Preparation before applying for a patent
1< Pay attention to confidentiality 2 > Conduct feasibility analysis: search domestic and foreign patents, consult relevant professional publications, understand the current situation of similar technologies or products, and conduct feasibility analysis on whether patents can be obtained, so as to avoid the waste of manpower, material resources and financial resources.
Two ways to apply for a patent
1. Apply by yourself
The patent applicant directly mails the application to the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office or handles the patent application in its agency. The address of the reception desk of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office is No.6, West Tucheng Road, Jimenqiao, Haidian District, Beijing, and the postal code is 100088. China National Intellectual Property Administration has a patent agency in Guangzhou, and its address is at the Institute and Provincial Intellectual Property Office at Xianlie Middle Road 100, Guangzhou.
2. Application for agency
In accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law, the patent applicant entrusts a legal agency established upon examination and approval by the state to apply for a patent in the name of the client to the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office or its agency.
The procedure for entrusting an agent to apply for a patent is:
1) Sign a patent agency entrustment contract with the Patent Office.
2) Provide the technical data required for patent application (legal provisions: patent agents are responsible for confidentiality).
3) Pay agency fees and application fees.
What documents do I need to submit to apply for a patent?
1, apply for a patent for invention or utility model.
Request, specification (the patent for utility model must have attached drawings), abstract and claim.
2. Apply for a patent for design
Pictures or photos of requests and designs, etc.
3. Preventive measures
The request can be sent to a website in China National Intellectual Property Administration (
All application documents must be written or prepared in the format prescribed by the state.
Determination of application date
The date when the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office or its patent agency receives the patent application documents shall be the filing date. If the application documents are mailed, the postmark date of mailing shall be the application date.
The organ that accepts the patent application shall give the application number, determine the application date, and issue a notice of acceptance to the qualified application.
approve
If the application for a patent for invention has been examined in substance, and the application for a patent for utility model and design has not found any reason for rejection after preliminary examination, the Patent Office shall make a decision on granting the patent right, issue a patent certificate, and register and announce it.
General procedures for applying for foreign patents
1. You must apply for a patent in China first.
2. Go to China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office to handle the priority certificate and formalities.
3. Entrust a foreign-related patent agency to act as an agent
4. Where an invention-creation involving national security or vital interests needs to be kept confidential applies for a patent abroad, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.
Then, according to the type of products developed by yourself, find sellers of similar products to discuss cooperation, and you can give them some regional agency rights, and you will charge agency fees.
Or you can find the raw materials of your products and similar factories, give them samples and let them make finished products for you.