When applying for a patent, in addition to official fees, the only thing that has to be mentioned is the agency fee. So how much does a patent agency fee generally cost? The agency fee is mainly used to hire a professional patent agent to provide professional services for patent applications. How much is the patent agency fee when applying for a patent? The fees for patent agency applications are still an opaque market in my country. The fees of each service agency are different, and the general charging standards in different regions are also different. The fees for applications in different majors will also be different. Let’s take the Beijing market as an example. The fee for an invention patent application is generally between 6,000 and 20,000 yuan, the fee for a utility model is between 4,000 and 15,000 yuan, and the fee for an appearance design is between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan. Of course, if the applicant has the professional skills to apply for a patent, that is great, and he can choose to apply independently. The advantage of this is that it can save patent agency fees and prevent the technology from being known to others before the patent application is filed. However, the vast majority of companies or individuals do not have such professional skills. The requirement is not only to understand the technology, but also to be familiar with the relevant provisions of the patent law. At the same time, they must also be able to jump out of the limitations of existing technology and refine better technology for the technology. There are relatively few people who can achieve the scope of protection at the same time. If the protection is improper, the patented technology may not only have no substantive protection, but the technology will be disclosed to the world for free, providing competitors and peers with a good channel to peek and learn. The gain outweighs the loss!