When was the invention patent announced in June last year authorized?

After the publication of the invention patent, you may request substantive examination, submit a request for substantive examination to the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office and pay the substantive examination fee.

After entering the substantive examination, the patent office examiner will send you a notice of examination opinions at least once, asking you to reply to their opinions. After the defense, if the examiner accepts your opinion, the patent right can be granted. If you don't agree, it may send you a review notice again, asking you to reply again.

You can't authorize it until the examiner thinks that your reply meets the requirements of the patent law.

General invention patents are normal from two and a half years to three and a half years. If the procedure is urgent, it will be approved in about 1 year and a half. If the reply is not timely or the answer is not satisfactory, it may be approved or even rejected in five to eight years.

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