Examiner’s patent review process
Invention:
According to the provisions of my country’s patent law, an invention patent generally goes through the following procedures from application to authorization:
1. Provide a disclosure letter and entrust an agency to write the application documents, which usually takes 20 days to a month
2. Submit the application documents, obtain the acceptance notice from the Patent Office, and confirm the application On the same day, you can also submit an advance public statement and request substantive examination on the same day as the documents are submitted, which can speed up the examination process
3. The Patent Office will conduct a formal examination of the patent application documents, which will take about 2-3 months, and the preliminary examination will be qualified. Then it enters the public preparation stage
4. The Patent Office publishes the invention application documents, which takes about 6-8 months
5. The Patent Office conducts substantive examination of the invention patent documents, which takes about one year During the period of half to two years, the examiner communicates with the applicant on the essential content of the invention, that is, the novelty, creativity and practicality (the entrusted agency communicates with the agency to determine the appropriate protection scope of the invention), and the back-and-forth communication may go back and forth several times. Until the changes are made to the examiner's satisfaction
6. The Patent Office issues an authorization notice
7. The applicant goes through the procedures for receiving the patent certificate
8. About 2- Obtain the patent certificate after 3 months
The whole process lasts about 2 and a half to 3 years. The specific time depends on the examiner's review speed and the thoroughness of the applicant's disclosure information.
Utility models and designs:
1. Provide a briefing and entrust an agency to write the application documents, which usually takes 10 working days
2. Submit the application Documents, obtain the acceptance notice from the Patent Office, and determine the application date
3. The Patent Office conducts a formal review of the patent application documents, which takes about 3-6 months
4. The Patent Office issues Authorization notice
5. The applicant goes through the procedures for receiving the patent certificate (pay the certificate fee of 295 yuan, the certificate registration fee of 200 yuan, the annual fee of 90 yuan, and the stamp tax of 5 yuan)
6 , you will get the patent certificate after about 2-3 months
The whole process lasts for about 1 year, and the specific time depends on the examiner’s review speed and the thoroughness of the applicant’s disclosure information.
Cost: Appearance patent is about 1,000 yuan, utility model is about 1,500 yuan, invention patent is about 5,500 yuan