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 written form, the application documents and other documents can be delivered to the reception window of the Patent Office or mailed to the reception office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the reception office of the Patent Office), or delivered to the reception window of the local patent office agency or mailed to the "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office Agency".
At present, the Patent Office has set up representative offices in Beijing, Shenyang, Jinan, Changsha, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi 'an, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Harbin, Changchun, Kunming, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Nanning, Urumqi, Nanchang, Yinchuan, Hefei, Suzhou, Haikou, Lanzhou and Taiyuan.
The national defense intellectual property office specializes in accepting national defense patent applications.
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).
For an application for a patent for invention involving amino acid or nucleotide sequence, the specification shall include a sequence list, which shall be submitted as a separate part of the specification, and the page number shall be written separately. At the same time, it shall submit the CD or floppy disk with an ordered list in accordance with the provisions of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Office).
Where an invention-creation relying on genetic resources applies for a patent, the applicant shall explain the source of genetic resources in the request, and fill in the public registration form of the source of genetic resources, indicating the direct source and original source of genetic resources. If the applicant cannot explain the original source, it shall explain the reasons.
(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.
3. The application documents shall be in a uniform format.
The application documents shall be in the format uniformly formulated by the Patent Office. These forms can be downloaded from China National Intellectual Property Administration's website at /bgxz/, or 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 from the representative offices of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Office). A form can only be used for one patent application.
The paper quality of the application documents should be equivalent to the paper quality used by the copier. No useless words, marks, boxes, lines, etc. On the paper. All documents shall be A4 size (2 10/0mm× 297mm) paper. The paper of application documents should be used vertically on one side. The characters should be arranged from left to right, with 25mm blank on the upper left and 15mm blank on the lower right.
4. How to arrange the application documents when submitting the application?
The application documents for a patent for invention or utility model shall be arranged in the following order: request, abstract of specification, appended drawings of abstract, patent claim, specification (including amino acid or nucleotide sequence list) and appended drawings of specification.
The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the following order: request, picture or photograph, and brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered separately with Arabic numerals.
5. Writing and writing requirements of application documents
All parts of the application documents shall be in Chinese. If there is no uniform Chinese translation of foreigners' names, place names and technical terms, the original text shall be indicated in brackets after the Chinese translation. The application documents shall be typed or printed in Song Dynasty, imitation Song Dynasty or regular script, and the handwriting shall be black, with the word height between 3.5 and 4.5 mm and the line spacing between 2.5 and 3.5 mm. If there are drawings in the application documents, the lines shall be uniform and clear, and shall not be altered. Engineering blueprints shall not be used as drawings.
6. Supporting documents
Where the relevant procedures for applying for a patent need to be accompanied by supporting documents, all supporting documents shall be issued by the relevant competent authorities or signed by the parties concerned. All kinds of supporting documents should be original; If the certificate is a copy, it shall be notarized or confirmed by the official seal of the competent department that issued the certificate (except that the original is filed and confirmed in the Patent Office). The supporting documents provided by the applicant are in foreign languages, and the translation of Chinese bibliography shall be attached.
7. Signature or seal
Patent application documents or other documents submitted to the Patent Office shall be signed or sealed in accordance with the provisions. The application without entrusting a patent agency shall be signed or sealed by the applicant (or patentee), other interested parties or their representatives, and the procedures directly related to the rights of * * * shall be signed or sealed by all the obligees; Where a patent agency is entrusted, it shall be sealed by the patent agency, and if necessary, the applicant (or patentee), other interested parties or their representatives shall sign or seal it.