1. If the patent application meets the following conditions, the Patent Office shall accept it: (1) There is a request in the application documents.
The type of patent applied for in the request is clear; the applicant’s name and address are stated.
(2) The invention patent application document contains a description and claims; the utility model patent application document contains a description, description drawings and claims; the design patent application document contains pictures or photos and Brief description.
(3) The application documents are typed or printed in Chinese.
The handwriting and lines of all application documents must be clear and legible, without alteration, and the contents can be distinguished.
The description drawings of the invention or utility model patent application and the pictures of the design patent application are drawn with handwriting that is not easy to erase and have not been altered.
(4) If the applicant is a foreigner, a foreign enterprise or other foreign organization, it complies with the relevant provisions of Article 19, Paragraph 1 of the Patent Law, and its country of origin complies with the relevant provisions of Article 18 of the Patent Law. Regulation.
(5) The applicant is an individual, enterprise or other organization from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan, and meets the relevant provisions of Section 6.1.1, Chapter 1, Part 1 of these Guidelines.
2. A patent application acceptance notice, application fee payment notice or fee reduction approval notice shall be issued to the applicant in the form given by the application number.
The patent application acceptance notice shall at least state the application number, application date, applicant's name and document verification status, be stamped with the seal of the Patent Office acceptance office or agency, and include the examiner's signature and Issue date.
3. Time and method of obtaining it 1. You can basically download the electronic patent application acceptance notice (i.e. application number) on the same day of electronic application. 2. If it is submitted in person, you can basically get it on the same day or a few days later. 3. It takes about 1 month to mail the application to the patent application acceptance notice (i.e. application number)