An application for a patent for utility model generally goes through the following procedures:
1. Consultation
2. Write technical disclosure.
3. China patent search: pay the search fee first. Purpose:
(1) preliminarily confirm the novelty of the application content in China patent;
(2) To prevent infringement of others' patent rights in China.
4. Operation: Search for patents in China (i.e. patents in China and patents applied by foreigners to China and published or announced). Search fees and translation fees are charged respectively for searching foreign language patents. After the patent search in China, if I agree to accept the entrustment, I can guarantee that the application will be granted the patent right, otherwise I will refund all the agency fees.
5. Agent: general agent: charge the basic agent fee; Express agent: 40% of the basic agent fee is charged. According to the original materials provided by the applicant, write the application documents that meet the requirements and.
6. Acceptance: The State Patent Office will send back the Notice of Acceptance after receiving the mailed or submitted application documents for utility model patent, and the applicant will pay the application fee (full 500 yuan fee) to the China Patent Office upon receipt of the Notice of Acceptance or within two months from the date of application. If it's slow, I'll pay in proportion to the slow rate, and at the same time pay the handling fee I charge.
Of course, if you choose a professional patent agency, the cost of applying for a patent for utility model will be different. More questions about how much to apply for utility model patents can be answered on the third-party patent agency platform, and can also be handled through this platform.
Patent application fee for utility model patent application