How much is the patent application fee in Dongguan?
1. What is the patent application fee in Dongguan? 1, the appearance patent is the simplest, you can get the certificate in 4-5 months, and the personal application fee is about 1000 yuan. The company application fee is about 1500 yuan; 2. The application process of utility model patent is general, and it takes about 4-6 months to get the certificate. Individual application is about 2000 yuan, and the company is about 2500 yuan. It takes about 8000 yuan to apply for an invention patent, which takes 2-3 years. Related knowledge: Overview of the application process for writing application documents for invention patents → Submit → Accept and pay the application fee → Publish the preliminary examination and enter the actual examination → Issue a notice of examination opinions and the applicant's reply → Authorize → Pay the annual fee and issue a power of attorney. Detailed steps of invention patent application 1. Writing application documents includes: 2. The patent application documents submitted to the Patent Office include: the request for a patent for invention, the abstract of the specification (if necessary, the appended drawings of the abstract shall be submitted), the patent claim and the specification (if necessary, the appended drawings of the specification shall be submitted). Submission method: submit the patent application electronically or in writing. (1) To apply for a patent in the form of an electronic document, the electronic applicant shall be registered in advance, and the application documents and other documents shall be submitted to the Patent Office through the patent electronic application system of the Patent Office. (2) To apply for a patent in written form, you can hand in the application documents and other documents to the reception window of the Patent Office or send them to the reception office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the reception office of the Patent Office), or hand them in person to the reception window of the local patent office agency or send them to the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office. 3. Accepting and paying the application fee After receiving the application documents, the Patent Office will issue a notice of patent acceptance and a notice of paying the application fee. After receiving the notice, the applicant shall pay the application fee according to the requirements of the notice. Payment method: the payer can pay the patent fee directly to the Patent Office or its agency. 4. The preliminary examination was announced and entered the actual examination. The application for a patent for invention has entered the publication stage since the date of issuance of the notice of preliminary examination. If the applicant does not make an early request for publicity, it will not enter the public preparation procedure until 18 months after the application date. If the applicant requests to be made public in advance, the application will immediately enter the public preparation procedure. For the invention patent entering the substantive examination stage, whether the patent application has the substantive conditions stipulated in the patent law such as novelty, creativity and practicality will be comprehensively examined during the actual examination. 5. After substantive examination, if it is found that the notice of examination opinions and the applicant's reply do not meet the authorization conditions or have various defects, a notice of examination opinions will be issued to inform the applicant to state his opinions or make amendments within the specified time. If the applicant fails to reply within the time limit, it shall be deemed to have withdrawn the application, and if it still fails to meet the requirements after repeated replies, it shall be rejected. 6. authorize and pay the annual printing fee. If no reason for rejection is found in the substantive examination of the power of attorney, enter the authorization procedure as required. The Patent Office issues authorization notice and registration notice. The applicant shall go through the registration formalities in accordance with the notification requirements and pay the prescribed fees within 2 months. If the applicant goes through the registration formalities on schedule, the Patent Office will grant the patent right and issue a patent certificate, which will be recorded in the patent register and announced in the patent gazette two months later. Failure to go through the registration formalities in accordance with the provisions shall be regarded as giving up the right to obtain the patent right. To sum up, companies in Dongguan must pay a certain application fee if they want to register their products designed or created and get strict legal protection from competitors. According to different types of patents, there will be different payment standards, but the minimum fee is 1000 yuan.