Requirements of application documents: To apply for a patent, a request, a specification and its abstract, a patent claim and other documents shall be submitted. The request shall specify the name of the invention, the name of the inventor or designer, the name and address of the applicant and other matters. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention, and the patent claim shall specify the scope of patent protection.
Matters needing attention in submitting patent application documents:
To apply for a patent or go through other formalities with the Patent Office, you can submit or send application documents or other documents directly to the Patent Office or any of the above-mentioned patent agencies. When submitting documents, you should pay attention to the following items:
(1) To submit application documents or documents for handling various formalities to the Patent Office, the format uniformly formulated by China National Intellectual Property Administration shall be used, the application documents shall be in duplicate, and the procedure documents may be in duplicate; This form can be downloaded from the Internet, obtained from the reception desk in China National Intellectual Property Administration or obtained by letter.
(2) A form can only be used for one patent application.
(3) All documents submitted to the Patent Office shall be kept by the applicant, so as to ensure the consistency of document filling in the process of application examination and approval, and can be used as a reference when replying to the examination opinions.
(4) If the application documents are sent by post, a registered letter shall be used. If you can't send it by registered mail, you can use express mail instead of parcel. In addition to indicating the detailed address (including postal code) of the patent office or patent agency, the registered letter should also indicate the words "application document", "accepted by China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office" or "received by XX patent agency in China National Intellectual Property Administration". It is best not to submit the application documents through the courier company, but through the courier company, with the actual receipt date of the patent office and patent agency as the application date. The registered letter shall only contain the application documents or other documents of the same application. After mailing, the applicant shall properly keep the registered receipt stub.
(5) The Patent Office does not accept samples, samples or models when accepting patent applications. In the process of examination, when the applicant submits a sample or model at the request of the examiner and submits it in person at the acceptance window of the Patent Office, it shall present a notice of examination opinions; If it is mailed, the words "submit the model at the request of the examiner (name)" shall be written on the mail.
(6) If there is any change in the address of the applicant or patentee, please submit the description change to the Patent Office in time; When the applicant terminates the agency relationship with the Patent Office, he shall go through the formalities of change at the Patent Office.
There are several kinds of fees for patent application, including application fee, maintenance fee for invention patent application, reexamination fee, etc. If you have difficulties, you can apply for relief. You have to pay an annual fee after applying. Welcome to consult Jinxiang intellectual property rights to apply for patents and patents!