The process of patent application:
1. Prepare materials to submit to the Patent Office for application: individuals need to provide ID cards, patent claims, specifications, claims, explanatory abstracts, etc. Design patents also need to provide design pictures or photographs and a brief description of the design.
2. Preliminary examination of patent
The Patent Office conducts a preliminary examination of the application documents, forms and fees, and will issue a notice of correction if the applicant needs to make corrections.
3, preliminary examination qualified
(1) Appearance patent and utility model patent are granted after preliminary examination. After going through the registration formalities and paying the fee, you will get a patent certificate. If it is rejected, it needs to be rejected and re-examined, and then it can be authorized.
(2) After the invention patent has passed the preliminary examination, the Patent Office will start the substantive examination after receiving the applicant's request for substantive examination.
? 4, the invention patent substantive examination
Patent office examiners will examine whether inventions are novel, advanced and practical, and only qualified inventions can be authorized. If the notice of substantive examination is issued after the patent is publicly paid, it needs to be revised and corrected according to the notice of examination opinions issued. If the authorization is approved, the State Information Bureau will issue a notice of registration and a notice of patent authorization, and make an announcement. If it is rejected, it needs to be rejected and reviewed, and then authorized.