Does the patent application cost money?
According to the provisions of Article 90 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, when applying for a patent and going through other formalities with the patent administration department of the State Council, the following fees shall be paid: (1) application fee, application surcharge and publication 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; (four) the fee for changing the description, the fee for priority claim, the fee for restoring the right claim, the fee for requesting the extension of the time limit, and the fee for searching the report on the patent for utility model; (five) the request for invalidation, the request for suspension of the procedure, the request for compulsory license and the request for compulsory license ruling.