No, an invention has to go through many links from filing a patent application to granting a patent right to complete the patent examination and approval procedure. Accepting a patent application is only the first step, and it is also the first step of the patent examination and approval procedure. As long as the applicant submits the application documents such as the request, the specification, the appended drawings of the specification and the claim in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Patent Law, China National Intellectual Property Administration shall accept it and send the Notice of Acceptance to the applicant. The Notice of Acceptance gives the application number and date determined by the Patent Office. The applicant's receipt of the notice only indicates that China National Intellectual Property Administration has accepted the application, but it does not mean that China National Intellectual Property Administration has granted the invention patent right. Only after the applicant receives the Notice of Granting a Patent Right and Going through the Registration formalities from China National Intellectual Property Administration, and goes through the registration formalities on schedule, pays the relevant fees and obtains the patent certificate, can China National Intellectual Property Administration announce the patent, and then it can be said that the application has obtained the patent right.
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