How to apply for a patent? How much does it cost?

Cost of patent application

1. Application fee

Invention: 900 yuan, printing fee 50 yuan

Utility model and design: 500 yuan

Application surcharge: Claim surcharge starts from the first Starting from the 11th item, each item will be charged an additional RMB 150

The manual surcharge will be charged an additional RMB 50 per page starting from the 31st page

A further RMB 100 will be charged per page starting from the 301st page

< p>2. Invention substantive examination fee: 2,500 yuan

3. Patent registration, printing and printing costs

Invention: 255 yuan

Utility model and design: 205 yuan

IV. Annual fee (yuan)

Invention:

900 yuan for 1-3 years, 1200 yuan for 4-6 years, 2000 yuan for 7-9 years

10-12 years 4,000 yuan for 13-15 years, 6,000 yuan for 16-20 years, 8,000 yuan

Utility model and appearance design:

600 yuan for 1-3 years, 900 yuan for 4-5 years

1,200 yuan for 6-8 years and 2,000 yuan for 9-10 years

5. Other fees:

For details such as bibliographic item change fees, priority claim fees, invention patent maintenance fees, etc., please refer to Announcement No. 75 of the State Intellectual Property Office.

The fee can be paid directly to the Patent Office (including various agencies), or through post office or bank transfer, or in other ways prescribed by the State Intellectual Property Office. The charging range of each agency is separately stipulated.

Patent fee reduction

Accepting unit: State Intellectual Property Office

Acceptance conditions: Individuals with low personal income, insufficient scientific research funding for public institutions and corporate losses.

Submit documents: A request for cost reduction stating the reasons for the reduction; if a legal person requests cost reduction, it must also submit a cost reduction certificate issued by the superior authority.

Reduction ratio:

(1) Individual requests for reduction of application fees (printing fees and surcharges will not be reduced), invention patent application examination fees, starting from the year when the patent right is granted (inclusive) The maximum proportion of annual fees within three years shall not exceed 85%, and the maximum proportion of invention patent application maintenance fees and reexamination fees shall not exceed 80%.

(2) An entity or unit and an individual or two or more individuals apply together to reduce application fees (printing fees and surcharges will not be reduced), invention patent application examination fees, and application fees since the year when the patent right is granted. The maximum proportion of annual fees within three years starting from (including the current year) shall not exceed 70%. The maximum proportion of invention patent application maintenance fees and reexamination fees shall not exceed 60%.

(3) If two or more units apply for the same application, no mitigation fee will be granted.