First, how to apply for a patent
To apply for a patent, the necessary application documents shall be submitted and the fees shall be paid in accordance with the regulations. Patent applications must be handled in the form of written or electronic applications. Oral instructions or samples or models can not be used instead of paper or electronic application documents.
All formalities should be signed according to regulations, and the signature should be exactly the same as the name filled in the request. The signature shall not be copied. The procedures involving the transfer of rights shall be signed by all applicants, and other procedures may be signed by the representatives of the applicants. Where a patent agency is entrusted, it shall be signed by the patent agency.
If the formalities need to be accompanied by supporting documents or attachments, the supporting documents and attachments shall be originals or photocopies, and photocopies shall not be used. If there is only one original, you can use a copy, but at the same time you need to attach a certificate that the copy issued by the notary office is consistent with the original.
Second, how to arrange the application documents when submitting the application?
The application documents for a patent for invention or utility model shall be arranged in the following order: the request, the abstract of the specification, the appended drawings of the abstract, the patent claim, the specification and the appended drawings of the specification. The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the order of the request, the picture or photograph and a brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered with Arabic numerals respectively.
Third, the paper requirements of the application documents
The paper quality of application documents should be equivalent to that of copy paper. No useless words, marks, boxes, lines, etc. On the paper. All documents shall be A4 size (2 10/0mm× 297mm) paper.
The paper of application documents should be used vertically. The text is arranged from left to right, with 25 mm blank in the upper left and 15 mm blank in the lower right, which is convenient for publication and review. The front pages of all parts of the application documents must use the format uniformly formulated by China National Intellectual Property Administration. These forms can be obtained from the consulting office in the reception hall of the Patent Office, from patent offices around the country, or directly downloaded from the website of China National Intellectual Property Administration.
Four. Writing and writing requirements of application documents?
All parts of the application documents shall be in Chinese. If there is no uniform Chinese translation of foreigners' names, place names and technical terms, the original text shall be indicated in brackets after the Chinese translation. If the attachments or supporting documents provided by the applicant are in a foreign language, they shall be accompanied by a Chinese translation. The application documents (including the request) shall be typed or printed in Song Dynasty, Imitation Song Dynasty or italics, and the handwriting shall be black, with a word height of 3.5-4.5 mm and a line spacing of 2.5-3.5 mm. If two documents need to be submitted, one is the original and the other is the copy, and the contents of the two documents shall be consistent. If there are drawings in the application documents, they shall be drawn with ink and drawing tools, or with drawing software, and the lines shall be uniform and clear, and shall not be altered. Engineering blueprints shall not be used.
Five, the individual requirements of the patent application content
An application for a new patent for an invention or utility model shall be limited to one invention or utility model. Two or more inventions or utility models belonging to a general inventive concept may be filed as one application. An application for a patent for design shall be limited to one design. Two or more similar designs of the same product, or two or more designs of products used in the same category and sold or used in sets, may be filed as one application.
Filling and writing of application documents for intransitive verbs
There are specific requirements for the filling and writing of the application documents, and the applicant can fill in and write them by himself or entrust a patent agency to handle them on his behalf.
Seven. Acceptance of patent application
After receiving the patent application, the Patent Office's acceptance office or the Patent Office's agency shall determine the application date, give the application number and issue a notice of acceptance for the application that meets the acceptance conditions. If the number of application documents submitted by the applicant to the acceptance office of the patent office or the agency of each patent office is less than 10, it will be examined whether the application meets the acceptance conditions, and if it meets the acceptance conditions, an acceptance notice will be made on the spot.
Eight. Accept notice
If you send the application documents to the Patent Office, you can generally receive the acceptance notice from the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Office) within one month. Those who do not meet the acceptance conditions will receive a notice of rejection and a copy of the returned application documents. If the notice from the Patent Office has not been received for more than one month, the applicant shall promptly check with the reception desk of the Patent Office to find out the possible loss of the application documents or notices in the mail.
At present, companies applying for patents must have relevant qualifications. For example, it is also possible to listen to others' introduction to the patent application of Zhi Zhuxia and conduct on-the-spot investigation according to individuals.