What are the requirements for applying for a patent in the United States?

1. What are the requirements for applying for a patent in the United States? 1. Patented objects protected by the patent law include but are not limited to human organs, natural laws, physical phenomena, abstract concepts, mathematical methods and substances existing in natural state in nature. In China, some objects that cannot be patented, such as computer software, business methods, diagnosis and treatment methods of animals and diseases, are all objects that can be protected by patent law in the United States. 2. Meet the relevant provisions of Article 112 of the United States Patent Law (1), and the description shall clearly and completely explain the invention and creation, subject to the technical personnel in the technical field, and the description shall disclose the best embodiment for implementing the invention and creation; (2) The specification shall include one or more topics required to be protected by the patent application and their scope; (3) For the claim defined by functional technical features, the specific structure, materials or equivalent description for realizing this function shall be disclosed in detail in the specification. 3. Meet the requirements of novelty. In any of the following circumstances, the patent shall not be obtained: (1) Before the filing date, the invention-creation right has been patented, or described in publications, or publicly used, sold or otherwise known to the public; Or (2) the invention was created in a patent granted according to Article 15 1 or described in a patent application published or deemed to be published according to Article 122(b), in which case, the patent or patent application was signed by other inventors and has been effectively filed before the filing date of the invention. 2. What are the ways to apply for a US patent? There are three ways to apply for a patent in America: 1. Apply for a patent directly in the United States (confidential examination needs to be conducted in China Patent Office in advance, and you can apply for a patent directly in the United States after the confidential examination is passed); 2. Apply for a patent in the United States through the Paris Convention (the priority is only 12 months); 3. Apply for a patent in the United States through the PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty (priority can reach 30 months). 3. What are the types of American patents? 1. American invention patent: 20 years from the date of filing, and the maintenance fee shall be paid in the third, seventh and eleventh years from the date of registration. The scope of protection relates to the patent of the composition or the method of using the composition, and its validity can be extended to 5 years at the longest. 2. American design patents: fourteen years from the date of registration. You can still file a patent application within half a year after publication (this is a big difference between American patent novelty judgment and China patent). 3. Patents of new plant varieties: 20 years from the date of application, and maintenance fees shall be paid in the third, seventh and eleventh years from the date of registration. To sum up, many domestic technology companies now have markets and branches in the United States. If an invention is made in the United States and a new technology is obtained, it is best to apply for an American patent, which can better protect it. To apply for a U.S. patent, you can apply directly to the U.S. Patent Office, or you can apply to the United States through the Paris Convention under certain conditions and requirements.