1. To apply for a patent for invention, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the abstract, the appended drawings of the abstract, the specification, the patent claim and the appended drawings of the specification in duplicate, and copying is allowed, but the signature of the applicant or agent is not allowed;
The application form must be filled in Chinese. If there is no unified Chinese translation of the foreigner's name and place, the original text should be indicated: if the form cannot be filled in, a blank form can be attached, but it must be the same size and quality as the form, and the column number should be indicated when it is added; Other matters needing attention shall be handled in accordance with the requirements of the Patent Office.
In order to ensure the success rate of the application and avoid being rejected, patent search should be carried out before applying for a patent.
The contents and matters needing attention of an application for a patent for invention are as follows:
1. The application shall specify the name of the invention, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant, contact information, etc. Where an entrusted agency applies, it shall designate a patent agency and an agent;
2. The text of the abstract should clearly indicate the name of the invention and its technical field, and clearly reflect the technical problems to be solved, the main points and main uses of the technical scheme to solve the problems. The text of the manual abstract shall not be titled, and the text shall not exceed 300 words;
3. The patent claim shall be based on the specification and indicate the scope of patent protection. The invention purpose and features of the patent application are claims, and the technical measures and features to realize the invention purpose of the application project are described in detail in words and drawings. That is, the structure, composition, parts connection, mutual relationship and interaction of products. The drawings provided shall be drawn on A4 paper with a carbon pen, and there shall be no characters, boundary lines, dimension line and size marks on the drawings. All parts and components can be marked with numbers, and the name of the part represented by each mark should be written on another piece of paper.
4. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field; Attached drawings shall be attached when necessary. It includes five parts: technical field, background technology, summary, attached drawings and specific implementation. Explain the technical field and scope of application for the invention patent, as well as the technical measures, technical means, methods or ways to achieve the same or similar effects with the application project in the existing technology; Explain the content of the invention for which the patent is applied; What are the differences or important improvements between the applied project and the existing technology? Detailed description of the specific implementation of the application project;
5. Description of drawings, descriptions of various drawings of the applied invention.
For invention patents, except for some invention patents that need to be kept confidential, general invention patents need to go through the stages of acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, actual examination and authorization announcement. In general, it will be announced within 65,438+08 months after acceptance, and then the actual examination stage. It usually takes about 3 years to get authorization, but it does not rule out a longer time. In order to speed up the time limit for obtaining the patent right, we can apply for publicity in advance, so that it can be made public after passing the preliminary examination, and then enter the actual trial stage, which can speed up the progress of authorization. In addition, in some special circumstances, it may be required to speed up the audit, but the procedures are more complicated and the cost will be higher.
Legal basis: Article 7 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
No unit or individual may suppress an inventor or designer's application for a patent for non-service invention-creation.
Article 8
Unless otherwise agreed, the right to apply for a patent belongs to the invention-creation completed in cooperation with two or more units or individuals, or the invention-creation entrusted by other units or individuals; After the application is approved, the applicant unit or individual shall be the patentee.