1. Charges that can be reduced

1) Application fee (excluding publication printing fee and application surcharge); (2) Invention patent application substantive examination fee; (3) ) Annual fee (annual fee within six years from the year the patent right is granted); (4) Reexamination fee.

2. Application qualifications

(1) Individuals whose average monthly income in the previous year was less than 3,500 yuan (42,000 yuan per year); (2) Enterprises with low taxable income in the previous year Enterprises with a value of RMB 300,000; (3) Public institutions, social groups, and non-profit scientific research institutions.

3. Payment reduction amount

If the patent applicant or patentee is an individual or an entity, the payment shall be reduced by 85% of the fees stipulated in the corresponding fee type.

If two or more individuals or units are ***applicants for the same patent or ***owners of patent rights, they shall pay a reduction of 70% of the fees stipulated in the corresponding fee type.

4. Reduction of payment restrictions

Patent applicants or patentees can only request a reduction of fees that have not yet expired.

5. Materials for fee reduction

If a patent applicant or patentee requests a reduction in patent fees, a request for fee reduction and relevant supporting documents shall be submitted.

6. Situations in which payment reduction is not approved

(1) The fee reduction request form formulated by the State Intellectual Property Office is not used; (2) The fee reduction request form is not signed or stamped; (3) The request for fee reduction does not comply with the provisions of Article 2 or Article 3 of these Measures; (4) The individual or unit requesting for fee reduction fails to provide certification documents that comply with the provisions of Article 7 of these Measures ; (5) The name of the patent applicant or patentee, or the name of the invention and creation in the request for fee reduction is inconsistent with the corresponding content in the patent application or patent registration book

7 , disciplinary measures

If a patent applicant or patentee provides false information or false supporting documents when requesting patent fee reduction, the State Intellectual Property Office shall revoke the patent fee reduction decision after verification and notify the patent If the applicant or patentee makes up for the reduced fees within the specified period, his or her qualification for fee reduction within five years starting from the current year will be cancelled. If the applicant or patentee fails to make up the payment or the amount of the payment is insufficient at the end of the period, corresponding measures will be taken according to the law as the payment is insufficient. deal with.

This new patent fee reduction policy will cause more patent applicants to be unwilling to put in too much effort to apply for patents. It is also a test for patent application agencies and a challenge faced by patent applications. Dilemma.