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Fees incurred during filing and examination
| Item | Required / optional | General pricing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | |||
| filing, publication and examination fees (including 1 claim and a 6-page specification) | Required | 1,350 USD | ?General pricingServices are billed by stage; this filing-stage quotation excludes document drafting and translation. |
| Excess-claim fee for each claim after the first | Optional | 120 USD | — |
| Excess-page fee for each page of the specification over six pages | Optional | 5 USD | — |
| Priority claim fee, per priority | Optional | 105 USD | ?General pricingDAS cannot be used. A certified priority document and Lao translation are required; translation is included. Multiple priorities are charged per priority. |
| document drafting (starting from) | Optional | 300 USD | ?General pricingFees vary according to the technical field and drafting-quality requirements. |
| translation fee (per 1,000 Chinese characters) | Optional | 90 USD | ?General pricingChinese/English-to-Vietnamese translation fee, calculated by the word count in the Word document. |
| response to an office action (starting fee, per instance) | Optional | 450 USD | ?General pricingCharged according to complexity and the number of office actions. |
Fees incurred at grant and certificate issuance
| Item | Required / optional | General pricing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | |||
| Grant/registration fee | Required | 675 USD | ?General pricingIncludes the grant fee and Year 1 annuity. The annuity depends on the number of claims; the quoted annuity covers one claim, and each additional claim costs CNY 370. |
1. IP Vietnam generally issues the filing receipt within 3–5 business days.
2. Examination of an invention patent or utility model takes approximately 2–3 years. The maximum term is 20 years for an invention patent and 10 years for a utility model.
3. All timeframes are subject to the authority’s actual examination progress; we make no guarantee regarding processing times.
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