(a) to apply for a patent fee to slow down the project cost:
Application fee, examination fee for an application for a patent for invention, annual fee within three years from the date when the patent right is granted, maintenance fee and reexamination fee for an application for a patent for invention.
(2) Cost reduction ratio:
(1) If the applicant or patentee is an individual, 85% of the application fee, examination fee and annual fee for an application for a patent for invention and 80% of the maintenance fee and examination fee for an application for a patent for invention can be deferred.
(2) Where the applicant or the patentee is an entity, 70% of the application fee, examination fee and annual fee for an application for a patent for invention and 60% of the maintenance fee and examination fee for an application for a patent for invention may be deferred.
(3) Where two or more individuals or individuals and units apply for a patent at the same time, they may request that 70% of the application fee, examination fee and annual fee for an application for a patent for invention and 60% of the maintenance fee and reexamination fee for an application for a patent for invention be deferred.
(3) The patent fee waiver request is not approved;
(1) Not using the fee reduction request made by the Patent Office;
(2) Not all applicants or patentees have signed or sealed the request for fee reduction;
(three) no proof of economic difficulties issued by the patent administration department of the people's government at or above the municipal level;
(4) The annual income of the applicant or patentee exceeds 25,000 yuan;
(5) The annual personal income of all applicants or patentees is not indicated in the fee reduction request;
(six) the applicant or the patentee is two or more units;
(seven) the name of the applicant or patentee in the request for fee reduction or the name of the invention-creation is inconsistent with the corresponding content in the patent request.
(4) The applicant or the patentee shall pay the deferred patent fee after his invention-creation has gained economic benefits.
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