The company has a patent and wants to apply. I don't know how to delay the fee and how to go through the procedure.

Where a unit requests to slow down the patent fee, it shall truthfully fill in the economic difficulties in the fee reduction request, and attach the certificate issued by the patent administration department of the people's government at or above the municipal level.

The certificate issued by the administrative department for patent affairs of the people's government at or above the municipal level shall indicate whether the unit requesting patent fee reduction or exemption is an enterprise, institution or government organization, and explain its economic difficulties.