1. Meaning of patent examination: After accepting an application for a patent for invention, the patent administration department in the State Council must conduct an examination according to the procedures stipulated in the Patent Law. The main examination procedures of an application for a patent for invention include preliminary examination, publication of the patent application, request for substantive examination and substantive examination.
2, how to reply to the notice of patent examination opinions:
According to China National Intellectual Property Administration's patent examination guidelines, the applicant shall reply to the notice of examination opinions issued by the Patent Office within the time limit specified in the notice.
The applicant's reply can only be a statement of opinions, or it can further include the revised application documents. Where the applicant raises objections to the examination opinions in the notice of examination opinions or modifies the application documents in the reply, it shall state the specific opinions in detail in the statement of opinions, or explain whether the modified contents conform to the relevant provisions and how to overcome the defects in the original application documents.
For example, when the applicant introduces a new technical feature into the revised claim in order to overcome the defect that the claim pointed out in the notice of examination opinions is not creative, it shall explain in its opinion statement which part of the specification the technical feature can be obtained from, and explain the reasons why the revised claim is creative.