1) application fee (excluding publication printing fee and application surcharge); (2) the substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention; (3) Annual fee (annual fee within six years from the year when the patent right is granted); (4) review fee.
Step 2 apply for qualification
(1) Individuals whose average monthly income in the previous year was less than 3,500 yuan (42,000 yuan per year); (2) Enterprises with taxable income of less than 300,000 yuan in the previous year; (3) Institutions, social organizations and non-profit scientific research institutions.
3. Reduce the payment amount
Where the patent applicant or patentee is an individual or unit, the fees specified in the corresponding fee categories shall be reduced by 85%.
If two or more individuals or units are the same patent applicant or patentee, 70% of the corresponding expenses will be reduced.
4. Payment reduction limit
The patent applicant or patentee can only request to reduce the unexpired fee.
5, reduce the payment of materials
Where the patent applicant or patentee requests to reduce the patent fee, it shall submit the request for reduction and relevant supporting documents.
6. No reduction in payment is approved.
(a) did not use the fee reduction request made by China National Intellectual Property Administration; (two) the request for fee reduction is not signed or sealed; (3) The request for fee reduction does not conform to the provisions of Article 2 or Article 3 of these Measures; (four) the individual or unit that requests the fee reduction fails to provide the certification documents that meet the provisions of Article 7 of these Measures; (5) The name of the patent applicant or patentee or the name of the invention-creation in the request for fee reduction is inconsistent with the corresponding contents in the patent application or patent register.
7. Disciplinary measures
If the patent applicant or patentee provides false information or false supporting documents when requesting the reduction or exemption of patent fees, China National Intellectual Property Administration will cancel the decision on the reduction or exemption of patent fees after verification, notify the patent applicant or patentee to pay the reduced fees within a time limit, and cancel its qualification for fee reduction or exemption within five years from this year. If the payment is not made or the payment amount is insufficient, it shall be dealt with accordingly according to law.
This new patent fee reduction policy will lead to more patent applicants unwilling to pay too much energy to apply for patents, which is also a test for patent application institutions and a dilemma faced by patent applications.