How much does it cost to be affiliated with a patent attorney?

High income--the annual salary of an independent patent attorney is between 100,000 and 200,000. And it's relatively stable. Once you can independently find the source of a case or even invalidate the agency or litigate, it is not uncommon for your annual income to exceed one million.

Affiliation fee - Due to the shortage of patent agents holding patent agent licenses, and setting up a new patent agency requires at least three partners, an affiliation market has been created. Some people do not engage in the profession of patent attorneys but lease their licenses to newly opened companies, and can receive an affiliation fee of about 30,000 yuan per year.

The prospect is good - intellectual property, including patents, is in the ascendant in China and is a veritable sunrise industry. A dynamic and innovative society must pay attention to intellectual property rights.

The exam is difficult - the pass rate for the annual patent agent exam is very low, only about 10%. The main reason is that the university does not have corresponding majors, and the pre-examination training provided by government departments in previous years was also very inadequate

Legal basis:

Article 30 of the "Patent Agency Management Measures" Article 1 A patent agent undertaking patent agency business shall accept the entrustment in the name of the patent agency where it works, enter into a written entrustment contract with the client, collect fees uniformly and truthfully record them in the account. Patent agents are not allowed to accept entrustment privately, handle patent agency business and collect fees.