1 general principles of patents ①. principle of request: a patent application must be filed before it can be accepted by the patent office; 2. Written principle: all procedures submitted shall be handled in written form; And signed or sealed by the applicant; The application documents must refer to the form with uniform format stipulated by the Patent Office. ③. The principle of first application: if two or more applicants apply for a patent for the same invention-creation, the patent right will be granted to the first applicant. ④. The principle of priority: refers to that the applicant applies for a patent for the same subject to the Patent Office within 12 months from the date when the invention or utility model was first filed in China (but no patent right was granted). Can enjoy domestic priority. ⑤. Uniqueness principle: it is not allowed to put two different inventions or utility models in the same patent application, nor to put two designs of a product or two or more designs of products in one patent application. However, the following situations can be put forward in one patent application: a. A product and its manufacturing method; B. a product and a mold for manufacturing the product; C. two products that must be matched with each other to be used; D. Several technically related products or a product under the general technical concept have different embodiments. 2. Documents to be submitted when applying for a patent (documents must refer to the unified table style stipulated by the Patent Office) 1. Documents required for applying for a patent for invention: a request for a patent for invention; Instructions; Claims; Summary of instructions; Attached drawings can be submitted at the same time with the attached drawings.
the above documents are required in duplicate.
if you want to slow down the patent fees, you can submit two requests for fee reduction at the same time.
②. Documents required for applying for a patent for utility model: a request for a patent for utility model; Instructions; Claims; Summary of instructions; Attached drawings of instructions; Abstract attached drawings.
the above documents are required in duplicate.
if you want to slow down the patent fees, you can submit two requests for fee reduction at the same time.
③. Documents required for applying for a patent for design: a request for a patent for design in duplicate; Design drawings or photos in duplicate; Where color protection is required, two drawings or photos in color and black and white shall be submitted; Brief description of design in duplicate; Where it is required to slow down various patent fees, two requests for fee reduction may be submitted at the same time.
The above documents must be printed (typed or printed in Song style or imitation Song style with No.4, No.4 or No.5, and the handwriting must be black and clear; The paper is A4 printing paper or copy paper; The position of the center of the article: leave a margin of 2.5 cm from the top and left of the paper, and leave a margin of 1.5 cm from the right and bottom), and all adopt the table format specified by the Patent Office.
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