If the applicant or the patentee has difficulty in paying the patent fee, he may file a request for deferral with the Patent Office in accordance with regulations.
-financial difficulties should be truthfully filled in.
If the applicant or patentee is an individual with an annual income of less than 25,000 yuan, the patent fee may be reduced or exempted.
Where the applicant or the patentee is a unit, a plurality of individuals or more than one individual and a unit, and the unit is in financial difficulties, and the annual personal income is less than 25,000 yuan, the patent fee may be deferred.
Individuals can be reduced by up to 85%