What is the application process of utility model patent?

I. Patent for utility model 1. The patent for utility model, also called small invention or small patent, is the object of patent right and the object of patent law protection, and refers to the utility model that should be granted patent right according to law. 2, utility model usually refers to the product shape, structure or their combination of practical new technical solutions. 2. The process of applying for a patent for utility model is divided into application stage, examination stage and authorization stage. The general time is about 6 months, and the protection period of a patent for utility model is 10 year. 1. The utility model application documents at the application stage shall include: the request for the patent for utility model, the specification, the drawings of the specification, the claims, the abstract and the drawings of the abstract. An application for a patent for utility model must have a description and drawings. Where a patent agency is entrusted, a power of attorney shall be submitted. To apply for fee reduction, an application for fee reduction and corresponding supporting documents shall be submitted. 2. In the examination stage, China implements a preliminary examination system for utility model patent applications. During the preliminary examination, the examiner will issue a notice of correction to the formal problems in the application documents. The applicant makes corrections to the notice. At the same time, the examiner will examine whether it belongs to the customer protected by the utility model patent. 3. If there are customers protected by utility model patents, the examiner will issue a notice of examination opinions, and the applicant will reply to the notice of examination opinions or modify the application documents. The utility model patent is only a preliminary examination, and there is no substantive examination like the invention patent application. 4. Mainly examine whether the application for a patent for utility model has the documents stipulated in Article 26 of the Patent Law and other necessary documents, and whether these documents conform to the prescribed format, including the following matters: whether the application for a patent for utility model obviously belongs to the provisions of Articles 5 and 25 of the Patent Law, or obviously does not conform to the provisions of Articles 18 and 19, paragraph 1, or obviously does not conform to the provisions of Articles 31, paragraph 1, 33, paragraph 3 and paragraph 2 of the Patent Law. Whether it obviously does not conform to the provisions of Article 26, Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 4, Article 31, Paragraph 1 and Article 33 of the Patent Law, or whether the patent right cannot be obtained according to the provisions of Article 9 of the Patent Law; The Patent Office will notify the applicant of the examination opinions and ask him to state his opinions or make corrections within a specified time limit; If the applicant fails to reply within the time limit, his application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. If, after the applicant has stated his opinions or made corrections, the Patent Office still considers that it does not meet the requirements listed in the preceding paragraph, it shall reject it. 5. Authorization: After passing the preliminary examination, the examiner will issue a notice of granting the patent right. After receiving the notice of granting the patent right, the applicant needs to go through the following registration procedures: pay the patent registration fee, the annual fee for authorization, the printing fee for the announcement and the stamp duty on the patent certificate within the prescribed time limit. 6. Issuance of certificates: Applicants can obtain patent certificates after going through the registration procedures. This period of time is about 2-3 months. That is, the basic procedure of the application process for a patent for utility model is that the inventor or enterprise or institution applies first, and after the application, the examiner makes an investigation to find out whether the patented product of utility model meets the relevant documents, and finally decides whether to authorize the patented invention according to the examination results.