1. What is the application process of design patent?
1, application stage;
2. Review stage
China implements a preliminary examination system for applications for design patents. During the preliminary examination, the examiner will issue a notice of correction to the formal problems in the application documents. The applicant makes corrections to the notice. At the same time, the examiner will examine whether it belongs to the design patent protection customer. If there are customers who are not protected by the design patent, the examiner will issue a notice of examination opinions, and the applicant will reply to the notice of examination opinions or modify the application documents.
3. Authorization stage
(1) authorization
After passing the preliminary examination, the examiner will issue a notice of granting the patent right. After receiving the notice of granting the patent right, the applicant needs to go through the following registration procedures: pay the patent registration fee, the annual fee for authorization, the printing fee for the announcement and the stamp duty on the patent certificate within the prescribed time limit.
(2) Issue
The applicant can obtain a patent certificate after going through the registration formalities.
2. What materials do I need to apply for a design patent?
1, the identity certificate of the applicant (if an individual applies for a copy of the ID card, if the company applies for a copy of the business license), and the name of the designer (the designer may be the applicant, but the designer must be a natural person);
2, the design patent request;
3. Pictures or photos in duplicate;
4. If color protection is needed, color pictures or photos shall also be submitted in duplicate. Two submitted pictures are pictures, two submitted photos are photos, and pictures and photos shall not be mixed;
5. Photographs need six views (front view, back view, top view, bottom view, left view and right view) and three-dimensional views of the product; Shadows or dotted lines cannot appear on the picture, the picture background can only have one color, and there can be no other items on the picture except the required design;
6. No matter whether you submit pictures or photos, all views must be front views.
The above is the appearance patent application process organized by Intellectual Property for everyone. What is this? What materials do I need to apply for a patent? From the above, it can be seen that all kinds of materials, especially pictures and photographs, need to be prepared to apply for a design patent, and sent to the acceptance office in China National Intellectual Property Administration by registered mail. This is a waste of time for many enterprises, so it is better to find an agent to register a company to solve it with one click. If you still have questions about the application process of appearance patent, please consult intellectual property.
Application process of patent application materials for appearance patent application