Patent fee discounts for SMEs and artificial intelligence inventions
The institution introduced, through a change in its fee schedule, a 75 percent discount on application, search, and examination report fees for SMEs filing a patent application for the first time. For urgent search report fees on G06N class applications in artificial intelligence, a 50 percent discount will be applied.
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What does it mean?
If you are an SME that has never filed a patent application before, the fees for your first applications will be discounted by 75 percent. If you have an artificial intelligence invention, there is a 50 percent discount on the urgent search report fee. To benefit from the discount you must meet the conditions, and you can carry out the procedures through EPATS.
Who is affected?
SMEs filing a patent application for the first time, and individuals and businesses that want to file patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence.