(1) Merging multiple inventions into one patent; (2) Don't pay for patents that are found unsuitable after a few years. Through the company's planned elimination and screening, the best and most effective patents are retained. In addition, it is not necessary to invest in intellectual property rights in R&D, because patents, trademarks and copyrights can be bought and sold, obtained through opportunities, and obtained through partners, third parties or customers.
But if you have no experience, you'd better pay some money to find an agent. They are more professional, especially writing patents, which is the necessary guarantee for your patent itself.
The specific steps are as follows:
I. Overview of Patent Applications
Patent application can protect your products to the greatest extent, and the quality of patent application documents directly affects the strength of protection.
The technical specification consists of the following six parts:
(1) Name of invention and creation: it simply and clearly reflects the technical content of invention and creation. (Note: Invention refers to design patent, utility model patent and invention patent. )
(2) Technical field: In order to facilitate patent activities such as classification and retrieval, it is necessary to briefly explain its technical field or application field.
(3) Summary of background technology: One or several comparative materials closely related to the function, purpose and structure of the invention should be provided, and its main structure or composition or technical composition such as technology should be briefly described. If necessary, it can be explained with the help of attached drawings, and its shortcomings and reasons can be objectively pointed out. If you can't provide specific articles, you should also introduce the level, shortcomings and deficiencies of the existing technology.
(4) Detailed description of the technical content of the invention: A clear and complete description of the invention should be made, and the technical content of one's invention should be comprehensively introduced and described based on what the technicians in the technical field can achieve, such as which parts, positional relationship, connection relationship, working principle, etc. are included in the product. What steps does the flow method include, what is the operation flow of each step, what is the function of each step, and so on; Introduce the advantages of one's invention and creation, compare it with the existing technology and products, and explain the advantages of one's invention and creation in combination with the technical content. Such as simplifying structure, facilitating processing, improving production efficiency, improving product yield and reducing environmental pollution.
(5) Drawings and brief description: if you apply for a utility model, you must have drawings in the specification) —— Use graphics to supplement the description of the text in the specification, so that people can intuitively and vividly understand the technical features and overall technical scheme of the invention. If the shape and structure of the product are improved, at least one schematic diagram of the product structure should be provided to fully reflect the structural characteristics of the product. If necessary, a sectional view or a sectional view shall also be provided. Schematic diagram of the structure that can reflect the invention and creation, but the standard drawing method should be adopted, and no words should appear in the drawings. The same parts in each figure should use the same numbers. Generally, it is not required to indicate the size and the lines should be clear. Some invention patents may not provide drawings.
(6) claim.
2. Materials required for patent application
Materials needed to apply for a patent for design
When applying for a patent for design to the State Patent Office, the following documents shall be submitted:
● The submitted documents do not need patent specification and claims, including: application, two sets of drawings (which can be photos or drawings), brief description and documents proving priority (such as claiming priority); Among them, the attached drawings shall include: front view, back view, top view, bottom view, left view, right view,
Provide another perspective; The drawing size shall not exceed (15× 22cm) and (3× 8cm); The pictures are made by our company according to the specifications. You only need to provide photos or CAD drawings. )
Materials needed to apply for a patent for utility model
To apply for a patent for utility model to the State Patent Office, the following documents shall be submitted:
● Documents to be submitted include: application, patent specification, claims, drawings, abstract, priority certificate or PCT document (if priority is required);
Materials needed to apply for a patent for invention
To apply for a patent for invention to the State Patent Office, the following documents shall be submitted:
Applications, patent specifications, claims, drawings, abstracts, microbial strain preservation certificates (if necessary), priority certificates or PCT documents (if priority is needed);
Three. Time required to apply for a patent in China
● It takes about 24 months to apply for an invention patent from submission of documents to obtaining approval and authorization (if the application is submitted at the same time as the substantive examination request);
● The application time for utility model patent is about 8 months to 12 months without going through the substantive examination procedure;
● The time for applying for a design patent ranges from 8 months to 10 months.
You can get the patent application number (patent number) in about fifteen days.
I hope it is helpful to you, I hope it will be adopted, and I wish everything all the best ~!