What is the process of individual patent application?
1, an individual patent application process needs to provide a disclosure, and it usually takes 20 days to 1 month to entrust an agency to write the application documents (this step can be omitted if there is no entrusted agency).
2. Submit the application documents, get the notification of acceptance from the Patent Office, determine the application date, and submit an early public statement and request substantive examination on the day of submitting the documents, which can speed up the examination process.
3. The Patent Office will formally review the patent application documents for about 2-3 months, and enter the public preparation stage after the first trial is passed.
It takes about 6-8 months for the patent office to publish the invention application documents.
5. The time for the Patent Office to substantially examine the invention patent documents is about one and a half to two years, during which the examiner communicates with the applicant on the substantive content of the invention, namely novelty, creativity and practicality (entrusting the agency to communicate with the agency to determine the appropriate protection scope of the invention), and this communication may be repeated many times until it is revised to the satisfaction of the examiner.
6, the patent office issued a notice of authorization.
7. Where an applicant applies for a patent in his own name, he shall go through the formalities of obtaining a patent certificate.
8. If successful, the individual will get the patent certificate about 2-3 months after applying for the patent.
As for the cost of a single patent application, different types of patents will also affect the cost, but there are roughly application official fees, annual fees, examination fees and so on. , and the amount is tens to thousands (can be delayed). If you entrust a professional organization, there will be someone who is responsible for the specific process and expenses, which will save time and effort.