It costs money to apply for a patent. According to relevant legal provisions, when parties apply for patents and go through other procedures with the patent administration department of the State Council, they must pay patent registration fees, announcement printing fees, annual fees, application fees, application surcharges, bibliographic change fees and other fees.
Legal Basis
Article 93 of the "Implementing Rules for the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China"
Apply and handle patent applications to the Patent Administration Department of the State Council For other procedures, the following fees should be paid:
(1) Application fee, application surcharge, publication printing fee, priority claim fee;
(2) Substantive examination of invention patent application Fees and reexamination fees;
(3) Patent registration fees, announcement printing fees, and annual fees;
(4) Rights restoration request fees and deadline extension request fees;
(5) Fees for changes in descriptions, fees for requesting patent evaluation reports, and fees for requesting invalidation.
The payment standards for the various fees listed in the preceding paragraph shall be stipulated by the price management department and the financial department of the State Council in conjunction with the patent administration department of the State Council.