How to apply for a patent in Yuyang, Zhejiang? What are the steps?
The first step: the inventor arranges innovative ideas and prepares technical disclosure, which can determine the validity of the patent application. Generally, it includes the following contents: 1, the invention patent request 2, the abstract 3, the appended drawings of the abstract (if applicable) 4, the specification 5 and the appended drawings of the specification (if any) 6. The second step of patent claim: the patent search passed, which ensured the novelty of patent writing content and improved the probability of patent authorization. Step 3: Sign an intellectual property service agreement, and sign an agreement with a third-party intellectual property service enterprise (our medical innovation company) to help the applicant complete the follow-up application. Step 4: The patent agent conducts the preliminary technical disclosure and communicates with the inventor to confirm that the materials are correct; The agent writes the application documents and reports them to the Patent Office after being confirmed by the customer. According to the technical disclosure (it may be necessary to communicate with the inventor many times), the agent confirms the accuracy of what the inventor wants to express, and then begins to write the application documents. Step 5: The Patent Office accepts and conducts patent examination. After the Patent Office accepts the invention patent, the main examination procedures are: preliminary examination, publication, substantive examination, etc. Step 6: The applicant's amendments and supplements are being reviewed. If defects are found in the application documents, the examiner will ask the applicant to make amendments or supplements, and the applicant can also take the initiative to propose amendments within the specified time to overcome various defects in the application documents. Step 7: After the authorization announcement is examined, the Patent Office will formally grant the patent right and make an announcement.