Legal basis: measures for the reduction and exemption of patent fees
Article 6 Where a patent applicant or patentee requests to reduce the patent fee, it shall submit a request for reduction and relevant supporting documents. Where a patent applicant or patentee submits a patent fee waiver request through the patent affairs service system and is approved for filing, it is only necessary to submit a fee waiver request without submitting relevant supporting documents within a natural year.
Article 7 Where an individual requests to reduce or exempt patent fees, he shall truthfully fill in the income of the previous year in the request for fee reduction, and submit the income certificate of the previous year issued by his 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. Where an enterprise requests to reduce or exempt patent fees, it shall truthfully fill in the financial difficulties in the request for fee reduction and exemption, and submit a copy of the enterprise income tax return for the previous year. During the period of final settlement, the enterprise shall submit a copy of the annual enterprise income tax return for the previous year. If a public institution, social organization or non-profit scientific research institution requests to reduce or exempt the patent fee, it shall submit a copy of the legal person certification document.