Application conditions of individual invention patent

Conditions for granting invention patents

1. Novelty: Before the application of this invention, the same invention did not appear in China, nor was it published in domestic journals. It is also not in the national invention record library.

2. Creativity: Compared with the previous technology, the invention patent has made remarkable progress, and its substantive features are remarkable and outstanding.

3. Practicality: Invention patents can be manufactured or used, thus producing positive effects.

How to apply for an invention patent?

1. Prepare the application documents. The invention includes a request, a specification, a claim, drawings of the specification and a specification.

2. Submission of materials. You can choose two ways to submit materials.

(1) hand it in directly to the lobby of the patent office or the window of the local patent agency.

(2) email submission. If the State Patent Office issues an acceptance notice, the issuance of the notice means that the patent application officially enters the examination and approval procedure.

3. Pay the application fee within 15 working days from the date of receiving the admission notice. In addition to paying directly at the toll office of the patent office or the agency of the patent office, you can also pay the application fee by bank or post office remittance.

4, the patent office to review the application, the first is the preliminary examination, for the application for a patent other than invention, as long as the preliminary examination is qualified, you can authorize the patent, and the unqualified modification can be resubmitted.

5. After examination and approval by China National Intellectual Property Administration, a patent right may be granted.