There are specific requirements for the filling and writing of the application documents, and the applicant can fill in and write them by himself or entrust a patent agency to handle them on his behalf. Although it is not mandatory to entrust a patent agency, considering the importance of carefully writing the application documents and the legal rigor of the examination and approval procedures, it is worth promoting for applicants with little experience. Click to view: Contact information of patent agencies in Inner Mongolia. All procedures and documents should be signed as required, and the signature should be exactly the same as the name filled in the request. The signature shall not be copied. The procedures involving the transfer of rights shall be signed by all applicants, and other procedures may be signed by the representatives of the applicants. Where a patent agency is entrusted, it shall be signed by the patent agency.
Documents required for patent application
The application documents for applying for a patent for invention shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the specification (which shall be submitted with drawings), the patent claim and the abstract (with drawings when necessary) in duplicate. ?
For an application for a patent for invention involving amino acid or nucleotide sequence, the specification shall include a sequence list, which shall be submitted as a separate part of the specification, and the page number shall be written continuously with the specification. At the same time, a CD or floppy disk with an ordered list that meets the requirements of China National Intellectual Property Administration shall be submitted.
Download of application documents for invention patent: appended drawings of request for invention patent specification, abstract of claim and appended drawings. An application for a patent for utility model shall include: the request for a patent for utility model, the specification, the drawings of the specification, the claims, the abstract and the drawings in duplicate.
Download of application documents for utility model: description of the request for utility model, description of drawings, abstract of claims, drawings and application for patent for design. The application documents shall include the request for patent for design, pictures or photographs in duplicate. Where color protection is required, color pictures or photographs shall also be submitted in duplicate. If pictures are submitted, two copies shall be pictures; If photos are submitted, two copies are photos, and pictures or photos shall not be mixed. If it is necessary to explain the pictures or photographs, a brief description of the design shall be submitted in duplicate.
Application for downloading design documents: design request, design picture or photo, brief description of design and matters needing attention in the patent application process;
I. Order of Application Documents When submitting an application, 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, appended drawings of specification and other documents. The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the order of the request, the picture or photograph and a brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered with Arabic numerals respectively.
Second, the paper quality of the application documents requires that the paper quality of the application documents should be equivalent to that of the copy paper. No useless words, marks, boxes, lines, etc. On the paper. All documents shall be A4 size (2 10/0mm× 297mm) paper.
The paper of application documents should be used vertically, with only one side. The text is arranged from left to right, with 25 mm blank in the upper left and 15 mm blank in the lower right, which is convenient for publication and review. The front pages of all parts of the application documents must use the format uniformly formulated by China National Intellectual Property Administration. These forms can be obtained from the consulting office in the reception hall of the Patent Office, from patent offices around the country, or directly downloaded from the website of China National Intellectual Property Administration.
Three. 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, English or the original text shall be indicated in brackets after Chinese. If the attachments or supporting documents provided by the applicant are in a foreign language, they shall be accompanied by a Chinese translation. The application documents, including the request, should be typed or printed in Song Dynasty, imitation Song Dynasty or regular script, and the handwriting should 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 two documents need to be submitted, one is the original and the other is the copy, and the contents of the two documents should be consistent. If there are drawings in the application documents, they shall be drawn with ink and drawing tools, or with drawing software, and the lines shall be uniform and clear, and shall not be altered. Engineering blueprints shall not be used.
4. The singularity of patent application requires that the application for a new patent for invention or utility model should be limited to one invention or utility model. Two or more inventions or utility models belonging to a general inventive concept may be filed as one application. An application for a patent for a design shall be limited to a design used by a product. Two or more designs of products sold or used in the same category in sets may be filed as one application.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Other precautions If you apply for a patent or go through other formalities with the Patent Office, you should pay attention to the following when submitting documents:
(1) When submitting the application documents to the Patent Office, you should use the unified format form provided on the Internet. The application documents shall be in duplicate, and the procedural documents may be in duplicate.
(2) A form can only be used for one patent application.
(3) All documents submitted to the Patent Office shall be kept by the applicant, so as to ensure the consistency of document filling in the process of application examination and approval, and can be used as a reference when replying to the examination opinions.
(4) If the application documents are sent by post, a registered letter shall be used. If it cannot be sent by registered mail, it can be sent by express mail, and the application documents cannot be sent by parcel. In addition to indicating the detailed address of the Patent Office or its agency (including postal code), the registered letter should also indicate the words "application documents", "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office accepted" or "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office accepted". It is best not to submit the application documents through the courier company, but through the courier company, with the actual date of receipt of the application documents by the patent office and its agents as the application date. Registered letters should only contain the same application documents. After mailing, the applicant shall properly keep the registered receipt stub. (5) The Patent Office does not accept samples, samples or models when accepting patent applications. In the process of examination, when the applicant submits a sample or model at the request of the examiner and submits it in person at the acceptance window of the Patent Office, it shall present a notice of examination opinions; If it is mailed, the words "submit the model at the request of the examiner (name)" shall be written on the mail.
(6) Where the address of the applicant or the patentee changes, it shall submit a description of the change to the Patent Office in time; When the applicant terminates the agency relationship with the Patent Office, he shall go through the formalities of change at the Patent Office.
(7) If the formalities need to be accompanied by supporting documents or attachments, the supporting documents and attachments shall be originals or photocopies, and photocopies shall not be used. If there is only one original, you can use a copy, but at the same time you need to attach a certificate that the copy issued by the notary office is consistent with the original.