How to apply for various patent rights? What are the procedures?

The examination procedures of patent applications are mainly preliminary examination, announcement and substantive examination. During this period, it is mainly to systematically review whether the patent application documents are qualified and the applied patents. If the application for a patent for utility model and design meets the requirements, it will enter the next stage. If the application for a patent for invention is not rejected after preliminary examination, the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office will issue a notice of authorization and go through the registration formalities.

The Patent Office conducts formal examination of the patent application documents, and the Patent Office publishes the invention application documents and enters the substantive examination procedure. Generally, the Patent Office conducts substantive examination of the invention patent documents, and issues the first notice of examination opinions about 6- 10 months after the actual examination. Until the amendment is satisfactory to the examiner, the Patent Office issues the authorization notice, and the applicant goes through the formalities of obtaining the patent certificate.

Application process of utility model patent According to the provisions of China's patent law, the applicant provides technical disclosure, entrusts a patent agency to write application documents, and after submission, the Patent Office obtains a notice of acceptance. After formal examination of the patent application documents, the Patent Office will issue an authorization notice in about 3-5 months, and the applicant will obtain the patent certificate in about 2 and a half months after going through the formalities of obtaining the patent certificate.

According to the provisions of China's patent law, the applicant provides pictures or electronic drawings of design products, prepares application documents and submits them to the Patent Office. If the patent application documents fail to pass the preliminary examination, a notice of correction will be issued until they pass the preliminary examination, and a notice of authorization will be issued. The applicant will go through the formalities of obtaining a patent certificate and finally obtain a patent certificate.