The application documents for a patent for invention or utility model shall be arranged in the following order: request, abstract of specification, appended drawings of abstract, patent claim, specification (including amino acid or nucleotide sequence list) and appended drawings of specification.
The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the following order: request, picture or photograph, and brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered separately with Arabic numerals.
Writing and writing requirements of application documents
All parts of the application documents shall be in Chinese. If there is no uniform Chinese translation of foreigners' names, place names and technical terms, the original text shall be indicated in brackets after the Chinese translation. The application documents shall be typed or printed in Song Dynasty, imitation Song Dynasty or regular script, and the handwriting shall be black, with the word height between 3.5 and 4.5 mm and the line spacing between 2.5 and 3.5 mm. If there are drawings in the application documents, the lines shall be uniform and clear, and shall not be altered. Engineering blueprints shall not be used as drawings.
certificate
Where the relevant procedures for applying for a patent need to be accompanied by supporting documents, all supporting documents shall be issued by the relevant competent authorities or signed by the parties concerned. All kinds of supporting documents should be original; If the certificate is a copy, it shall be notarized or confirmed by the official seal of the competent department that issued the certificate (except that the original is filed and confirmed in the Patent Office). The supporting documents provided by the applicant are in foreign languages, and the translation of Chinese bibliography shall be attached.
Sign or seal
Patent application documents or other documents submitted to the Patent Office shall be signed or sealed in accordance with the provisions. The application without entrusting a patent agency shall be signed or sealed by the applicant (or patentee), other interested parties or their representatives, and the procedures directly related to the rights of * * * shall be signed or sealed by all the obligees; Where a patent agency is entrusted, it shall be sealed by the patent agency, and if necessary, the applicant (or patentee), other interested parties or their representatives shall sign or seal it.
Patent application