First, the form of filing a patent application.
The applicant shall submit a patent application in electronic or written form.
(1) Where an applicant applies for a patent in the form of an electronic document, he shall go through the registration formalities of the electronic applicant in advance and submit the application documents and other documents to the Patent Office through the electronic patent application system of the Patent Office.
(2) Where the applicant applies for a patent in writing, the application documents and other documents can be delivered to the reception window of the Patent Office or to the reception office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office, or to the reception window of the local patent office or to the XXX agency of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office.
2. What application documents should be submitted to apply for a patent?
(1) To apply for a patent for invention, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for invention, the abstract of the specification (if necessary, the appended drawings of the abstract shall be submitted), the patent claim and the specification (if necessary, the appended drawings of the specification shall be submitted).
(2) To apply for a patent for utility model, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for utility model, the abstract of the specification and its drawings, the claims, the specification and its drawings.
(3) To apply for a patent for design, the application documents shall include: a request for a patent for design, pictures or photographs (color pictures or photographs shall be submitted if color protection is required) and a brief description of the design.
Three, the application documents use a unified format.
The application documents shall be in the format uniformly formulated by the Patent Office. These forms can be downloaded from the website of China National Intellectual Property Administration, obtained from the consulting office in the reception hall of the Patent Office or by letter (sent to the issuing office of the preliminary examination and process management office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office), or obtained from the agencies of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Office Agency). A form can only be used for one patent application.
Fourth, the patent examination and approval
According to the Patent Law, the examination and approval procedure of an application for a patent for invention includes five stages: acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, actual examination and authorization. The application for a patent for utility model or design does not undergo early publication and substantive examination in the examination and approval, and there are only three stages: acceptance, preliminary examination and authorization.
How do verbs (short for verb) mark patents?
During the validity period of the patent right after the patent right is granted, the patentee or the licensee who has the right to mark the patent mark with the consent of the patentee may mark the patent mark on the patented product, the product directly obtained according to the patented method, the packaging of the product or the instruction manual of the product.
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