How to apply for a patent? What is the patent application process?

How to apply for a patent? What is the patent application process? What is the patent application process? Patent application is a necessary procedure for obtaining patent right. Many people like to innovate and invent things, so how can their inventions be patented? How to apply for a patent? Let's have a look! How to apply for a patent? 1. There are specific requirements for filling and writing patent application documents. The applicant can fill in or write by himself, or entrust a patent agency to handle it on his behalf. Although it is not mandatory to entrust a patent agency, considering the importance of carefully writing patent application documents and the legal rigor of examination and approval procedures, it is worth promoting for applicants with little experience. 2. Acceptance of Patent Application After receiving the patent application, the Patent Office's acceptance office or each patent office's agency will determine the application date, give the application number, and issue an acceptance notice to the application that meets the acceptance conditions. 3. How to pay the application fee? The application fee and other fees can be paid directly to the toll office of the Patent Office or the agency of the Patent Office, and can also be remitted by bank or post office, or the registered users of electronic application can log on to China Patent Electronic Application Network and pay the patent fee by using the online payment system. At present, banks use electronic transfer and post offices use electronic remittance. When paying the patent fee through the post office or bank, the payer shall indicate the correct application number or patent number on the money order, and shall abbreviate the name of the payer. The remitter should ask the bank or post office staff to enter the above payment information in the remittance postscript column. If you remit money through the post office, you should also ask the post office staff to enter the complete mailing address, including the postal code, which will play an important role in future procedures. No fees may be charged to the patent office or other departments of the patent office or individual examiners. 4. When paying the application fee, if the patent application documents are submitted in person, you can pay the application fee after obtaining the acceptance notice and the application fee payment notice. If an application is submitted by mail, the application fee shall be paid after receiving the notification of acceptance and the notification of payment of the application fee, because the application fee needs to be paid with the corresponding application number, but the date of payment of the application fee shall not exceed two months from the date of application at the latest. 5. Patent Approval Procedure According to the provisions of the Patent Law, the approval procedure of an application for a patent for invention includes five stages: acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, actual examination and authorization. When examining and approving an application for a patent for utility model or design, there are only three stages: acceptance, preliminary examination and authorization. 6. The active modification and correction of patent application documents is also a procedure that the applicant can choose according to his needs. Applications for patents for utility models and designs are only allowed to be modified voluntarily within two months from the date of application; An application for a patent for invention is only allowed to actively modify the patent application documents within three months from the date of filing a request for substantive examination and receiving a notice from the Patent Office that the application for a patent for invention has entered the substantive examination stage.