1, prepare the file;
2. Publish the search report;
3. Seal the priority review request;
4. Submit documents.
A patent application or patent reexamination case under any of the following circumstances may be requested for priority examination:
1, involving energy conservation and environmental protection, new generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials, new energy vehicles, intelligent manufacturing and other national key development industries;
2, involving industries encouraged by the provincial and municipal people's governments;
3, involving the Internet, big data, cloud computing and other fields and the technology or product update speed is fast;
4. The patent applicant or reexamination applicant has made preparations for implementation or has already started implementation, or there is evidence to prove that others are implementing their invention-creation;
5. A country that filed a patent application for the same subject for the first time in China and applied to other countries or regions for the first time;
6, the other is of great significance to the interests of the state or the public * * * needs priority review.
Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Patent Priority Examination: After accepting and examining the request for priority examination, China National Intellectual Property Administration shall promptly notify the applicant of the examination opinions.
Article 11 For a patent application requiring priority examination, the applicant shall make a reply or make corrections as soon as possible. The applicant's reply period to the notice of examination opinions on the invention patent is two months from the date of issuance, and the reply period to the notice of examination opinions on the utility model and design patent is fifteen days from the date of issuance.
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the priority examination of the following patent applications or cases:
(1) An application for a patent for invention in the substantive examination stage;
(2) An application for a patent for utility model and design;
(3) Re-examination of applications for patents for inventions, utility models and designs;
(4) invalidation of patents for inventions, utility models and designs.
According to the bilateral or multilateral agreements signed between China National Intellectual Property Administration and the patent examination institutions of other countries or regions, the priority examination shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions.
Article 10 If China National Intellectual Property Administration agrees to give priority to the review, it shall close the case within the following time limit from the date of consent:
(1) An application for a patent for invention shall be notified of the first examination opinions within 45 days, and the case shall be closed within one year;
(two) the application for a patent for utility model and design shall be closed within two months;
(3) The patent reexamination case shall be closed within seven months;
(4) The case of invalidation of the patent for invention and utility model shall be closed within five months, and the case of invalidation of the patent for design shall be closed within four months.