First of all, the first official fee for applying for a patent includes:
Patent application for invention 1, 950 yuan (including printing fee in 50 yuan);
2, the utility model patent application fee 500 yuan;
3, the design patent application fee 500 yuan;
4. The examination fee for the invention application is 2500 yuan.
In addition, the registration fee for invention patent authorization is 255 yuan, and the registration fee for utility model or design patent authorization is 205 yuan.
In order to obtain and keep the patent, the applicant also needs to pay the annual patent fee and other fees to the patent office within a few years after the application.
Two, the patent applicant or patentee meets one of the following conditions, you can request to China National Intellectual Property Administration to reduce the payment of part of the patent fee:
1, individuals whose average monthly income in the previous year was less than 3,500 yuan (42,000 yuan per year);
2. Enterprises with taxable income of less than 300,000 yuan in the previous year;
3, institutions, social organizations, non-profit scientific research institutions. Where two or more individuals or units are the same patent applicant or patentee, they shall abide by the provisions of the preceding paragraph respectively.
3. When applying for patent agency, the applicant needs to pay agency fees and official fees. The amount of agency fee shall be determined by the applicant through consultation with the agency according to the difficulty and workload of the technical field to which the application belongs. The official fee is paid to China National Intellectual Property Administration.
The patent applicant or patentee may request to reduce the following patent fees: application fee (excluding publication and printing fee and application surcharge), substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention, annual fee and reexamination fee for six years from the date of being granted the patent right. If the patent applicant or patentee is a single individual or unit, the above expenses will be reduced by 85%. If two or more individuals or units are * * * the same patent applicant or * * * patentee, 70% of the above fees will be reduced or exempted.