China's patent applications include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Patent applications for food are naturally included in these three types.
One is the food invention patent, which needs to provide the technical information for applying for food, such as the ingredients of the food, the dosage of each ingredient, the processing method of the food, etc. , and also provides the uniqueness of the applied food and the existing food, that is, what problems the existing food has solved, what advantages the applied food has, and so on.
According to this classification, you need to pay the patent application fee, substantive examination fee, registration fee, printing fee, stamp duty, annual fee and so on.
If your formula is a patent for utility model, you should submit the request, specification, abstract, claim and other documents as required, and make a clear and complete explanation. If necessary, it should be attached with drawings, and the abstract should explain the technical points simply and clearly. Here, you have to pay the application fee, registration fee, printing fee, stamp duty, annual fee and so on.
If you apply for a design patent for food packaging, you need to submit more documents, including a design patent request, pictures or photographs. Where color protection is required, color pictures or photographs shall be submitted in duplicate.
All submitted pictures are pictures, all submitted photos are photos, and pictures or photos shall not be mixed.
If pictures or photo descriptions are needed, a brief description of the design shall be submitted.
Fees to be paid include application fee, registration fee, printing fee, stamp duty, annual fee, etc.
The expenses mentioned above are all official expenses. If it is an entrusted agent, you need to pay the entrusted agency fee. However, according to national regulations, individuals or enterprises can enjoy certain fee reductions and exemptions if they meet certain conditions when applying for patents. Individual and company patent applications can be reduced by 85%, and two or more individual enterprises can apply for 70% reduction.
The above is the introduction of the food patent application fee. If you want to know more, you can consult online customer service. Bajie has set up branches in many cities across the country. The platform has millions of tradable patent resources and professional one-on-one customer service, which is trustworthy!
What materials should I prepare to apply for a patent? Patent application fee for food patent application.