What basic principles should be followed in patent application?

What principles do patent applications follow: voluntary application, written application, first application, priority, legality, fairness, good faith, etc. According to the relevant laws and regulations, if you apply for a patent, you should submit the corresponding application materials according to law.

legal ground

/kloc-article 26 of the patent law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which came into effect on June, 0.

To apply for a patent for invention or utility model, a written request, a specification, an abstract thereof, a patent claim and other documents shall be submitted.

Article 29

An applicant who applies for a patent for invention or utility model for the first time in a foreign country within 12 months, or for a patent for design for the first time in a foreign country within 6 months, and applies for a patent on the same subject in China, may enjoy the priority according to the agreement signed by the foreign country and China or the international treaties to which they are both parties, or according to the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

Applicants who file a patent application for invention or utility model for the first time in China within 12 months, or apply for a patent for design for the first time in China within 6 months may enjoy priority.