1, to determine whether the invention belongs to patentable content;
2, determine the invention content can apply for what kind of patent type (invention, utility model, design).
Two. Signing an agency agreement The purpose of signing an agency agreement at this time is to clarify the rights and obligations between the applicant and the patent agency, mainly to restrain the patent agent from keeping the contents of the applicant's inventions confidential.
Third, technical disclosure
1. The applicant provides the patent agent with background information about the invention-creation or entrusts the retrieval of relevant contents;
2. The applicant introduces the contents of the invention in detail to help the patent agent fully understand the contents of the invention.
Fourth, determine the application plan.
1。 On the basis of understanding the invention and creation, the agent will make a preliminary judgment on the prospect of the patent application and advise the applicant to withdraw the application with little possibility of patent authorization. At this time, the agency will charge a small amount of consulting fees, and most of the application agency fees will be returned to the applicant.
2.。 If the patent authorization has a bright future, the patent agent will put forward a clear application plan, scope and content of protection, and start preparing a formal application with the consent of the applicant.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Preparation of application documents
1, writing patent application documents;
2. Make application documents;
3. Submit a patent application and obtain a patent application number.
Examination of intransitive verbs The Chinese Patent Office examines the patent application documents, and the patent agent makes patent corrections, replies and changes during the examination. When necessary, the applicant shall cooperate with the patent agent to complete the above work.
Seven. Examination conclusion China Patent Office will authorize or reject the examination conclusion according to the examination situation. Generally, this process takes about 6 months for appearance design, 10- 12 months for utility model and 2-4 years for invention patent.