Law: An applicant may withdraw his or her patent application at any time before the patent right is granted. Interpretation: This article is about the provisions that the applicant can withdraw the patent application before the patent right is granted. 1. It is the applicant’s civil right to file a patent application in accordance with the law. The applicant has the right to exercise discretion over this right. After applying for a patent, the applicant may withdraw the patent application due to various considerations. According to the provisions of the "Patent Law Implementing Rules", if the applicant withdraws a patent application, he shall submit a statement to the Patent Office, stating the name of the invention, application number and filing date. The statement of withdrawing the patent application was made after the Patent Office made preparations for printing the patent application documents, and the application documents were still published. When a patent application is withdrawn, the patent office will not refund the application fee and other fees already paid. 2. Other provisions of this Law also stipulate some circumstances in which the applicant shall be deemed to have withdrawn his patent application. As stipulated in Article 35, if the applicant for an invention patent fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn; as stipulated in Article 36, if an application for an invention patent has been filed in a foreign country, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. If an invention patent applicant fails to submit the country’s search data or the results of the examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn; Article 37 stipulates that the patent administration department of the State Council shall After conducting substantive examination, the applicant is required to state his opinions or comment on the application