Article 4 The municipal patent special fund shall subsidize the patent application fees of all units and individuals in the city. Enterprises, institutions, organs, social organizations and individuals living within the jurisdiction of this Municipality who apply for a patent according to the provisions of Article 3 of these Measures may apply to the local patent administration department for patent application fee assistance.
Patent application fee includes: patent application fee and examination fee of invention patent substance.
The maximum subsidy for each application for invention patent is 2000 yuan; For each application for utility model and design patent, the highest application fee will be subsidized to 800 yuan.
Article 5 Every year, the municipal patent special fund arranges some funds to support the development of high-tech products and industries with independent intellectual property rights, promote the industrialization of patent technology, and arrange a certain proportion of matching funds for various national and provincial patent projects undertaken by relevant municipal units. County (city) district undertakes national, provincial and municipal projects, which are supported by county (city) district patent special funds.
Article 6 Provide necessary financial support to the intellectual property innovation system and service system, intellectual property system demonstration units and intellectual property demonstration industrial bases approved or recognized by the relevant departments of the Ministry, province and city.
Article 7 In order to encourage the application for a patent for invention, a certain amount of reward may be given after the patent application is authorized; Reward major inventions, and specific measures shall be formulated separately; Encourage and support enterprises, institutions and individuals to actively apply for foreign patents. Those who apply for foreign patents and obtain authorization can be given certain subsidies, with the maximum subsidy limit not exceeding 4,000 yuan/item.
Eighth to encourage and support the patent management departments, enterprises, institutions and individuals at all levels in this Municipality to actively organize patent applications and give certain material and honorary awards to those who have made outstanding achievements. Specific incentives shall be formulated separately.