I want to apply for a patent. What should I do?

You can apply at the local intellectual property office or online at China Patent Electronic Application Network.

The process of patent application is as follows: 1. Confirm the type of patent application.

2. Search for the same type of patent, you can search by yourself or entrust an agency to conduct a more comprehensive search.

3. Prepare the application documents and submit them to the application step.

4. get the admission notice.

5. Preliminary examination (if the application for a patent for invention is confidential before the preliminary examination, the application for a patent for invention shall be kept confidential first, and if it needs to be kept confidential, it shall be handled according to the confidentiality procedure).

6. Publishing stage (especially invention patent application).

7 substantive review (especially invention patents), from the aspects of novelty, creativity and practicality to conduct a comprehensive review.

8. Authorization stage.

The utility model and appearance patent can directly enter the authorization stage after passing the examination in the fifth step.

Materials to be prepared: 1. To apply for a patent for invention, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the abstract, the appended drawings of the abstract (if applicable), the specification, the claims and the appended drawings of the specification (if applicable) in duplicate.

2. To apply for a patent for utility model, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for utility model, the abstract, the appended drawings of the abstract (if applicable), the specification, the claims and the appended drawings of the specification in duplicate.

3. To apply for a patent for design, the application documents shall include: a request for a patent for design, pictures or photographs (color pictures or photographs shall be submitted if color protection is required) and a brief description of the design in duplicate.

If pictures are submitted, two copies shall be pictures; If photos are submitted, two copies are photos, and pictures or photos shall not be mixed.

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