1, and the steps of applying for a patent include:
(1) First, prepare the application documents. Utility models and inventions include requests, specifications, claims, drawings of specifications and specifications. A patent for design shall contain a request, a picture or a photograph;
(2) The submission of materials and the notification of acceptance issued by the State Patent Office mean that the patent application has officially entered the examination and approval procedures. Pay the application fee by bank or post office remittance, and pay attention to the payment within 15 working days from the date of receiving the admission notice.
2. Legal basis: Article 11 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law.
After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import the patented product for production and business purposes, nor may it use the patented method and use, promise to sell, sell or import the product directly obtained according to the patented method.
After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.
Second, how to apply for an international patent
With the consent of the relevant authorities in the State Council or a declaration to China National Intellectual Property Administration that the invention and creation does not involve national security, an application can be made in one of the following two ways: first, a domestic patent application is filed in China National Intellectual Property Administration, and then an international application is filed within the priority period of 12 months, and an international application is directly filed in China National Intellectual Property Administration, in which China is designated. An application has been filed and recorded in the patent application documents published after the application date or in the published patent documents. Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress. Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects.