1, provide technical disclosure and explain technical innovation.
Let's go to the patent library to check whether there is any patent similarity, whether we can apply for a patent, and evaluate the patent application rate. If there is no similar patent, confirm the technical points and patent types, determine the application plan and write the application materials.
2. Submit materials to the Patent Office
Where a party entrusts a patent agency, it shall send the documents to the patent agency, which shall submit them to the Patent Office and pay the fees.
Step 3 accept
After receiving the patent application, the Patent Office's acceptance office or the Patent Office's agency shall determine the application date, give the application number and issue a notice of acceptance for the application that meets the acceptance conditions. If the acceptance conditions are not met, a notice of rejecting the file will be issued.
If you send the application documents to the patent office, you will generally receive the acceptance notice from the patent office in about one month. If the notification from the Patent Office has not been received for more than one month, the applicant shall make an inquiry to the Patent Office in time.
4. First trial
Preliminary examination refers to examining whether the patent application has the documents and other necessary documents stipulated in the patent law, whether the submitted documents conform to the prescribed format, and whether the patent conforms to the relevant provisions of the patent law and its implementing rules. The patent administration department of the State Council shall notify the applicant of the examination opinions and ask him to state his opinions or make corrections within a specified time limit; If the applicant fails to reply within the time limit, his application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. If, after the applicant has stated his opinions or made corrections, the administrative department for patent in the State Council still considers that it does not meet the requirements listed in the preceding paragraph, it shall reject it.
5. Publication (only invention patents have this stage)
After receiving an application for a patent for invention, the administrative department for patent in the State Council, after preliminary examination, finds that it conforms to the provisions of this Law, and shall publish it immediately after 18 months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.
6, substantive examination (only invention patents have this stage)
Within three years from the date of filing, the patent administration department of the State Council may conduct substantive examination according to the request made by the applicant at any time; If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. The patent administrative department of the State Council may, when it deems it necessary, examine the application for a patent for invention on its own.
Step 7 ratify
If the application for a patent for invention is rejected after substantive examination, the administrative department for patent in the State Council shall make a decision to grant the patent right for invention, issue a patent certificate for invention, and register and announce it at the same time. The invention patent right shall take effect as of the date of announcement.
If the application for a patent for utility model or design is not found rejected after preliminary examination, the administrative department for patent in the State Council shall make a decision to grant the patent right for utility model or design, issue the corresponding patent certificate, and register and announce it at the same time. The patent right for utility model and the patent right for design shall take effect as of the date of announcement.
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