Intellectual Property Office: I'll tell you how to deal with the patent fee minus the Intellectual Property Office.

In order to strengthen the management of patent fee reduction and exemption (hereinafter referred to as "patent fee reduction and exemption") and simplify the business process, China National Intellectual Property Administration has developed a filing system for patent fee reduction and exemption, and at the same time adjusted the handling methods of related businesses of patent fee reduction and exemption. China National Intellectual Property Administration reminds you to pay attention to the adjustment of the processing method of related business of patent fee deduction. The relevant matters are as follows:

A, the applicant or patentee in the patent fee waiver filing system, after approval, apply for a patent or pay the patent fee within a natural year, in accordance with the provisions of the "patent fee waiver" request related expenses, without having to submit proof materials one by one. The Measures for Reduction and Payment of Patent Fees will be implemented on September 1 2065.

2. From August 2065438 1 day, the applicant or patentee can file in the filing system for patent fee reduction and exemption. From September 2065438 1 day, all patent fee reduction and exemption businesses must be filed in the filing system for patent fee reduction and exemption in advance, at which time our bureau will stop filing patent fees in paper form. It should be noted that before August 3, 20 161day, the fee waiver request and related documents should still be submitted according to the current requirements of patent fee waiver business.

3. From September 20 16/day (inclusive), make adaptive adjustments to the patent application request and fee reduction request used in the intermediate documents; If the applicant requests to reduce or exempt the patent fee when filing a patent application, he only needs to check "□ Request to reduce or exempt the patent fee and complete the qualification filing of fee reduction" in the patent application request, and fill in the filing certificate number of patent fee reduction and exemption; Where the applicant or patentee requests fee reduction after the application date, it shall submit a request for fee reduction (applicable after the application date) and fill in the number of the patent fee reduction application certificate.

4. Login address of patent fee minus filing system:; Users who apply for electronic registration can log in with the user name of electronic registration; Non-electronic application registration users need to register a public user name to log in; The "Help" document of the patent fee waiver filing system provides the download of operation manuals and training courses.