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Related information:
You should consult China National Intellectual Property Administration Consulting Office first (because the answer here is authoritative and your invention will not be leaked) to see what kind of invention your invention belongs to. The telephone numbers of China National Intellectual Property Administration Advisory Office are: 0 10 62083879, 0 10 62083966, 0 10 62083457.
Working hours (working days):
8: 30 am-165438+0: 30 pm: 65438+0: 30 pm: 4: 30 pm.
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Patent for utility model: The total cost of self-application is less than that of 200 yuan, so please ask the Patent Office to represent it for about 1000 yuan. Generally, it can be authorized within six months to one year (national protection of utility model patents 10 years, authorization is better, but the scope of protection is narrower than that of invention patents).
Invention patent: the total cost of self-application is below 600, and the agency of patent office is below 3000. Generally, it can be authorized in about 3 years (the invention patent is protected by the state for 20 years, and there is no utility model patent authorization, but the protection scope is wide).
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I suggest you search for patents first (China National Intellectual Property Administration patent search website: /sipo/zljs/default.htm). You can learn how to use it slowly by clicking on the "Instructions for Use" below. If you find the same patent after searching, you can apply! But you must first make sure that someone is willing to spend money to buy your invention (few people are willing to spend money to buy an idea now, unless your patent is monopolistic), because it costs money to apply for a patent (asking a patent office to represent invention patents is about 3,000 yuan each, and utility model patents are about 1000 yuan each). There are many applications for patents now, but only a few can be sold.
If you are a person with outstanding personal ability, you can apply for a patent by yourself (see China National Intellectual Property Administration website: /sipo/default.htm for relevant contents), and the cost will be much less (the total cost of applying for a patent for utility model by yourself is probably less than that of 200 yuan, so please ask a patent firm to represent you 1 1,000 yuan). You need 600 yuan to apply for a patent for invention, and 3,000 yuan if you are looking for a patent office agent), but only if you can thoroughly understand the Patent Law and the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, and learn enough knowledge from other patent documents to write your own patent application materials (with emphasis on instructions and claims). If you are not sure about yourself, I suggest you apply to the patent office!
If you don't know anything about applying for a patent, you can consult in the following ways;
China National Intellectual Property Administration Tel: 0 10 62083879, 0 10 62083966, 0 10 62083457.
Working hours (working days):
8: 30 am-165438+0: 30 pm: 65438+0: 30 pm: 4: 30 pm.
China National Intellectual Property Administration information desk:/sipo//SIPO /sipo/zxt/default.htm
Working hours: working days
In addition, I will provide you with a website with rich patent knowledge:/
Patent-related matters are more complicated, and it is even more complicated to apply for a good patent, so I won't make it clear here. I suggest you go to China National Intellectual Property Administration website to study it carefully, because the explanation of patent-related matters here is the most authoritative. If you don't understand anything, you can consult China National Intellectual Property Administration more, so it's good to apply for a patent in the Patent Office or by yourself.
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Reminder: If you decide to apply for a patent yourself, you must go to China National Intellectual Property Administration's website and search for patent documents related to Patent Application, Patent Law, Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Patent Law, Patent Examination and Patent Retrieval (1. Use patent search to avoid conflicts with your own patent application. 2. Use patent search to find relevant patent documents for learning, and see how others write patent materials, so as to write their own patent application documents), and study carefully. If you don't understand, you should always consult the China National Intellectual Property Administration Consulting Office. Never write casually, because once the patent application document is submitted, it will be difficult to modify it!
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Disclaimer: I didn't copy the answer of Shanqinhua, but Shanqinhua copied my previous answer!
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Brother, I read your supplementary question and think you are a little extreme. Although there are some problems in patent protection in China, everything is developing. Foreign patent system has been implemented for a long time, but compared with China's patent system, it has just started, and of course there are some shortcomings! Although it has many shortcomings, it can still provide us with great protection. The point is that you should protect your rights (mainly independent opinions)!
Besides, if you don't like it, if patent protection in China is really useless, then why do big foreign companies still apply for patents in China? Why do some large domestic enterprises that know how to protect intellectual property rights also apply for patents to protect their inventions? Are they really not as smart as you? Also, don't you know that some patents in our country sell for millions or even tens of millions (you can use Baidu search to find them yourself)? I hope you don't "give up eating because of choking" and think about it yourself!