Invest in your intellectual property by taking advantage of INPI’s financial aid

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for the PASS PI, your company must:

• be a legal entity (SA, SAAS, SARL, etc.) and have a business purpose;
• employ less than 1000 employees;
• be registered in France;
• not have more than 25% of its capital held by an ineligible entity.

It is possible to maximize your grant amounts by coupling the PI PASS with the SME Fund grant scheme. To do so, you need to provide the acknowledgment of receipt of the grant application to the SME Fund (Voucher 2).

Eligible services

• The elaboration of your contracts
• Searching for patent and/or trademark information
• The protection of your digital creations
• The elaboration of your international protection strategy
• Estimating the value of the IP assets
• Valuing and enforcing your titles

The drafting and filing of a patent application in France are now eligible for the PASS PI, even though it may not the first time that you file a French patent application, provided that you can demonstrate a willingness to build a patent portfolio.

Amounts financed

The INPI will finance up to 50% of the IP services.

This financing will be granted within the limit of 3000 € per service and 5000 € in total for a maximum of 3 services carried out during the life of your company.

Example of an expense program financed at 50% by 3 PASS PI :

• A prior art search for a total amount of €5000 with a view to filing one or more patent applications
• A study of the freedom to exploit your invention billed at €4000 
• The drafting of a contract billed at €1000