1. To apply for a design patent, the application documents shall include: a request for a design patent, pictures or photographs (color pictures or photographs shall be submitted if color protection is required) and a brief description of the design in duplicate. If pictures are submitted, two copies shall be pictures; If photos are submitted, two copies are photos, and pictures or photos shall not be mixed.
2. The department that accepts the patent application
When applying for a patent, the applicant may submit the application documents to the reception window of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office or to the reception office of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the reception office of the Patent Office), or to the reception window of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the agency of the Patent Office) or to the agency of the Patent Office. At present, China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office has set up representative offices in Beijing, Shenyang, Jinan, Changsha, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Harbin, Changchun, Kunming, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Nanning, Urumqi, Nanchang, Yinchuan and Hefei. The national defense patent branch specializes in accepting national defense patent applications.
application for patent
First, how to apply for a patent
To apply for a patent, the necessary application documents shall be submitted and the fees shall be paid in accordance with the regulations. Patent applications must be handled in the form of written or electronic applications. Oral instructions or samples or models can not be used instead of paper or electronic application documents.
All formalities should be signed according to regulations, and the signature should be exactly the same as the name filled in the request. The signature shall not be copied. The procedures involving the transfer of rights shall be signed by all applicants, and other procedures may be signed by the representatives of the applicants. Where a patent agency is entrusted, it shall be signed by the patent agency.
If the formalities need to be accompanied by supporting documents or attachments, the supporting documents and attachments shall be originals or photocopies, and photocopies shall not be used. If there is only one original, you can use a copy, but at the same time you need to attach a certificate that the copy issued by the notary office is consistent with the original.
Second, how to arrange the application documents when submitting the application?
The application documents for a patent for invention or utility model shall be arranged in the following order: the request, the abstract of the specification, the appended drawings of the abstract, the patent claim, the specification and the appended drawings of the specification. The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the order of the request, the picture or photograph and a brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered with Arabic numerals respectively.