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Aid & grants

Discover grants and subsidies to help your company protect
its industrial property.

Please note that the aids described below are reserved for companies only, and are subject to the discretion of the organizations concerned.

Eligible ? YES MY PATENT is an IP consultancy approved by INPI, BPI, EUIPO and CIR
, whose fees are eligible for all the grants and subsidies listed here.

INPI aids

INPI facilitates access to invention protection through free diagnostics and financial assistance.

PI pre-diagnosis

Free step required to obtain a PASS PI
This is the first stage in discovering your project. The IP pre-diagnosis is used to verify the company’s need and maturity in terms of IP support.

PASS PI

What is it? It is a financial assistance set up by INPI following the IP pre-diagnosis. This is a helping hand for companies to carry out patentability studies, patent applications, freedom-to-operate studies, etc. How much? PASS PI covers 50% of the fees, with no cash advance as INPI pays the firm directly.

BPI grants

The BPI supports innovation with grants that can be used to set up an intellectual property strategy and register patents.

Diagnostic Innovation

What is it? This is financial assistance provided by the BPI for patentability studies, freedom to operate studies, patent applications, etc.
How much? The Diagnostic Innovation grant covers 50% of YesMyPatent’s fees, with no cash advance as the BPI pays us directly.

Intellectual property strategy diagnosis

What is it? This is a financial aid scheme set up by the BPI to provide tailor-made support in auditing intellectual property strategy and adapting it to the company’s needs.
How much? The Diag stratégie PI grant covers 80% of YesMyPatent’s fees, with no cash advance as the BPI pays us directly.


European aid

What is the Fund? EUIPO has set up a Fund for SMEs in the European Union to subsidize intellectual property rights.
SME Funds, This is a reimbursement program to cover part of the costs of filing patent applications in France and Europe.

CIR & CII

YesMyPatent’s industrial property protection expenses are eligible for research tax credit and innovation tax credit.

CIR – research tax credit

This is a tax reduction calculated on the basis of the company’s R&D expenditure.
How much? 30% of R&D expenditure, including IP expenses (patent acquisition and maintenance, patent defense costs, patent amortization and patent litigation legal protection).

CII – innovation tax credit

This is atax reduction calculated on the cost of designing and/or producing a prototype.
How much? 20% of the cost of IP (taking out and maintaining patents and plant breeders’ rights, registering designs and models, defending patents, plant breeders’ rights, designs and models, etc. ).