The request * * * has columns 2 1, of which columns 1 to 5 and 2 1 are filled in by the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, including the application number, application date, application date, fee reduction approval and document list review, which are not explained here.
Fill in the name of the invention in the sixth column and 13 column of the request, and the names in the two columns shall be the same as those in the submitted invention specification. The name of the invention should be short and accurate, generally no more than 25 words.
The seventh column of the request is the inventor, who shall be a natural person. If there are more than two inventors, they should fill in from left to right and then from top to bottom. When there are many inventors of a patent application, but this column can't hold it, it can be repeated in the attached page that is uniformly formulated. An inventor may request that his name not be published, in which case "(Don't publish his name)" shall be marked at the back of the corresponding inventor in this column.
The eighth column of the application form is the applicant. If the applicant is a unit, the full name of the unit shall be filled in, which is consistent with the name of the unit on the official seal used. If the applicant is an individual, his/her real name shall be filled in, and no pen name or other informal name shall be used. If there are more than one applicant, the order of the applicants shall be determined. The first three applicants shall fill in column 8 in turn, and the remaining applicants shall fill in the attached pages. If several applicants have not entrusted a patent agency, unless otherwise specified in the request, the applicant first specified in the request shall be the representative. If the applicant for the first signature is a company, the company code shall be filled in; If the applicant with the first signature is an individual, the personal ID number shall be filled in.
Fill in the ninth column of the request form when the patent agency is not entrusted to handle the application procedures. If no patent agency is entrusted, the contact person specified in column 9 is the recipient of various notices issued by China National Intellectual Property Administration. Contact person can only fill in one person. If you fill in the contact person, you also need to fill in the contact person's mailing address, postal code and telephone number.
The 10 column of the request form is filled in by the designated representative when there are two or more applicants for a patent application. If there are two or more applicants, but this column is not filled in, it means that the first named applicant is a representative, otherwise, it should be stated in this column whether the second applicant or the third applicant is a representative. If the patent application is not entrusted to a patent agency, and the contact person is not specified in column 9, the representative declared in column 10 is the recipient of various notices issued by China National Intellectual Property Administration; If this column is not filled in at this time, the first applicant is the recipient.
Where a patent agency is entrusted to handle the patent application formalities, it shall fill in the column 1 1, and indicate the registration number in addition to the name of the patent agency. This column should also fill in the name of the patent agent and the certificate number of his work permit, and the number of patent agents designated by the patent agency shall not exceed two.
The addresses of the applicant, contact person and agency in columns 8, 9, 1 1 of the request form shall meet the requirements of timely and accurate mail delivery. The address of a country shall include the postal code of the region where it is located, as well as the house number and telephone number of a province (autonomous region), city (autonomous prefecture), district or street, or the house number and telephone number of a province (autonomous region), county (autonomous county), town (township) or municipality directly under the Central Government. The address may contain the company name, but the company name shall not replace the address. The address of a foreign country should indicate the country, city (county, state), and attach the English details of the applicant on the third page of the request.
When the submitted patent application is a divisional application, the original application number and date shall be filled in the column 12. If this application is a divisional application again, the application number of the divisional application should also be filled in. In addition, all the application documents of the original application are submitted when the divisional application is submitted.
For an application for a patent for invention involving biomaterials, the contents related to the preservation of biomaterial samples shall be filled in the column 14, including the preservation unit and its address, preservation date, preservation number and classification name, and the page number of the instructions recording the preservation information of biomaterial samples involved in the application shall be indicated. In addition, if the preservation certificate and survival certificate of biological material samples cannot be submitted at the time of application, they shall be submitted within four months from the date of application.
Where a patent application claims foreign priority or domestic priority, the relevant contents of the priority claim shall be correctly filled in the column 15: the patent organization of the country or government that applied earlier, the date of application earlier and the number of application earlier. Where multiple priorities are claimed, the above three aspects shall be explained separately. If the content of the claim for priority cannot be filled in, it can be filled in in the attached page formulated in a unified way. Where a foreign priority is claimed, a copy of the earlier application documents shall also be submitted within three months from the date of filing the patent application, and the prescribed priority claim fee shall be paid at the same time as the application fee; Those who claim domestic priority shall pay the prescribed priority claim fee at the same time as the application fee.
Where it is necessary to apply for a patent without losing the grace period of novelty, a statement of grace period without losing novelty shall be filled in the column 16, and supporting documents shall be submitted within two months from the date of application.
Where the patent application needs to be treated confidentially, the contents of the confidentiality request shall be filled in the column 17.
In the columns 18 and 19 of the request form, the file name, number of copies, number of pages and number of claims shall be filled in according to the actually submitted documents. The number of pages requested is calculated on A4 paper.
Where the applicant entrusts a patent agency, it shall affix the official seal of the patent agency in column 20 of the form. If a patent agency is not entrusted, all applicants shall sign or seal this column, but if the applicant is a unit, the official seal of the unit must be affixed. And the signature or seal of the applicant or the patent agency in the two requests shall not be copies.
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