Patent application fee reduction policy

After the applicant's application for fee reduction is passed, if he applies for a patent within the whole year of 2020, he can enjoy the corresponding patent fee reduction. Legal basis: the patent applicant or patentee may request the reduction or exemption of the following patent fees: (1) application fee (excluding publication and printing fee and application surcharge); (2) the substantive examination fee for an application for a patent for invention; (3) Annual fee (within ten years from the year when the patent right is granted); (4) review fee. If the patent applicant is an individual or unit, the prescribed fee shall be reduced by 85%; Where two or more individuals or units are the same patent applicant, the prescribed fee shall be reduced by 70%.