What are the application materials for American design patents? 0 1
Materials needed to apply for American appearance patent
1, please provide the basic materials needed for patent application;
2. Our company makes application documents and reviews basic materials;
3. The applicant signs the document to confirm the submission of the application;
4. Issue an application receipt and wait for the audit result.
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Documents required for applying for American appearance patent
(1) entrustment contract;
(2) the name, address and nationality of the inventor;
(3) the name of the design patent;
(4) China application date and China application number;
(5) Categories of patent applications in China;
(6) Whether priority is needed;
(7) Patent application documents of the original China patent application;
(8) Six-sided drawing of the product and product appearance description.
(9) Small personal report (the applicant is an individual, or a small enterprise with less than 500 employees, or a non-profit organization)
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What are the application procedures for American design patents?
1. Submit an application: When submitting an application, you need to pay the application fee, search fee, review fee and application documents together.
2. Formal review: After the formal review is passed, USPTO will issue a formal official acceptance notice;
3. Publicity: after passing the examination, it will be published automatically within 18 months from the application date or priority date or within 18 months from the application date according to the applicant's requirements;
4. Actual audit: Generally, audit opinions will be issued within 12 to1August. If rejected, the applicant must give a reply within 3 months from the date of receiving the notice. The applicant can request an extension of the time limit, which can be extended for up to 3 months; Generally, American applications will receive a review opinion from 1-2. If the review opinion can't be overcome and is finally rejected, you can choose to continue the defense (the probability of passing is low) or submit the defense and RCE (somewhat similar to the mid-evaluation, but the RCE is unlimited, and the USPTO will re-examine it after paying the formal fee, and the process is the same as the new case), or request an appeal.
5. In the process of examination, if some claims can be authorized, you can also strive for authorization first. Unauthorized rights can submit a continuation application (CA) to continue arguing with the examiner. If the applicant needs to add new substantive content during the application process, he can submit a partial continuation (CIP), and the newly added content does not enjoy the priority of the parent case. CA and CIP need to be submitted before the parent case pays the authorization fee, and the official fee is the same as the new case. After authorization, there is a separate patent certificate (which can be regarded as an independent patent in China and received corresponding government subsidies).
6. Patent registration procedures: If no reason for rejection is found after examination, a notice of authorization shall be issued, and the applicant shall go through the patent registration procedures and pay the registration fee within three months from the date of receiving the notice.
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