It is relatively easy to apply for a patent for utility model, and there is not much technical threshold, depending on whether you have this demand. Most of them are of little value (not all). Invention patents are real gold and silver, with gold content.
The time required for reexamination of utility model patent is not clearly stipulated in the law, but if the patent applicant refuses to accept the decision of the State Council Patent Administration Department to reject the application, the time for requesting reexamination from the Patent Reexamination Board shall be within three months from the date of receiving the notice.
Related requirements
Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the prior art; No unit or individual filed an application for the same invention or utility model with the administrative department for patent in the State Council before the filing date, and it was recorded in the patent application documents published or announced after the filing date.
Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress.
Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects. The existing technology mentioned in this law refers to the technology known to the public at home and abroad before the date of application.