Measures of Shenzhen Municipality on the Administration of Patent Application Funding Chapter II

Conditions, amount and method of funding

Article 5 An application for patent authorization shall meet the following conditions:

(a) its invention conforms to the direction of industrial development in our city;

(2) The domestic patent application has been accepted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, and has passed the preliminary examination or been granted the patent right;

(3) The first applicant for a patent application is the unit or individual specified in Article 2 of these Measures;

(4) Foreign-related patents shall have been granted by foreign patent offices.

Article 6 Units or individuals applying for funding shall submit the following materials to the Municipal Intellectual Property Office:

(a) "Shenzhen patent application for funding application form";

(2) Notice of patent application acceptance issued by China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, notice of qualified preliminary examination, home page of patent request, and application for invention patent in WeChat official account;

(3) Receipt of application for a patent for invention and examination fee, patent certificate of invention or utility model issued by China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (if the application for a patent for invention is represented by an agency, the receipt of agency fee issued by the agency shall be provided);

(4) Qualification certificates and work (study) certificates of units or individuals in Shenzhen;

(five) to apply for a patent for foreign invention, it shall submit the notice of patent application acceptance issued by the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, the patent application acceptance document issued by the patent office of the receiving country or region, the title page of the patent disclosure text and the patent certificate;

(6) a guarantee of ownership of the patent application right.

Article 7. An application for a patent for invention may be filed within six months after the substantive examination and payment of the examination fee, or within six months after obtaining the patent certificate, or simultaneously within six months after obtaining the patent certificate.

The application for funding the patent for utility model shall be filed within 6 months after obtaining the patent certificate.

Article 8 The subsidy for domestic invention patent applications can be paid in two installments according to the progress of obtaining patent certificates:

(1) The applicant requests substantive examination and pays relevant fees, and then subsidizes RMB2,200 (the same below) (but if the fees approved by the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office are deferred, the patent application fee and examination fee shall be subsidized according to the actual expenses lower than the subsidy amount);

(2) After obtaining the patent certificate, each subsidy is 1500 yuan, and the subsidy entrusted by the patent agency is 1700 yuan.

If the applicant jointly applies for funding after obtaining the patent certificate, the Municipal Intellectual Property Office will make a one-time payment according to the above funding standards.

Article 9 After obtaining the patent certificate, each patent for utility model that conforms to the Catalogue of High-tech Products in Shenzhen will be given a one-time grant to 600 yuan.

Article 10 After obtaining a patent certificate, a foreign invention patent shall be given a one-time grant in two grades according to different countries and regions (at most two countries or regions for each grant):

(a) patents obtained in the United States, the European Union and Japan, each with a grant of 50,000 yuan;

(2) Each company with a patent examination and approval institution in other countries or regions will receive a subsidy of 30,000 yuan.