How to calculate the patent agency application fee?

Patent application is actually a complicated process, because the result of patent application will be responsible for many years to come. However, due to the technical nature of patent application, many inventors often choose the corresponding patent agency to help with the application. The legal issue that Bian Xiao discussed with you today is how to calculate the patent agency application fee. How to calculate the application fee for patent agencies 1? What is a patent agency? Patent agency refers to a civil legal act in which a patent applicant (or patentee) entrusts a person with the qualification of patent agent as an entrusted agent to work in a patent agency officially authorized by the Patent Office and conducts it in the name of the client within the scope of authorization. Patent agency also includes that the patent agent accepts the entrustment of the claimant for invalidation of the patent right, and the reexamination board, as the entrusted agent, handles matters related to the request for invalidation of the patent right in the name of the client within the entrusted authority. Two. Purpose of patent application The ultimate purpose of patent application is to obtain a patent right. In case of patent infringement or other patent litigation, a lawsuit may be filed with the patent administration organ or the people's court for investigation and handling. It is the patent application documents with legal significance, especially the contents of the claims, that examine and approve patents or resolve patent disputes. These documents are required to be carefully written and impeccable, so that the technical features of the invention can be protected to the greatest extent without infringing the rights of others or protecting the known technical features. Many inventors and designers, especially those who apply for a patent for invention for the first time, don't know how to apply or fully and effectively protect the law even if they have made excellent inventions because of their lack of understanding of the patent law and its implementation rules. Due to the complicated patent application procedures, many routine tasks have to be completed on schedule during the application process. Most people who often engage in inventions are not good at these jobs and must be solved through patent agents. Three, how to calculate the domestic patent agency application fee, generally about 5000 per piece. Generally, the applicant for patent agency will negotiate with the inventor to judge the agency fee of patent application according to the type of patent application and the difficulty of their respective fields. This is similar to asking a lawyer to go to court. Sometimes it depends on the amount of property. In fact, the cost of patent application abroad is lower than that in China, which is also because the relevant domestic departments pay insufficient attention to it, but raising the threshold of patent application is also conducive to quality control.