After the new patent application is submitted, it takes 1 week to receive the patent application acceptance notice, and it takes 6-8 months for the patent office to review it. After passing the examination, the Patent Office will issue a notice of granting the patent right of utility model and a notice of handling the registration formalities, pay the annual patent fee and patent registration fee, and issue a patent certificate in about 2 months.
Within 3 years from the date of filing, the Patent Office may conduct substantive examination according to the request made by the applicant at any time. If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, it shall be deemed to have withdrawn the patent application.
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In order to ensure the novelty of the patent application, the applicant should keep the contents of the application confidential before filing the patent application. Other personnel who participate in the invention test or appraisal process shall be required to keep it confidential, and a confidentiality agreement may be signed when necessary.
In order not to lose novelty, the application should be made within 6 months after the appraisal meeting or technical meeting organized or held by the competent ministries or national academic organizations in the State Council. ? Where the project applying for a patent involves one or more new microorganisms that are not available to the public, it shall be submitted to the preservation unit designated by the Patent Office for preservation before filing the application.
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