(1) applied in China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, and then requested to apply for priority abroad within 1 year. This country has a priority agreement with China.
(2) Apply for PCT directly in China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office.
The application filed according to PCT is called PCT international application. In the PCT system, an international application is submitted to the Acceptance Bureau of the International Bureau (China National Intellectual Property Administration, China) within 12 months after the patent application (invention or utility model) is filed in China National Intellectual Property Administration, China, claiming the priority of the Paris Convention. After completing the international phase procedure, it will enter the national phase within 30 months.