What is the division? How to apply for patent division?
Divide the case? How to apply for patent division? In fact, specifically, it is the patent division, which is often linked to patent applications. So what will happen to the patent department? Why do you want to live in different places? What are the benefits of dividing the case for the patentee? Below we will answer these questions one by one, divide the patent requirements, maximize the patent time, and maximize the role of patents. How to apply for patent division The so-called patent division application refers to that when an applicant applies for more than two patent applications for inventions, utility models or designs, the applicant can apply to the patent administration department of the State Council to divide the patent application into more than two patent applications within two months after the original application is filed and after receiving the approval notice from the patent administration department of the State Council or the approval notice from the patent administration department of the State Council. If the applicant files a division, the patent division shall meet the following conditions: 1. To file a division application, the patent applied by the applicant must include more than two inventions, utility models or designs; Second, the filing of the divisional application must be within two months from the date when the patent administrative department of the State Council issues the notice of patent grant, and the period exceeding two months shall be deemed as giving up the divisional application; 3. When filing a divisional patent application, the category of the original patent application shall not be changed. So under what circumstances will patent division be rejected in the sense of intellectual property rights? For example, a patent application is rejected, or one's own patent is withdrawn, which is regarded as withdrawal; Secondly, the most essential reason is that the patent itself does not have the three characteristics of patent examination, so it cannot be applied. This kind of application document does not meet the requirements, and the patentee is required to fill in the patent defects. Only after the patent meets the requirements can you apply for a patent alone.