Why do I have to pay a fee to apply for a patent? What are these expenses used for?

if an invention is declared as an invention achievement award, once it is awarded, it will receive spiritual and material rewards from the state. However, instead of being rewarded for applying for a patent with the China Patent Office, the applicant has to pay various application fees to the Patent Office. Why is this? To understand this problem, we must understand the characteristics of the patent system. Patent system is an internationally accepted management system that uses legal and economic means to promote technological progress. The basic content of this system is to grant a patent right to an invention that has applied for a patent after examination and approval according to the Patent Law, and at the same time make the contents of the invention that has applied for a patent known to the world, so as to facilitate the exchange of information on invention and creation and paid technology transfer.

The patent system came into being and developed under the historical conditions that technological inventions became property and commodities. Technological inventions, like other commodities, have value and use value, and are also protected as fashionable wealth. Because commodity production still exists under socialist conditions, it is precisely for socialist modernization that a large number of commodities such as technological inventions are developed and exchanged, which is the basic theoretical basis for the establishment of the patent system in China.

If we emphasize that technological inventions are owned by the state, any unit can use them free of charge, so that inventors and their units can't get economic benefits from them. This egalitarianism of "eating from the same pot" is not conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the masses and all units to pick up inventions and creations. The patent system is implemented and patented inventions and technological achievements are obtained, and no one can copy them at will and use them free of charge. If necessary, they should sign a license contract with the patentee and pay the royalties. Some technological inventions may save more time and money than imitation through transfer, which is a great good thing for inventors. It is also a good thing for technical exchange. If an applicant wants to obtain a patent right, he must file a Qing Shen with the Patent Office, which will examine the patent application according to the Patent Law and confirm the ownership of this special property right by granting the patent right to the applicant. The applicant pays a certain fee at the application stage, and gets economic returns in the actual situation or transfer of the patent right. This is very legal.

the patentee who has obtained the patent right can use the patent law to protect his patent right through the national legal institutions. The patentee can have the exclusive advantage of obtaining economic benefits in the market competition. If the patentee has good market benefits, he should continue to maintain the patent right. He should also pay an annual fee to maintain the patent right. If the annual fee is not paid, the patent right will automatically terminate. For those patents with real commercial value, the patent right often lasts until the end of the patent protection period.