What are the conditions for not accepting a patent application?
I. Conditions for Not Accepting a Patent Application In any of the following circumstances, the Patent Office will not accept it, notify the applicant and return the application documents. (1) If the patent application is not filed in written form or written in Chinese, it will not be accepted. For example, it is unacceptable to file a patent application in the form of model, sample, video tape, disk, telephone, etc., and it is also unacceptable to file an application in an untranslated foreign language. (two) the application documents (including the request) have not been typed or printed, and the handwriting is unclear or altered; Attached drawings or design pictures are not drawn with drawing tools and black ink, or blurred (design photos) or altered, and will not be accepted. For example, drawings and paintings drawn with pencils and blurred photos are not allowed. (3) the basic application documents are incomplete, such as the invention application lacks any one of the request, the claim and the specification; The application for a patent for utility model lacks any one of the request, the claim, the specification and the appended drawings; An application for a patent for design that lacks any request, picture or photograph cannot be accepted. The examination of acceptance conditions only examines whether these parts of the patent application are complete, not whether the documents of each part are complete. Therefore, applicants must carefully check the application documents when submitting them. (4) If the name and address of the applicant are missing in the request, it cannot be accepted. (5) Where the category of the patent application (invention, utility model or design) is unclear or uncertain, it shall not be accepted. (six) nationals or units belonging to countries that have no agreements, treaty relations and patent reciprocity relations with China do not accept applications to China; Or foreigners or foreign units, units and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who have no habitual residence or business office in China fail to go through the application procedures in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 19 of the Patent Law. (7) Legal persons and residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan directly mail patent applications from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to the Patent Office; Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan legal persons, as applicants, filed patent applications with the Patent Office without entrusting a patent agency designated by China National Intellectual Property Administration. Second, what matters should be paid attention to in patent application? The invention-creation of the patent for invention and utility model shall meet the requirements of novelty, creativity and practicality. Novelty means that no identical invention-creation has been published in domestic and foreign publishing houses before the filing date, publicly used in China or known to the public in other ways, and no identical invention-creation has been applied to the Patent Office by others and recorded in the patent application documents published after the filing date; Creativity means that the invention has substantial characteristics and progress compared with the existing technology before the filing date; Practicality means that the invention can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects. Therefore, patent applicants should pay attention to technical confidentiality before applying for a patent, and do not publish or sell the product in publications, nor transfer technology, hold technical exchange meetings, technical or product appraisal meetings, or participate in exhibitions and trade fairs. In addition, before applying for a patent, it is best to consult relevant patent documents and other technical materials to explore novelty. Judge whether the product creation meets the above requirements, and only if it meets the above requirements can it meet the requirements of the patent application.