Patent application process:
1. Confirm the type of patent application.
2. Search for the same type of patent, you can search independently, or you can entrust an agency to conduct a more comprehensive search.
3. Prepare the application documents and submit them to the application step.
4. get the admission notice.
5. Preliminary review. (In the case of an application for a patent for invention, the application for a patent for invention must be examined in a confidential manner before preliminary examination. If confidentiality is required, it shall be handled in accordance with the confidentiality procedures.
6. Publishing stage (especially invention patent application).
7. Substantive examination (especially invention patents). To conduct a comprehensive review of whether the patent application is novel, creative, practical and other substantive conditions stipulated in the patent law.
8. Authorization stage. After the utility model and design pass the fifth step of examination, they can directly enter the authorization stage.