I. Fees to be paid for patent application
Fees to be paid for patent application:
1. Application fee, application surcharge, publishing and printing fee;
2. Examination fee and reexamination fee for an application for a patent for invention;
3. Patent registration fee, announcement printing fee, application maintenance fee and annual fee;
4. The fee for changing the description of the project, the fee for claiming the priority, the fee for recovering the claim, the fee for requesting the extension of the time limit, and the fee for searching the report on the patent for utility model;
5. Request fee for invalidation, request fee for suspension of procedure, request fee for compulsory license and request fee for adjudication of compulsory license use fee.
Second, what are the conditions for applying for a patent?
An invention applying for a patent must meet three conditions: novelty, advancement and industrial practicability.
Advanced conditions: this technology is superior to the existing technology and more advanced, which is unknown to the general practitioners in the industry and difficult to find.
Practical conditions: the invention can be put into practical use and create industrial value.
Third, do you need physical objects to apply for a patent?
On the question of whether to apply for a patent in kind, generally speaking, there is no need to provide a patent in kind for invention, utility model and design. When applying for an invention or utility model, it is necessary to provide a schematic diagram of the structure, and when applying for a design, it is necessary to provide a six-sided front view of the design.
According to the provisions of the Patent Law and the detailed rules for the implementation of the Patent Law, when examining an application for a patent for design, the Patent Office may, when it deems it necessary, require the applicant for a design to submit a product or model using a patent for design.
For inventions involving biomaterials, if the biomaterials are not known to the public, and the description of the biomaterials is not enough for technicians in the field to implement their inventions, it is necessary to submit the samples of the biomaterials to the preservation unit recognized by the Patent Office for preservation, and provide the survival certificate of the samples.