Individuals with an average monthly income of less than 3,500 yuan (42,000 yuan a year), enterprises, institutions, social organizations and non-profit scientific research institutions with taxable income of less than 300,000 yuan last year.
2. Specific methods to reduce costs
If the applicant or patentee is an individual or unit, the fee shall be reduced by 85%. If two or more individuals or units are the same patent applicant or patentee, the fee shall be reduced by 70%.
Note: If two or more individuals or units are * * * the same patent applicant or * * * patentee, they all need to meet the requirements of the applicant (that is, the enterprise income tax is less than 30W and the individual annual income is less than 4.2W).
You can apply for fee reduction.
Application fee (excluding publication printing fee and application surcharge) Annual fee for substantive examination of an application for a patent for invention (annual fee within six years from the year when the patent right is granted).
4. Materials required for filing
Where an enterprise requests to reduce or exempt the patent fee, it shall submit a copy of Class A or Class B of the enterprise income tax annual tax return of the previous year stamped with the official seal (each page needs to be stamped with the official seal)+a copy of the business license stamped with the official seal, and a copy of the organization code certificate stamped with the official seal (if the enterprise has integrated the three certificates, it is not necessary to provide the organization code certificate, but only a copy of the business license). If an individual requests to reduce or exempt the patent fee, he shall submit the annual income certificate issued by the unit; If there is no fixed job, submit the certificate issued by the civil affairs department at the county level or the township people's government (street office) where the household registration is located. If a public institution, social organization or non-profit scientific research institution requests to reduce or exempt patent fees, it shall submit a copy of the legal person certification materials. Where an enterprise requests to reduce or exempt the patent fee, it shall submit a copy of Class A or Class B of the enterprise income tax annual tax return of the previous year stamped with the official seal (each page needs to be stamped with the official seal)+a copy of the business license stamped with the official seal, and a copy of the organization code certificate stamped with the official seal (if the enterprise has integrated the three certificates, it is not necessary to provide the organization code certificate, but only a copy of the business license).
5. Preventive measures
Because an enterprise only files once, if some enterprises have two or more patent agencies, please make sure that one agency can handle it to avoid repeated handling. 20 16 if the newly established enterprise has no income tax in the previous year, it is required to provide a copy of its business license and a description of the situation (see annex for the template).
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