According to Article 4 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law,15th from the date when the document is issued is presumed to be the date when the party concerned receives the document.
According to Article 54 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, the applicant shall go through the registration formalities within 2 months from the date of receiving the notice.
How long after the patent was published?
To apply for a patent for design, you need to prepare the six-sided appearance view of the product, fill in the application for a patent for design together with a brief description of the design, and submit the application documents to China National Intellectual Property Administration.
After submitting the application, you can get the patent acceptance notice in about a week.
About half a year later, the Intellectual Property Office issued the Notice of Granting the Patent Right of Design and the Notice of Handling Registration Procedures.
After paying the patent registration fee and annual fee, the license can be issued in about two months.
Therefore, the application for design patent generally ranges from 6 months to 1 year, depending on the examination by the patent office.