1, consulting
Determining whether the invention content belongs to patentable content; For this consultation, it is suggested to consult several patent agencies, compare them and determine the correct conclusion. Because at present, many information receptionists of patent agencies take commission, sometimes they will make inappropriate replies to the consultation for the sake of business volume.
2. Sign an agency agreement.
The purpose of signing the agency agreement at this time is to clarify the rights and obligations between the applicant and the patent agency, mainly to restrain the patent agent from keeping the contents of the applicant's inventions confidential.
3, technical disclosure
The applicant provides the patent agent with background information related to his invention or creation or entrusts the retrieval of relevant contents; The applicant introduces the invention in detail to help the patent agent fully understand the invention.
4. Determine the application scheme
On the basis of understanding the invention and creation, the agent will make a preliminary judgment on the prospect of the patent application and advise the applicant to withdraw the application with little possibility of patent authorization. At this time, the agency will charge a small amount of consulting fees, and most of the application agency fees will be returned to the applicant.
Step 5 Prepare application documents
Writing patent application documents; Making application documents; Submit a patent application and obtain a patent application number.
Step 6 review
The Chinese Patent Office examines the patent application documents, and the patent agent makes patent corrections, replies and changes during the examination process. When necessary, the applicant shall cooperate with the patent agent to complete the above work.
7. Review conclusions
China Patent Office will authorize or reject the examination conclusion according to the examination results. Generally, this process takes about 6 months for design, 2 months for utility model 10- 12 months, and 2-4 years for invention patent. With the improvement of the examination efficiency of the patent office, the examination and authorization time of design and utility model is about 4-6 months.
8. Patent registration procedures or reexamination requests.
If the patent application is authorized, it shall go through the registration formalities in accordance with the requirements of the patent authorization notice and obtain a patent certificate. If the patent application is rejected, it shall be determined whether to file a request for reexamination according to the specific circumstances. At this point, the patent application process is over.
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