专利申请费用作为知识产权价格的成本,是维持专利机制运行的重要收入来源。本文将申请费用依照需缴交程度区分为基本费用和维持费用,分别就此对中、美、日、韩与欧盟等五大知识产权国(主体)的人均GDP,即专利申请相对价格进行比较,发现我国在申请专利相对价格上虽位处五大专利国中间水平,但是由于人均GDP远低于其他国,所以专利申请相关费用对人均GDP占比仍高于其他国家。故本文建议应该综合考虑国内产业结构、专利申请情况与经济发展,适当的对申请专利相关费用进行调整,以避免专利的量与质的差异。 The cost of a patent application as the price of intellectual property is an important source of income for the operation of the patent system. In this paper, the application fee is divided into the basic fee and the maintenance fee according to the degree of payment, which is compared with the relative price of the five major intellectual property countries (subjects) in China, the United States, Japan, South Korea and the EU, respectively, Although the relative price of patent application in our country is in the midst of the five major patentees, since the per capita GDP is much lower than that of other countries, the relative costs of patent applications still account for a higher proportion of GDP per capita than other countries. Therefore, this paper suggests that domestic industrial structure, patent application situation and economic development should be considered synthetically, and the relevant fees for applying for patent should be properly adjusted so as to avoid the difference between quantity and quality of patent.