which invention patent applications can be examined first? What materials are needed? Youdao Intellectual Property gives a simple answer to these two questions:
1. Which invention patent applications can be examined first?
1. Important patent applications involving energy conservation and environmental protection, new generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials, new energy vehicles and other technical fields;
2. Important patent applications involving low-carbon technologies, resource conservation and other contributions to green development;
3. The first time that China filed a patent application for the same subject in China and applied to other countries or regions;
4. Other patent applications that are of great significance to national interests or public interests and need priority examination.
second, what materials does the applicant for a patent for invention need?
When an applicant for a patent for invention goes through the formalities of priority examination, he shall submit the following materials:
1. A Request for Priority Examination of an Application for a Patent for Invention, which is examined and signed by the intellectual property offices of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and stamped with the official seal;
2. A search report in the prescribed format issued by a unit with patent search conditions, or a search report and examination result issued by a patent examination institution in other countries or regions and its Chinese translation.