Application for a patent for invention: you can apply for a patent for invention for a new technical proposal or improvement of a product or method;
Application for patent for utility model: you can apply for a patent for utility model according to the shape and structure of the product or the new technical scheme suitable for practical use;
Apply for a patent for design: You can apply for a patent for design for a new design with aesthetic feeling and suitable for industrial application according to the shape, pattern or combination of products and the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.
Application for patent for design
(1) To apply for a design patent, you need to prepare the six-sided appearance view of the product, fill in the application for a design patent together with a brief description of the design, and submit the application documents to the State Patent Office.
After submitting the application, you can get the patent acceptance notice in about a week; In about 3-5 months, the Patent Office will issue a notice of granting the design patent right and a notice of handling the registration formalities; After paying the patent registration fee and annual fee, the license can be issued in about two months.
(2) Applications for utility model patents and invention patents
Both utility model patents and invention patents need to write patent specifications and submit them to the State Patent Office together with the patent application. As the Patent Law stipulates that the invention patent will only undergo substantive examination after the patent specification of the application is made public, the purpose of submitting an early public statement is to enter the substantive examination as soon as possible, thus shortening the period of patent application. Therefore, the invention patent also needs to submit two documents: the request for prior public statement and the request for substantive examination.
How much does it cost to apply for a patent?
Patent application fee and invention patent application fee 950 yuan (including printing fee 50 yuan).
There are three kinds of patents, namely invention, utility model and design.
The following are the application fees for various patents:
Patent application for invention 1, 950 yuan (including printing fee in 50 yuan);
2, the utility model patent application fee 500 yuan;
3, the design patent application fee 500 yuan;
4. The examination fee for the invention application is 2500 yuan.
Legal basis:
patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 2 Inventions and creations mentioned in this Law refer to inventions, utility models and designs. Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products. Appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, which is made on the shape, pattern or their combination of products and all or part of the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.
Article 22 An invention or utility model that has been granted a patent right shall be novel, creative and practical.