Get a subsidy to file a patent for your invention. A patent helps to protect your invention by preventing others from using, copying or making the invention without your consent in the country which you obtained patent protection.

For who?

• Individuals who are Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
• Singapore-based small & medium enterprises.

For what?

• To encourage inventors to patent and commercialise their inventions.

How much?

• The grant covers professional fees, official fees and charges for filing a patent anywhere in the world.
• It does not cover costs of:
  • defending a patent
  • R&D to create the invention
  • transferring the patent rights
  • maintaining of patents that have ended due to carelessness
  • renewal of patents