The Patent Law stipulates: The Patent Office of the People's Republic of China (now renamed the State Intellectual Property Office, the same below) accepts and examines patent applications, and grants patent rights to inventions and creations that comply with legal provisions.
The State Intellectual Property Office is my country’s patent authority and the only agency legally authorized to accept patent applications. When applying for a patent, the applicant shall submit the application documents directly to the Intellectual Property Office (referred to as the Patent Office). If the applicant mistakenly submits the application documents to other agencies, units or individuals, the application documents will not have legal effect during the patent approval process.
The Patent Office has established patent acceptance offices and patent application acceptance windows, and has set up patent office agencies in Shenyang, Jinan, Changsha, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an and Wuhan to receive and accept patent applications and other applications. document. The address and business scope of the acceptance office of the China Patent Office and the above-mentioned agencies shall be released to the public by the China Patent Office in the form of an announcement.