1. How much does it cost to apply for an invention patent?
1. Application fee An invention patent requires a certain official fee of 900 yuan, and a printing fee of 50 yuan.
2. The patent priority request fee is only required to be paid in accordance with the law after the inventor has made this request. It is usually several hundred Yuan or so.
3. The patent application surcharge is payable only when the inventor applies for too many materials, such as more than 30 pages, or the claims exceed 10 Only the items above need to be paid. The amount of payment is determined by the number of pages and items. There is no specific amount.
4. Patent substantive examination fees. Among the three types of patents, only invention patents need to pay patent substantive examination fees, which is 2,500 yuan/piece.
5. Annual fee for the year after patent authorization. After each patent is authorized, the corresponding annual fee for maintaining the patent right must be paid in accordance with regulations every year. Among them, the annual fee required to pay for an invention patent in the first year is 900 yuan/piece.
6. Legal basis: Inventions and utility models granted patent rights under Article 22 of the "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" shall possess novelty, creativity and Practicality.
Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the existing technology; there is no prior patent application by any unit or individual for the same invention or utility model before the filing date. An application has been filed with the Patent Administration Department of the State Council and recorded in the patent application documents or announced patent documents published after the application date.
Creativity means that compared with the existing technology, the invention has outstanding substantive features and significant progress. The utility model has substantive features and progress. .
Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.
The prior art referred to in this Law, It refers to technology that is known to the public at home and abroad before the filing date.
2. Can multiple inventions be protected through one application?
1. Most patent laws impose a certain limit on the number of inventions included in the application. certain restrictions, including so-called "unity of invention" requirements. The patent laws of some countries provide for other types of uniqueness requirements for inventions, while the patent laws of other countries (such as the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty) A group of inventions combined with each other to form a single "inventive idea" is allowed to be included in one application. If the invention lacks unity, the applicant can be asked to limit the application or separate the application (sub-case application). Due to the applicable law Differently, patent applications can be filed in some countries, while in other countries two or more applications are required to cover the same invention.
2. People around the world often face similar needs and problems and are constantly inventing to solve them. Therefore, similar inventions are common even across the world. All patent documents are recorded as the original inventor. Therefore, if one An inventor wants to ensure that he or she is recognized as an inventor, and he or she should apply for a patent for the invention as soon as possible.
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