A. Design drawings or photos
A the size of the drawing shall not be less than 3× 8cm or greater than 145× 22cm, and the clarity of the drawing shall ensure that every detail in the drawing can still be clearly distinguished when the drawing is reduced to two thirds.
B use black ink and drawing tools to draw, and the lines should be even and clear. Do not use pencil, round pen or pen to draw, and the lines should be uniform, clear and continuous, which is suitable for copying requirements.
C graphics should be arranged vertically and drawn in proportion to the design size. When a horizontal layout is required, the top half of the drawing should face the left side of the drawing.
D There is no center line, dimension line and shadow line in the drawing, and generally there is no dotted line or marked line. There shall be no words, trademarks, service marks, quality marks and portraits of modern people in the graphics. Artistic words can be regarded as patterns.
E. it's best to draw several views on a sheet of paper. If it is impossible to draw, it can be multiple pictures, but the page numbers should be numbered in sequence. All directional maps and other kinds of maps should be drawn according to the projection relationship, and the name of the view should be indicated.
F. The paper used for drawing color pictures should be drawn with thick drawing paper and pasted on the document paper of "design drawings or photos" in standard format.
G. the size of the photos should be consistent with the requirements of the drawings.
H. The photos shall not be folded and pasted on the document paper of "design drawings or photos" according to the view relationship, leaving at least 2.5cm in the upper left and 1.5cm in the lower right.
B. Design brief introduction
Brief description is a brief description and supplement to design drawings or photos. There shall be no commercial propaganda language, nor shall it be used to explain the purpose and performance of the product. The brief explanation should be concise and easy to understand. In any of the following circumstances, it shall be briefly explained:
A. Omit the view: When designing the product to be symmetrical left and right, up and down, front and back, you can omit a view, but you should use language to explain it, such as "The left view and the right view are symmetrical (the same), and the right view is omitted". In addition, the product does not belong to the direction of the creative part, and the view can also be omitted, such as "the bottom of the product does not belong to the creative part, and the bottom view is omitted".
B. highlight the main creative parts. If the design is complicated, the existing design part and innovative part are not easy to be noticed, and the main ideas or design points can be stated to strengthen patent protection. For example, the design of the table lamp, its innovation only involves the lampshade, and other parts are all existing designs, which should be explained.
C. Supplementary contents that are difficult to express in the picture or photo: If the appearance or part of the appearance of the product is made of transparent materials and it is impossible to express "transparency" in the picture, mark lines, such as A and B, can be drawn on the transparent part of the picture or photo. Marked as a transparent part in the brief description.
D. When drawings or photos only show a part of the product: for longer products, such as profiles and I-beams, a length can be drawn, and the total length and aspect ratio of the product can be explained in a brief description. Some textiles, such as carpets, can be omitted, and only local patterns and lines need to be drawn, but their length, width and dimensions should be stated in the brief description.
E when the effect of the designed product is related to the special material manufactured, the material shall be indicated in the brief description.
F. For design products that need color protection, in addition to providing two sets of colors and two sets of black pictures or photos, the color that should be protected for the product should also be explained in a brief description.
G. For newly developed products, especially those not listed in the classification table of design, the use method and purpose of the products shall be clearly stated in the brief description, so as to clarify the protection category and the supplementary classification table of the Patent Office.
A request for a patent for design in duplicate; Design drawings or photos in duplicate; Where color protection is required, two drawings or photos in color and black and white shall be submitted; A brief description of the design in duplicate; Where it is required to slow down various patent fees, it may make two requests for fee reduction at the same time.
The number and specifications of the patent application documents submitted
The above application documents need to be in duplicate. Where it is required to slow down various patent fees, it may make two requests for fee reduction at the same time.
The above documents must be printed (No.4, No.4 or No.5 in Song Dynasty or imitation Song Dynasty, and the handwriting must be black and clear; The paper is A4 printing paper or copy paper, and A3 paper is required; The central position of the article: 2.5 cm margins are left on the top and bottom of the paper, and 1.5 cm margins are left and right), all of which adopt the unified special table format stipulated by the Patent Office.
Slow down the application fee and other fees
When submitting the patent application documents, you can submit the Request for Fee Reduction together, and the Request for Fee Reduction shall specify the reasons for fee reduction. If an individual applies for reduction or exemption, he must write down the annual income; if two people apply together, he must write down the annual income of each person; Indicate all kinds of expenses required to be deferred. There are five kinds of fees that can be deferred: application fee; Review fee; Maintenance fee; Review fee; And the annual fee for the first three years after the patent is approved. At the same time, it can be proposed to slow down the above five expenses.
Submission of patent application documents
The application documents can be submitted in person or mailed to the Patent Office or its nine representative offices. Patent application documents can be submitted directly to the Patent Office or sent by post office, but they must be sent by registered mail. Application documents are generally not allowed to be folded, and should be registered and mailed in an envelope that can hold A4 paper.
1. If the application documents are submitted by post, they must be sent by registered mail according to the requirements of the Patent Law, and the registration certificate shall be properly kept. If the application documents are mailed by unregistered mail, the Patent Office will not inquire.
If the application documents are sent by parcel, the Patent Office will not accept them.
3. According to Article 1 19 of the Detailed Rules, if a patent application is submitted by mail, each registered letter can only send the same patent application document.
Payment of various expenses
Various fees can be paid directly to the patent office on the spot within the specified time (if the application documents are submitted directly to the patent office, the application fee can be paid at that time); You can also pay by remittance through the post office within the specified time. If the application documents are submitted through the post office, the application fee shall be paid after receiving the Notice of Acceptance issued by the Patent Office (about one month later). The payment period is within two months from the date of application. It must be pointed out that this time limit is never paid within two months from the date of issuing the "Notice of Winning Bid".
No annual fee is required for patent applications that have not been granted patent rights. After receiving the Notice of Registration, within two months from the date of issuance of the document, it must be noted that the year mentioned must be the year specified in the Notice (from the date of application), and sometimes it may not be the year of receipt of the Notice, for example, the year mentioned in the Notice is self-applied. At this point, the year you received the "notice" was 99, so after you paid the annual fee of 98, don't forget to pay the annual fee of 99 (for example, the third year) on your own initiative. If it is overdue, the patent office will inform you to pay it back and add a late fee.
Where an application for a patent for invention has not been granted a patent right within two years from the date of filing, it shall voluntarily pay the application maintenance fee every year from the third year. The maintenance fee for the first application shall be paid within the first month after the start of the third year and within one month before the expiration of the previous year in subsequent years.
When paying various fees through the post office, the name of the applicant, the patent number or patent application number, the name of the invention-creation, the name of the fee paid (all items must be listed) and the amount must be stated in the postscript column of the remittance slip. If there are omissions, misspellings or insufficient amount, it will be deemed that the payment procedures have not been handled.