, but not when applying for utility model and design. The examination fee for invention application is 2500 yuan. 3. Patent Registration Fee Applicants need to pay patent registration fee and announcement printing fee after receiving the patent authorization notice and registration notice. Invention: 250 yuan+India tax 5 yuan utility model: 200 yuan+India tax 5 yuan design: 200 yuan+India tax 5 yuan 4. The annual fee is within the validity period of the patent. If you want to maintain power, you need to pay China National Intellectual Property Administration an annual fee. Second, how do individuals apply for patented products? When an individual applies for a patent (such as a non-service inventor or business representative), he needs to do the following work: 1, subject. Ordinary individuals who apply for a patent in China can apply for it themselves or entrust a patent agency to handle it. If it is a special individual, a patent agency must be entrusted. Special individuals include: ① foreigners who have no habitual residence or business office in China; ② China people who have lived or worked abroad for a long time; 3. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots. Chinese individuals who apply to foreign countries for patents for inventions and creations completed in China shall first apply to the patent administration department of the State Council, or they may entrust a patent agency to handle them, but they cannot apply by themselves. 2. Object. Inventions include inventions, utility models and designs. It is necessary to determine the type before applying. Different types of applications have different conditions, fees, rights to be protected and economic benefits. Applicants should choose according to their own situation. The protection period of the invention is 20 years, and the protection period of the utility model and design is 10 years, counting from the date of application. 3. Procedures. Invention patents are subject to preliminary examination and substantive examination, and utility models and designs are authorized to be announced only after preliminary examination. (1) A patent for invention shall submit a request, specification, abstract of specification and claim, and the specification shall be attached when necessary. (2) The patent for utility model shall submit the request, the patent claim, the specification, the appended drawings of the specification, the abstract of the specification and the appended drawings of the abstract. (3) A patent for design shall submit a request, a design picture or a photograph. The patent for utility model and design takes about 8- 12 months. After the formal examination and approval, the authorization notice will be issued and the license will be obtained. After paying the license fee, you can get the patent certificate in about 2-3 months. The specific time depends on the speed of the examiner's examination, the degree of detail of the applicant's public information and the provision of drawings. Applicants should make full preparations before applying. (1) Learn about relevant laws and regulations in detail and be familiar with all application processes. (2) Understand the existing level in the technical field, search domestic and foreign patents, and analyze the feasibility of your invention. (3) do a good job of confidentiality. Costs have slowed down. The patent fees allowed to be reduced or exempted include five items: application fee, maintenance fee for invention patent application, substantive examination fee for invention patent, reexamination fee and annual patent fee for three years after authorization. When applying for a patent, the patent office will charge different fees according to its type. You can know the specific application fee in advance before applying for a patent.