What is the application process of intellectual property rights?

Legal analysis: Inventions protected by China's patent law include inventions, designs and utility models. Different types of inventions have different application procedures. Application materials for design patent, including six-sided design drawings of products and application for design patent. The application shall briefly explain the design, and after the materials are complete, the applicant shall submit the application documents to the State Patent Office. After submitting the application, you can get the patent acceptance notice in about a week. After acceptance, within six months, the Patent Office will issue a notice of granting the design patent right and a notice of handling the registration formalities. After receiving the notice and paying the patent registration fee, the applicant can wait for the patent certificate. For utility model patents and invention patents, the applicant shall prepare patent specifications in advance. And submit it to the State Patent Office together with the patent application, the request for early disclosure and the request for substantive examination. The next steps are the same as applying for a patent for design.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law.

Article 26 Where an applicant applies for a patent for invention or utility model, he shall submit the written request, specification and its abstract, patent right and other documents. The request shall specify the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant and other matters. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field; Attached drawings shall be attached when necessary. The technical points of the invention or utility model shall be briefly explained. The patent claim shall be based on the specification, and clearly and briefly define the scope of patent protection. For inventions that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall state the direct source and original source of genetic resources in the patent application documents; If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons.

Article 27 To apply for a patent for design, a written request, a picture or photograph of the design, a brief description of the design and other documents shall be submitted. The relevant pictures or photographs submitted by the applicant shall clearly indicate the design of the product for which patent protection is required.

Article 28 The date when the patent administrative department in the State Council receives the patent application documents shall be the filing date. If the application documents are mailed, the postmark date of mailing shall be the application date.