Invention patent is a preliminary invention design scheme. The authorized invention patent has been authorized by the intellectual property department and obtained the authorization notice, which means that the technology has become an invention patent. The invention patent is only a technical scheme submitted to the intellectual property department, and no technical scheme has been approved and authorized.
Not every application can be authorized in the technology patent submitted by the applicant. In particular, the examination of invention patents is particularly strict, and the overall authorization rate of invention patents is less than half. If there are some problems in your technology, you won't grant this technology patent, only an invention patent. If you are authorized by the intellectual property department, you will get an authorized invention patent.
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Not every application can be authorized in the technology patent submitted by the applicant. Especially invention patents. The audit is particularly strict. If there are some problems with your technology, the National Information Bureau will not grant this technology patent. If the patented technology can be authorized, the National Information Bureau will first send an authorization notice to the applicant.
Getting the authorization notice means that this technology has become a patent. Just waiting for the patent certificate. After the patent is authorized, the applicant can exercise his rights, and then the applicant becomes the patentee.
The examination of invention patents is strict. As of 20 13, the authorization rate of invention patents announced by People's Republic of China (PRC) and China National Intellectual Property Administration is 40%-50%, that is to say, the overall authorization rate of invention patents is less than half. Therefore, the risk of applying for a patent for invention is relatively high, so we must make full preparations.
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