What items are included in the fees for applying for a patent?

Patents are for each exclusive technology. The existence of a patent for each exclusive technology is a means of protection provided by law. Its existence effectively protects the patent and the property rights of the patent issuer. Then the fees to apply for a patent are What items are included? The editor of Legal Savior Network has compiled relevant content to answer your questions.

What items are included in the fees for applying for a patent

1. Application fee

Invention: 900 yuan, printing fee 50 yuan

Utility model and design: 500 yuan

Application surcharge: The claim surcharge will be increased by RMB 150 per item starting from the 11th item

The description surcharge will be increased per page starting from the 31st page 50 yuan

100 yuan per page starting from page 301

2. Invention substantive examination fee : 2500 yuan

3. Patent registration, printing and printing costs

Invention: 255 yuan

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Utility model and appearance design: 205 yuan

4. Annual fee (yuan)

Invention:

900 yuan in 1-3 years, 1,200 yuan in 4-6 years, 2,000 yuan in 7-9 years

4,000 yuan in 10-12 years, 6,000 yuan in 13-15 years, 8,000 yuan in 16-20 years

Utility model and Appearance design:

600 yuan for 1-3 years, 900 yuan for 4-5 years

6-8 1,200 yuan per year 2,000 yuan for 9-10 years

5. Other fees:

Such as bibliographic item change fees, priority claim fees, invention patent maintenance fees, etc. For details, please refer to the seventh chapter of the State Intellectual Property Office Announcement No. 15.

Fees can be paid directly to the Patent Office (including various agencies), through post office or bank remittance, or in accordance with the regulations of the State Intellectual Property Office. Other methods of payment. The fee range of each agency is separately stipulated.

What are the benefits of applying for a patent?

1. Exclusive market

As long as a product is granted a patent, it is equivalent to having exclusive rights in the market. Without the permission of the patentee, anyone No one is allowed to produce, sell, offer for sale, use, or import the patented product. Therefore, patents play a very important role in occupying and protecting the market. This role has been established after the establishment of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Protection Agreement in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. It is even more prominent. It links the protection of patents with international trade and strengthens the protection of patents.

2. Prevent others from imitating the development of the company New technologies and products

Once a technology is patented, whether it is through publishing papers, participating in academic conferences or exhibitions, or in other ways Disclosure is all disclosure under the protection of law. Even if anyone learns or masters this technology through the above channels, he cannot use it casually after the technology is granted a patent.

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