Then determine which patent type (invention patent application, utility model patent application, design patent application) the invention content can apply for.
Second, sign an agency agreement.
The purpose of signing the agency agreement at this time is to clarify the rights and obligations between the applicant and the patent agency, mainly to restrain the patent agent from keeping the contents of the applicant's inventions confidential.
Third, technical disclosure
1. The applicant provides the patent agent with background information about the invention-creation or entrusts the retrieval of relevant contents;
2. The applicant introduces the contents of the invention in detail to help the patent agent fully understand the contents of the invention.
Fourth, prepare the application documents.
1, writing patent application documents;
2. Make application documents;
3. Submit a patent application and obtain a patent application number.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) declaration process
Patent for utility model and patent for design: filing an application-notification of acceptance-acceptance entering the preliminary examination stage-authorization-registration-obtaining a certificate.
Invention patent: filing an application-notification of acceptance-acceptance entering the preliminary examination stage-actual examination procedure-actual examination qualified authorization-registration formalities-obtaining permission.
Patent application preparation stage+patent declaration process is complicated and troublesome, so it is best to find a patent agency.