(a) the patent number of the patent application must be consistent, which is the only means to identify the application before authorization. Where the patent application has gone through the formalities of changing the description item, it shall be filled in according to the contents approved by the Patent Office after the change;
(2) The name of the invention in the addendum to the patent application is generally the name of the original application, but if the name of the addendum to the patent application happens to be the name of the invention, it is only necessary to write out what changed the name of the invention;
(3) Fill in the contents of the patent application supplement: the contents to be deleted and the contents to be corrected can be written in two patent application supplements, which are clearer and easier to express. If there is a copy of the application document, mark the modified content on it, scan it into a picture and send it as an attachment;
(4) Photocopy of application documents: If the electronic patent application needs to be supplemented, the document may not be submitted;
(5) When the revised patent application form can't be put down, directly fill in "see attached page" in the form, and then write it in the form of an attachment, indicating which page and which line it is. The contents before and after the revision can be used, and all the contents before the revision don't need to be copied down, and the contents that don't need to be revised can be represented by ellipsis;
(6) Modification of the appended drawings supplemented and corrected in the patent application: just write down the problems before and after the patent application is supplemented and corrected, and then mark the modified places on the appended drawings before the patent application is supplemented and corrected when submitting the replacement page.
To apply for a patent for invention, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the specification (if the specification has drawings, the drawings of the specification shall be submitted), the patent claim, the abstract (if necessary, the drawings of the abstract shall be attached) and other documents.
For an application for a patent for invention involving amino acids or nucleotide sequences, the specification shall include a sequence table, which shall be submitted as a separate part of the specification, and a computer-readable copy of the sequence table shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of China National Intellectual Property Administration.
To apply for a patent for utility model, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for utility model, the specification, the appended drawings of the specification, the patent claim, the abstract and the appended drawings.
To apply for a patent for design, the application documents shall include: a request for a patent for design, pictures or photographs, a brief description of the design and other documents. Where color protection is needed, color pictures or photographs shall also be submitted.
Orthographic views of the same product with the same design should adopt the same expression, that is, all views should be drawn, all views should be rendered or all views should be photos, and different expressions are not allowed to be mixed.
Take the initiative to modify or correct should use opinion statements or corrections, indicating the name, number of pages, location and reasons for the modification; The revised part shall be printed on the replacement page and attached to the opinion statement or supplementary book.
The applicant for a patent for utility model or design is only allowed to make amendments to the application for a patent for utility model or design within two months from the date of application.
The Patent Office may correct obvious errors in words and symbols in patent application documents by itself. Where the administrative department for patent in the State Council modifies it by itself, it shall notify the applicant.
In the modified part of the specification or the claims of an application for a patent for invention or utility model, a replacement page shall be submitted in the prescribed format, except for individual text modification or addition or deletion. Where a picture or photograph of an application for a patent for design is modified, a replacement page shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions.
Extended data
The format problems that should be paid attention to when filling in the notice of correction of patent application are as follows:
(a) the notice of correction in the patent application shall be filled in Chinese, with black handwriting, typed or printed, and submitted in duplicate.
(2) The contents filled in the first column of the notice of correction of patent application shall be consistent with the contents of the patent request.
(3) The applicant listed in the first column of the notice of correction of patent application shall be the applicant with the first signature.
(4) the square in the second column of the notice of correction of patent application is for the choice of the person filling in the form, and is marked in the square.
(5) In the process of making corrections to the patent application, the applicant for a patent for invention may, within three months from the date of receiving the notice from the Patent Office that the application for a patent for invention has entered the substantive examination procedure, take the initiative to modify the application for a patent for invention.
An applicant for a patent for utility model or design may, within 2 months from the date of application, put forward amendments to the application for a patent for utility model or design.
(6) In the modification of a patent application, in addition to modifying, adding or deleting individual words in the specification or claims of an application for a patent for invention or utility model, a replacement page shall be submitted in the prescribed format.
(7) Where a patent service agency is entrusted with the notice of correction of the patent application, the patent agency shall affix its official seal. If a patent agency is not entrusted, if the applicant for patent application correction is an individual, it shall be signed or sealed by himself; If the applicant is a unit, it shall be stamped with the official seal of the unit.