What are the requirements for Fuyang to apply for a patent?

1. According to the Patent Law, the examination and approval procedure of an application for a patent for invention includes five stages: acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, actual examination and authorization. The application for a patent for utility model or design does not undergo early publication and substantive examination in the examination and approval, and there are only three stages: acceptance, preliminary examination and authorization. ?

2. When submitting an application, how are the application documents arranged?

The application documents for a patent for invention or utility model shall be arranged in the following order: request, abstract of specification, appended drawings of abstract, patent claim, specification (including amino acid or nucleotide sequence list) and appended drawings of specification.

3. The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the following order: request, picture or photograph, and brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered separately with Arabic numerals.

4. If the relevant procedures for applying for a patent need to be accompanied by supporting documents, all supporting documents shall be issued by the relevant competent authorities or signed by the parties concerned. All kinds of supporting documents should be original; If the certificate is a copy, it shall be notarized or confirmed by the official seal of the competent department that issued the certificate (except that the original is filed and confirmed in the Patent Office). The supporting documents provided by the applicant are in foreign languages, and the translation of Chinese bibliography shall be attached.

5. Propose amendments to the application documents.

The applicant for a patent for invention may amend the application for a patent for invention within three months from the date of filing a request for substantive examination and receiving the notice from the Patent Office that the application for a patent for invention has entered the substantive examination stage.

An applicant for a patent for utility model or design may, within two months from the date of application, voluntarily propose amendments to the application for a patent for utility model or design.

Fuyang patent application conditions