For applications that meet the acceptance conditions, the Patent Office will issue an acceptance notice at the end of the acceptance process. The main contents and functions of the acceptance notice are:
(1) To formally confirm that the patent application submitted by the applicant meets the acceptance conditions and make a decision to accept it. Therefore, the acceptance notice can be used as a document that has submitted a certain application to the Patent Office. A proof of a patent application.
(2) Notify the applicant of the patent application of the filing date of the application determined by the Patent Office and the application number given. These are two very important pieces of data for the applicant to handle various subsequent procedures. They will be used many times and the applicant should check them carefully. For example, if you apply for an invention, you should check whether the application number belongs to an invention. If the patent office mistakenly identifies a utility model or a design, you should promptly submit a correction request to the patent office.
(3) When issuing the acceptance notice, a list of application documents to be submitted that has been verified by the Patent Office is also attached. This is proof of what documents the applicant submitted to the patent office. However, according to the regulations of the Patent Office, only those who submit a request in duplicate will be issued a list of documents.