What is patent repair?

With people's increasing concern about intellectual property rights, more and more people apply for patents for their own achievements, but after a certain period of time, the patent rights will expire and need to be restored. At this time, we need to know what patent restoration is. Patent is the soul of a product, and it is also the foundation and symbol of enterprise brand establishment. Then Bian Xiao will introduce you to what patent restoration is. What is the recovery of patent right According to the provisions of China's patent law and its detailed rules and review guidelines, failure to pay the annual fee on time is regarded as abandonment and termination of the patent right. Under normal circumstances, if you put forward a request to restore the patent right within two months after receiving the notice of patent termination and explain the reasons, you can restore the patent right. It is generally difficult to restore the patent right beyond this time limit. The following principles must be observed when requesting the restoration of rights: (1) If the party concerned delays the deadline due to irresistible reasons, resulting in the loss of rights, he may, within 2 months from the date when the obstacle is removed, but at the latest within 2 years from the date when the deadline expires, explain the reasons to the Patent Office and attach relevant supporting documents to request the restoration of rights; (2) If the party concerned delays the deadline for justifiable reasons, resulting in the loss of rights, he may explain the reasons to the Patent Office within 2 months from the date of receiving the notice from the Patent Office and request the restoration of rights; (3) Those who fail to pay the maintenance fee or annual fee on schedule can only request the Patent Office to restore their rights on irresistible grounds. To go through the formalities of reinstatement, an application for reinstatement and relevant certificates shall be submitted. And the restoration fee.