When is the opportunity for enterprises to apply for patents?

When is the opportunity for enterprises to apply for patents? When should the patent application be submitted? We all know that in the process of product research and development, we should choose the right time to apply for a patent, otherwise, when the product research and development is successful, others will apply first, so when is the time to apply for a patent? Through this article, we can understand. To find out the best time to apply for a patent, we need to think deeply and answer the following three questions: 1. Is it the earliest time to apply for product design and development? 2. Is the earliest application opportunity the best opportunity? 3. At what stage is the latest application opportunity? For the first question, we need to know that the design and development of products need a process, which usually lasts for several months or even years depending on the products. A few months is a long time for the patent application of an inch of time and an inch of gold, which can completely determine the ownership of the patent. In fact, when many companies with similar strength develop similar products, the time difference of R&D progress is usually only one or two months. That is to say, if Company A, which has a fast R&D progress, applies again after the product design and development is completed, then Company B, which has a slow R&D progress, may obtain the patent right before Company A if it applies at the right time in the product design and development process. The above-mentioned suitable time is when the preliminary design of the product is completed, that is, the earliest time to apply for a patent. Engineers who do R&D in enterprises know that in the actual design process, products will be improved and perfected many times after the preliminary design is completed, but for some products, the main structure and functions are basically determined after the preliminary design is completed, and all components have been improved and perfected. In this case, you can apply for a patent after the preliminary design is completed. As for the subsequent improvement of some parts, if the improvement is greater, you can apply for some patents. If the degree of improvement is small, the earlier patent application can completely make these improvements fall into the scope of protection through some writing skills. It should be emphasized that in some special cases, the opportunity to apply for a patent can be advanced, for example, when the basic scheme is formed in the minds of R&D personnel. This situation is suitable for the scheme to be designed and developed, which is relatively simple. The patentability of products is mainly reflected in the process of finding problems and the idea of solving problems.