General medicine can apply for a patent for invention. Before writing a patent agency, you'd better do a professional patent search in advance to see if there are the same or similar patents, which can improve the success rate of application.
The process of invention patent examination: patent application → acceptance → classification → preliminary examination → publication → substantive examination → authorization and announcement. There are two ways to apply: first, you apply in China National Intellectual Property Administration; In addition, you can entrust a third party to apply for a patent.
Patent application process: According to the provisions of the Patent Law, the examination and approval procedure of an application for a patent for invention includes five stages: acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, actual examination and authorization. The application for a patent for utility model or design does not undergo early publication and substantive examination in the examination and approval, and there are only three stages: acceptance, preliminary examination and authorization. The procedures for applying for a patent are as follows: preliminary examination and announcement: after receiving an application for a patent for invention, the patent administration department of the State Council (China National Intellectual Property Administration and its subordinate departments and local institutions) will make an announcement if it meets the requirements of this Law after preliminary examination, and it will be 18 months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant. Physical examination: 1. Within three years from the date of filing, the administrative department for patent in the State Council may examine the application in substance at any time. If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. 2. The patent administrative department of the State Council may, when it deems it necessary, examine the application for a patent for invention on its own. 3, utility model and design patent applications can be authorized without substantive examination. 4. After substantive examination of the application for a patent for invention, the administrative department for patent in the State Council considers that it does not conform to the provisions of this Law, it shall notify the applicant and ask him to state his opinions or amend his application within a specified time limit; If no reply is made within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.