Apply to the patent office. The process of applying for invention: application-preliminary examination-correction-disclosure according to application or in advance-actual examination according to application-modification-authorization decision-authorization announcement and patent certificate. The time from audit to authorization is about 1-2 years. The process of utility model application: application-preliminary examination-correction-authorization decision-authorization announcement and patent certificate. The time from audit to authorization is about 3-6 months. The process of applying for design: application-preliminary examination-correction-authorization decision-authorization announcement and patent certificate. The time for examining authorization is basically the same as that for utility models.
The examination and approval procedure of an application for a patent for invention includes five stages: acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, actual examination and authorization, while the application for a utility model and a design has only three stages, without publication in advance and substantive examination. The premise of applying for a patent is to edit the technical text of the patent, that is, the application document, which should include: the request for a patent for invention, the specification (with the attached drawings of the specification when necessary), the patent claim, the abstract and the attached drawings (with the attached drawings of the specification) in duplicate. Generally speaking, agencies carry out systematic and professional retrieval and modification to ensure the probability of patent application authorization and speed up the acceptance of patents.