Patent application fees and procedures

The standard formal fee for applying for an invention patent is 3450 (including 950 for filing and 2500 for substantive examination). It can be reduced to 1070 if it meets the conditions of company expense mitigation, and to 560 if it meets the conditions of personal expense mitigation; Authorization registration also needs to pay 255 years and annual authorization fees. The process is as follows: the application for a patent for invention needs to go through five stages: acceptance, preliminary examination, announcement, actual examination and authorization. The application for a patent for utility model or design is not published at the time of examination and approval, and there are only three stages: acceptance, preliminary examination and authorization. Article 39 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Where an application for a patent for invention is rejected after substantive examination, the patent administration department of the State Council shall make a decision to grant the patent right for invention, issue a patent certificate for invention, and register and announce it at the same time. The invention patent right shall take effect as of the date of announcement. Article 35 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Within three years from the date of filing, the patent administration department of the State Council may, at the request of the applicant, conduct substantive examination of the application at any time; If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. The patent administrative department of the State Council may, when it deems it necessary, examine the application for a patent for invention on its own. Article 34 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * After receiving an application for a patent for invention, the administrative department for patent in the State Council, after preliminary examination, finds that it conforms to the provisions of this Law, shall immediately publish it after 18 months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant. Article 26 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Where an applicant applies for a patent for invention or utility model, he shall submit the written request, specification, abstract, patent claim and other documents. The request shall specify the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant and other matters. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field; Attached drawings shall be attached when necessary. The technical points of the invention or utility model shall be briefly explained. The patent claim shall be based on the specification, and clearly and briefly define the scope of patent protection. For inventions that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall state the direct source and original source of genetic resources in the patent application documents; If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons. Article 81 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), anyone who applies for a patent and goes through other formalities with the patent administration department of the State Council shall pay the fees in accordance with the regulations.