How do individuals apply for patents? What information do they need and how long will it take?

Trademark and patent registration agencies prefer Zhonglian! Is the guarantee of your confidence! Time-honored organization! Hotline: 158-8200-6928 (Acting for national and international trademark matters! State Trademark Office filing agency! )。 Shenzhen Zhonglian Intellectual Property Management Consulting Co., Ltd. was established in 1999 with a registered capital of1000000 yuan. It is a professional agency designated by the state and has set up a Chengdu branch. The company has a professional team that is good at solving difficult problems in the field of intellectual property. Since its establishment, the company has provided trademark registration, patent application, trademark/patent appraisal and evaluation, rights protection and counterfeiting, market research and other agency services for many enterprises and individuals in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Over the years, the company has been adhering to the service tenet of "customer first", and has been in a leading position in the same industry through the unremitting efforts of employees and the unique advantages of various social resources, and has been widely recognized by customers. In order to efficiently solve the intellectual property problems and improve the quality of patent agency, Shenzhen Zhonglian Patent Agency Co., Ltd. was established, whose business involves patent agency, trademark agency, copyright registration, legal litigation and other intellectual property-related matters. With the continuous development of knowledge economy and the rising tide of economic globalization, intellectual property, as a valuable intangible asset of enterprises, has become increasingly important. The current market competition has evolved into brand and high-tech competition. Whoever owns advanced technology and famous brands will own the market. Trademark registration is the foundation of brand creation, and patent application is the premise of monopolizing high and new technology. Especially after China's entry into WTO, intellectual property (intangible assets) must be protected by law, which has become the knowledge for enterprises to seek long-term sustainable development. As the frontier position of opening to the outside world, enterprises in Shenzhen realized the importance of intellectual property rights being protected by law earlier. At present, it has cooperated with thousands of enterprises and individuals such as Skyworth Group, Huayu Group, Shenzhen Xiangjiang Plastic Products Co., Ltd. and Hong Kong Jiahua Jewelry Co., Ltd., and the existing trademarks such as Jade Pearl, Wei Hui Chicken, Pengcheng Lamps, V8, Nanbei Food and Shengli Hotel have become well-known brands. As an intellectual property exchange platform, Zhonglian Intellectual Property Management Consulting Co., Ltd. will wholeheartedly provide professional, honest and fast services for enterprises to take the road of branding, scale and standardization. You need to submit certain application materials to apply for a patent. To apply for a patent for invention or utility model, an application, specification, abstract and claims shall be submitted; Where an applicant applies for a patent for design, he shall submit a request, a picture or photograph of the design and other documents, and specify the product using the design and its category. Patented inventions must be novel, creative and practical. Novelty means: 1 Before submitting a patent application to the Patent Office, no identical invention was published in domestic and foreign publications. 2. It has not been publicly used in China, or is known to the public in other ways. 3. Before the filing date of the application, no identical invention or utility model was filed with the Patent Office by others and recorded in the later published patent application documents. Creativity means that the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress compared with the prior art before the filing date. The utility model has substantial characteristics and remarkable progress. Practicality means that the invention and creation for which a patent is applied can be manufactured in the production of industries such as industry and agriculture, or can be applied in industry or life, and can produce positive effects. According to the Patent Law, a design that has been granted a patent right should be different from and not similar to a design that has been published in domestic and foreign publications or used in China before the filing date. As an intellectual property exchange platform, Zhonglian Intellectual Property Management Consulting Co., Ltd. will wholeheartedly provide professional, honest and fast services for enterprises to take the road of branding, scale and standardization. Adhering to the concept of "creating intellectual property value", we are now an established trademark patent agency in Shenzhen and look forward to your cooperation.