Nowadays, more and more cross-border e-commerce sellers like to apply for foreign patent matters through express delivery agents. This article will focus on the entire process of applying for foreign patent fees, and introduce the most detailed list of expenses. , taking stock of the application fees for foreign patents for many sellers, hoping to help all Chinese sellers.
As far as PCT application channels are concerned, if cross-border e-commerce sellers apply through domestic channels, they need to apply to China’s patent department, and it only costs 950 yuan to solve the problem.
But the application channels abroad are different. During the application submission stage, sellers need to pay express delivery fees, and the express transportation fee in China and the United States is about 240 US dollars. If it is a standardized, physical filing fee, you will have to pay 400 US dollars; moreover, sellers also have to pay search fees, which The search fees will vary depending on the search agency. Generally speaking, if you choose the official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, you have to pay the standard fee – about two thousand dollars.
In addition, if you apply for a product patent in the first 30 pages, the international application fee is approximately US$1,337; after that, sellers will also have to pay the fees related to the international pre-trial application in the pre-trial stage. This includes the handling fee (about 200 US dollars). If during this period, the cross-border e-commerce seller meets the relevant application standards, 90% of the fee can be reduced depending on the situation, that is, only 20 US dollars will be paid.
In addition, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office series of regulations: the international preliminary examination agency will charge a preliminary examination fee of US$600. To sum up, after combining various fees, you will find that applying for a domestic patent only costs 950 RMB, but the cost of applying for a foreign patent is as high as more than 20,000 to 30,000 RMB.
In short, the above is a detailed introduction to the “application fees for foreign patents”. Through a two-way comparison between domestic application channels and foreign application channels, it is not difficult to find that foreign fees are much higher. This includes not only high express transportation costs, but also physical filing and priority fees. Therefore, even with the fee reduction policy, foreign patent application fees remain high.