According to the provisions of China's patent law, an invention patent generally goes through the following procedures from application to authorization:
1. It usually takes 20 days and one month to provide disclosure and entrust an agency to write application documents.
2. Submit the application documents, get the notification of acceptance from the Patent Office, determine the application date, and submit an early public statement and request substantive examination on the day of submitting the documents, which can speed up the examination process.
3. The Patent Office will formally review the patent application documents for about 2-3 months, and enter the public preparation stage after the first trial is passed.
It takes about 6-8 months for the patent office to publish the invention application documents.
5. The time for the Patent Office to conduct substantive examination of the invention patent documents is about one and a half to two years, during which the examiner communicates with the applicant on the substantive content of the invention, namely novelty, creativity and practicality (entrusting the agency to communicate with the agency to determine the appropriate protection scope of the invention), and this communication can be repeated many times until it is revised to the satisfaction of the examiner _
6. Notice 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 _
The whole process lasts about two and a half to three years, depending on the speed of the examiner and the openness of the applicant. _
Patent for utility model and patent for design: _
1. It usually takes 10 working days to provide disclosure and entrust an agency to write application documents.
2. Submit the application documents, get the notification of acceptance from the Patent Office, and determine the application date _
3. It takes about 3-6 months for the Patent Office to formally review the patent application documents.
4, the patent office issued a notice of authorization
5. The applicant shall go through the formalities for obtaining the patent certificate.
6. It takes about 2-3 months to get the patent certificate, and the whole process lasts about 1 year. The specific time depends on the examiner's review speed and the applicant's detailed public information. _
7, authorization, licensing matters (pay the license fee, the patent certificate will be issued in about two months) Note that the annual fee is paid one month before and after the application date every year.
Individuals can apply, but the company can't do it without an organization code certificate! _
Patent application can not only protect our intellectual achievements, but also safeguard the normal exercise of patent rights in the China market. Therefore, we should attach importance to China's patent application. While waiting for its publication, we should be patient and don't worry.
The above is about how long the patent application will be published. If you have any other questions, you can consult Intellectual Property for a detailed understanding.