Disclosure is a procedure for invention patent applications. After disclosure, others can know all the internal review of the patent application. After disclosure, it enters the substantive examination stage.
Article 34 of the "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China"
After the patent administration department of the State Council receives an invention patent application, it is determined upon preliminary examination that it meets the requirements of this Law. , it will be announced immediately after eighteen months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish the application as early as possible upon the applicant's request.