A patent application may be submitted directly to the Patent Office or entrusted to an agency:
1) Submit patent application documents (including claims, specifications, drawings of specifications, abstract and abstract drawings) and patent request (including invention name, applicant, inventor and related materials, etc. ) and the patent application fee paid to the patent office (that is, the formal fee paid to the patent office), so as to obtain the application date and application number, which will be the only number for future patent office review. The formal admission notice will be issued within two weeks after the application date.
2) When the Patent Office examines and issues a notice of examination opinions, the applicant needs to reply within the prescribed time limit. After the examination is finally qualified, the patent office issues a notice of authorization, indicating that it agrees to authorize.
3) The announcement of patent authorization shall take effect after the applicant handles the authorization registration.
Inventions need more than 2 years of authorization, and utility models need more than half a year of authorization.