How to apply for a patent by yourself

Legal analysis: individuals apply for patents like this: 1, providing disclosure; 2. Submit application documents; 3. The Patent Office conducts formal examination of the patent application documents, and enters the stage of public preparation after passing the preliminary examination; 4. It takes about 6-8 months for the Patent Office to publish the invention application documents; 5. The Patent Office conducts substantive examination of the invention patent documents; 6. Letter of authorization issued by the Patent Office; 7. The applicant shall go through the formalities for obtaining the patent certificate; 8. It takes about 2-3 months to get the patent certificate.

Legal basis: Article 26 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), when applying for a patent for invention or utility model, a request, specification, abstract, patent right and other documents shall be submitted. The request shall specify the name of the invention or utility model, the name of the inventor, the name and address of the applicant and other matters. The specification shall give a clear and complete description of the invention or utility model, which shall be subject to the realization of the technical personnel in the technical field; Attached drawings shall be attached when necessary. The technical points of the invention or utility model shall be briefly explained. The patent claim shall be based on the specification, and clearly and briefly define the scope of patent protection. For inventions that rely on genetic resources, the applicant shall state the direct source and original source of genetic resources in the patent application documents; If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons.