1、 Types of deductible fees         

application fee

Substantive examination fee for invention patent application

review fee

Annual fee for ten years from the year of self authorization

     

2、 Conditions for reducing patent feesAnd standards         

(1)Conditions for fee reduction

1. Where the patent applicant or patentee meets one of the following conditions, he/she may request the China National Intellectual Property Administration to reduce the above fees:

① Individuals with an average monthly income of less than 5000 yuan (60000 yuan per year) in the previous year;

② Enterprises with taxable income less than 1 million yuan in the previous year;

③ Public institutions, social organizations, non-profit scientific research institutions.

2. If two or more individuals or entities are joint patent applicants or joint patent owners, they shall respectively comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

(II)Standards for fee reduction

1. An applicant (individual or organization): 85% reduction in fees

2. Two or more applicants (individuals or organizations): 70% reduction in fees

(3)The timing for proposing fee reductions

1. When applying: All four types of fees

2. After application: For fees that have not yet expired, they should be submitted two and a half months before the deadline for payment.

(IV)Proof of fee reduction

1. Individuals who apply for fee reduction filing shall submit an annual income certificate issued by their employer; If they have no fixed job, they shall submit a certificate issued by the civil affairs department at the county level or the township people's government (sub district office) in the place where their registered residence is located or where they often live about their economic difficulties.

2. The enterprise shall submit a copy of the annual tax declaration form for the previous year's enterprise income tax reduction filing. During the settlement and payment period, the enterprise shall submit a copy of the annual tax declaration form for the previous year's enterprise income tax.

3. Public institutions, social organizations, and non-profit scientific research institutions shall submit copies of their legal representative certification materials.

3、 Use of patent fee reduction system           

(1)Process for handling fee reduction and payment

   

(II)Function of fee reduction filing system

main features

1. Account registration permission control.

2. Automatic approval for filing of public institutions.

3. Automatic approval of filing for minors under the age of 16.

4. The proof document supports multiple formats, such as PDF format.

5. Compatible with mainstream browsers, no need to install plugins.

(3)Cost reduction reserveExample of Case System

               

1. Personal registration

                       

2. Enterprise registration

Click on 'Business Processing', select 'Enterprise' for the registered human type, and fill in the required information. The other steps are the same as for individuals.

   

3. Filing of public institutions

① Click on 'Business Processing', select 'Public Institution' for the registered human type, and fill in the required information.

   

② No need to upload proof documents, complete submission.

   

③ The system completes automatic approval

   

④ View filing information

   

⑤ View details, registration approved

   

4. Public inquiry

① Simultaneously enter the name and ID number of the registrant

   

② Retrieve the record information of completed approval

     

   

4、 Patent fee reduction related

precautions

(1) Recent fee reduction filing error types

① Wrong type of registrant

② The name of the registrant is incorrect

③ Incorrect registration certificate number

④ The proof document does not comply with the regulations

In addition to ensuring that the supporting documents meet the requirements, important information such as the applicant's type, country or region, personal/business name, certificate type, certificate number, annual income/taxable income, and unit registration location should be accurately filled in the fee reduction filing information.

Pay special attention to the bracket format, spaces, and other special characters in the name of the registrant.

(II)Common requirements for proof documents

1. Personal

① On the job

On duty personnel shall obtain an annual income certificate from their employer.

② No fixed job

Proof of economic difficulties issued by the county level civil affairs department, human resources and social security department or township people's government (sub district office) in the place of registered residence or habitual residence.

Including: "subsistence allowance" certificate issued by the civil affairs department, unemployment certificate issued by the social security department, social insurance payment records, income certificate or certificate of no fixed employment issued by the neighborhood or village committee.

③ Retired personnel

The personal income certificate issued by the unit, if the unit is unable to provide this certificate, can also provide the bank issued pension statement for the previous year.

④ Prisoners

Proof materials issued by the prison or criminal judgment issued by the court.

⑤ On campus students

A student certificate issued by the school, an online verification report from the Ministry of Education, or other proof that can indicate the student's identity.

⑥ Individual business owners

Including: audit collection, regular fixed amount collection

⑦ Rural contracted management households

Essentially equivalent to individual businesses, it can be executed according to the standards of individual businesses.

2. Enterprise

① Sole Proprietorship Enterprise

Submit the Personal Income Tax Declaration Form for Production and Operation Income

② Partnership Enterprise

③ Farmers' Professional Cooperative

④ Military enterprises

3. Non enterprise units

① Private non enterprise (hospitals, schools, service institutions, research institutions)

② Trade Union Committee

③ Military units

④ Religious activity venues

(3)Other precautions

1. The fee reduction filing must be completed once a year. The applicant or patentee shall choose the natural year of the preliminary filing when filing for fee reduction. The qualification for fee reduction filing for each natural year shall be valid until December 31 of the current year, and the fee reduction filing for the next year shall be opened from the fourth quarter of each year (October 1). Attention: Click on "Business Processing" and try not to use "Re filing" as much as possible.

2. After renaming the enterprise, apply for fee reduction filing by clicking on "Business Processing" instead of using "Re filing"

3. According to the Measures for the Reduction of Patent Fees, if the applicant or patentee provides false information or false supporting documents when requesting the reduction of patent fees, the China National Intellectual Property Administration shall revoke the decision on the reduction of patent fees after verification, notify the applicant or patentee to make up the reduced fees within the specified period, and cancel its qualification for the reduction of fees within five years from this year; If the overdue payment is not made or the amount paid is insufficient, a corresponding decision shall be made in accordance with the law based on the insufficient payment.

4. Our bureau is currently working with the State Administration of Taxation to verify the tax information data of fee reduction filing applicants, and the verification results are very pessimistic. Our bureau has provided feedback on the verification results to the relevant filing requester. If it is ultimately determined that the fee reduction conditions are not met, the qualification for fee reduction filing will be cancelled, and the patent fee reduction decision for the relevant patent application will be revoked. Subsequent fees will be restored to full amount.

Source: Courseware of public lecture learning platform of China National Intellectual Property Administration