If the display status is the actual trial under trial, it means that the applicant has made a request for substantive examination and the patent application has entered the substantive examination stage;
2. If the status displayed during the trial is public, it means that the applicant has not made a request for substantive examination, but the time limit for submitting substantive examination has not yet arrived (less than 3 years since the date of application), the status of the patent application is only public, and the Patent Office has not yet started substantive examination.
Patent substantive examination means that the patent office should not only examine the formal requirements of the application, but also examine whether the invention in the application meets the substantive requirements of novelty, creativity and practicality.
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According to the provisions of Article 35 of the Patent Law, the Patent Office conducts substantive examination of the application for a patent for invention.
The purpose of substantive examination of an application for a patent for invention is to determine whether the application for a patent for invention should be granted a patent right, especially whether it conforms to the provisions of the Patent Law on novelty, creativity and practicality.
According to the first paragraph of Article 35 of the Patent Law, the substantive examination procedure is usually initiated after the applicant makes a request. According to the second paragraph of this article, the substantive examination procedure can also be initiated by the Patent Office.
According to Article 39 of the Patent Law, if the application for a patent for invention is not found to be rejected after substantive examination, the Patent Office shall make a decision to grant the patent right for invention.
According to the provisions of Article 38 of the Patent Law, in the substantive examination, if the Patent Office considers that the application for a patent for invention still does not conform to the provisions of the Patent Law after the applicant has stated his opinions or made amendments, that is, there are still defects under the circumstances stipulated in Article 53 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, it shall be rejected.