A request for substantive examination is submitted and the substantive examination fee is paid. When these two conditions are met at the same time, the request for substantive examination becomes effective. If you submit a substantive examination request (and pay the substantive examination fee) before the invention patent enters the disclosure stage, you must wait until the invention patent enters the disclosure stage and start the substantive examination procedure at the same time. There are three additional conditions for entering the public stage: 1. Automatic entry after 18 months from the date of application. 2. After the invention patent passes the preliminary examination and the applicant submits an "early disclosure request", the invention patent will enter the disclosure stage after the request is passed. 3. If the applicant submits an early disclosure request before passing the preliminary examination, the invention patent will enter the disclosure stage after passing the preliminary examination. Legal basis: "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 14 Right to apply for a patent or If the owner of the patent right has an agreement regarding the exercise of the right, the agreement shall prevail. If there is no agreement, the first owner can implement the patent alone or license others to implement the patent in the form of a general license; if the patent is licensed to others, the royalties collected shall be distributed among the first owners. Except for the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, the exercise of the exclusive patent application right or patent right shall require the consent of all owners. Article 15 The unit that is granted a patent right shall reward the inventor or designer of the service invention-creation; after the invention-creation patent is implemented, the inventor or designer shall be given a reasonable reward based on the scope of its promotion and application and the economic benefits obtained. of remuneration. The state encourages units that are granted patent rights to implement property rights incentives and adopt equity, options, dividends and other means to enable inventors or designers to reasonably share the benefits of innovation. Article 16 The inventor or designer has the right to indicate that he or she is the inventor or designer in the patent document. The patentee has the right to display the patent logo on its patented products or the packaging of the products.