1. What fees are required for patent application?
1. What fees are required for patent application? The following fees:
(1) Patent application official fee. Design patents and utility model patents are 500 yuan/piece respectively; invention patents are 900 yuan/piece.
(2) Patent priority claim fee. This fee only needs to be paid in accordance with the law after the inventor has made this request, and it is usually around a few hundred yuan. The amount of this fee is calculated based on the number of earlier applications that serve as the basis for priority.
(3) Patent application surcharge. The surcharge will only be paid when the inventor applies for too many materials, such as more than 30 pages, or has more than 10 claims. The amount of the fee is determined by the number of pages and items. There is no specific amount.
(4) Patent substantive review fees. Among the three types of patents, only invention patents need to pay a patent substantive review fee of 2,500 yuan/piece. It needs to be distinguished according to the specific situation.
(5) The annual fee for the year after the patent is granted. After each patent is authorized, the corresponding patent maintenance annual fee must be paid in accordance with regulations every year. Among them, the annual fee to be paid for invention patents in the first year is 900 yuan/piece; the annual fee for design and utility model patents is 600 yuan/piece.
(6) Patent printing and publication fees. After each patent is authorized, a patent printing fee of 50 yuan/piece must be paid.
2. Legal basis: Article 93 of the "Patent Law Implementing Rules".
2. Which patent fees can be reduced
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1. Application fee (the publication printing fee and application surcharge will not be reduced);
2. Invention patent application examination fee;
3. Annual fee (annual fee within three years from the year when the patent right is granted);
4. Invention patent application maintenance fee;
5. Reexamination fee.
Patent applications must pay official fees, priority claim fees, substantive review fees, annual fees for the year after authorization, printing and publication fees, etc., but some fees can be handled Slow down. I hope the above content can be helpful to you. If you have other questions, you can click the button below for consultation, or go to the Legal Savior website to consult a professional lawyer.