This article explores: What is patent fee reduction? What are the application conditions for reducing patent fees? How much is reduced? Patent fee reduction and other related issues!

Q: Why are the application fees for invention patents the same, some are 560 yuan, some are 1070 yuan, and some are as high as 3450 yuan?

Answer: Some patents comply with the “patent fee reduction” policy, so the application fee has been reduced. The normal official fee of 3450 has been reduced to 560 and 1070.

Q: Can you help us reduce the fees to 560?

Answer: Let’s take a look at these three patents. For the first patent, you are the sole patent owner. Since your company’s taxable income for the previous year did not exceed 1 million, it meets the highest standard of fee reduction policy, with some expenses reduced by 85%. The application fee for invention patents has been reduced from 3450 to 560.

For the second patent, your company and Company B will declare it as joint patent holders, and Company B’s taxable income for the previous year does not exceed 1 million yuan. If there is more than one applicant and multiple applicants meet the fee reduction policy, only 70% of the fees can be waived, resulting in a reduction of 3450 to 1070.

The third patent is jointly owned by you and Company C, but Company C does not comply with the fee reduction policy. According to regulations, such a reduction cannot be made, so the standard official fee is 3450 yuan.

Q: Our company applied for some patents a few years ago. At that time, the company’s performance did not meet the fee reduction policy, but now the business is not as good as before and meets the fee reduction policy. Can we reduce the annual fee for these previous applications?

Answer: Yes, but please note that the fee reduction should be submitted two and a half months before the expiration of the relevant fee payment deadline. You can’t wait until you’re about to submit it before submitting it, so please handle what you haven’t done before as soon as possible. It can save you a lot of money.