Patent fee reduction and exemption conditions

Measures for Reduction and Exemption of Patent Fees Article 3 Where a patent applicant or patentee meets one of the following conditions, he may request China National Intellectual Property Administration to reduce or exempt the above fees:

(1) Individuals whose average monthly income in the previous year was less than 3,500 yuan (42,000 yuan per year).

(2) Enterprises with taxable income of less than 300,000 yuan in the previous year.

(3) Institutions, social organizations and non-profit scientific research institutions.

Where two or more individuals or units are the same patent applicant or patentee, they shall abide by the provisions of the preceding paragraph respectively.

1, the original announcement of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Patent Office (No.4) stipulated in the patent fee standard that the application fee for invention patent is 150 yuan and the examination fee for invention patent application is 400 yuan.

2. The former State Price Bureau and the Ministry of Finance [92] Jiafei ZiNo.. 3 13 Notice on Issuing Patent Fees (implemented from 1992 10) stipulates that the invention application fee is 300 yuan and the invention verification fee is 800 yuan.

3. The notice of the former State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance on adjusting the patent fee [1994] No.97 1 (implemented on August1994) stipulates that the invention application fee is 450 yuan, and the invention examination fee is 1200 yuan.

4. The former State Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance's Notice on Adjusting Patent Fees stipulates that the application fee for invention patent is 900 yuan, and the examination fee for invention patent application is 2500 yuan.

The adjusted patent fee items and standards (No.75) published by China National Intellectual Property Administration later stipulated that "it will be implemented from March 5438+0 to March 1 day".