A patent is an invention-creation protected by legal regulations. It refers to an invention-creation that submits a patent application to the national examination and approval authority and is granted to the patent applicant within a specified time after passing the examination and approval according to law. exclusive rights to inventions and creations. If someone had already sold curry buns, they would not be considered an invention and could not be patented.
However, if you can invent a new snack, you still need to see whether it meets the conditions for patent application. The types of patents have different regulations in different countries. In my country's patent law, they are: invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Theoretically it's possible
As a kind of food, snacks can only apply for invention patents. However, if your invention is easy to be imitated, it will be very tiring and laborious to defend your rights because there are too many infringers and the infringement methods are too complicated.
To apply for a patent, you need to prepare:
1. Specification, claims, and abstract. The specification is a detailed description of your patented technology, the claims summarize the scope of the technical solution you protect, and the abstract is a brief description. Then download a patent application request form from the website of the State Intellectual Property Office and fill it out.
2. Take these materials to the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office to apply; or mail them to the Patent Office Acceptance Office of the State Intellectual Property Office; or apply to the offices of the State Intellectual Property Office in various places. Recommend the first two types
3. Wait for various notices issued by the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office and respond to the examination opinion notice. If there is no problem, you can authorize it.
4. If you don’t know much about patent matters and don’t want to spend time learning, then you can find a patent agency to help you represent the patent.
Expenses:
As a kind of food, snacks can only apply for invention patents. The application fee is 900, the publication printing fee is 50, the substantive examination fee is 2,500, and various miscellaneous fees during authorization are about 230. If you hire an agency, you have to pay agency fees. There is no fixed standard for this. It depends on the region you are in and the qualifications of the agency. It usually costs several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan.