Ways and materials needed to apply for American invention patents;
1, Paris convention mode:
After applying in China, those who file a patent application with the US Patent Office before the expiration of the first prior patent application date (i.e. priority date) 12 months can enjoy priority treatment and need to submit priority documents.
Materials required for the Paris Pact methodology:
(1) Application documents: including the specification, the claims, the drawings of the specification, the abstract and the drawings of the abstract;
(2) Application information: Chinese and English names, addresses and postal codes of the applicant and inventor, country of application, contact person, etc. ;
(3) Where the priority is claimed, the acceptance notice of the earlier application and the priority certificate of the earlier application shall be provided (the priority certificate can be submitted at the same time as the application or within 16 months from the priority date);
4 small entity statement (if the applicant is an individual, or a small and medium-sized enterprise with less than 500 employees, or a non-profit organization);
(5) affidavit and power of attorney.
2. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) mode:
PCT is the abbreviation of patent cooperation treaty, which is an international treaty on patent application. According to the provisions of PCT, the applicant can submit an international application through PCT channel and designate to apply for a patent in almost all countries in the world, that is, within 65,438+02 months from the filing date (priority date) of the earlier application in China, the applicant can file a PCT international application with the relevant state institutions in China, and file an entry application with USPTO within 30 months from the priority date.
Materials required for Pct route:
(1) submitted original application documents and PCT request or published PCT application booklet;
② International search report;
(3) Claims amended according to Article 19 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (if any);
(4) the international preliminary examination report and the application documents amended according to Article 34 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (if any);
(5) Statement of small entity (if the applicant is an individual, or a small and medium-sized enterprise with less than 500 employees, or a non-profit organization);
6 affidavit and power of attorney.