The current average grant time for utility patents

After the Patent Office receives the documents, it enters the patent application process. It will take about one to two months to review whether the patent application documents are qualified. After passing the patent application documents, the Patent Office will issue a patent application acceptance notice, which states: The payment deadline and payment amount.

If there is a correction, a notice of no correction will be issued in about half a year! The speed of new type examination is determined by the number of cases in the Patent Office. If there are more cases, the examination will be slower, and if there are fewer cases, the examination will be faster. One and a half to two years at the latest. Ten months sooner leads to one year

Patent Law Implementing Rules

Article 95 The applicant shall apply within 2 months from the date of application or upon receipt of the acceptance notice The application fee, publication printing fee and necessary application surcharge must be paid within 15 days from the date of submission; if the application fee is not paid within the time limit or is not paid in full, the application will be deemed withdrawn.

If the applicant claims priority, he shall pay the priority claim fee at the same time as the application fee; if the application fee is not paid upon expiration or is not paid in full, it shall be deemed that priority has not been claimed.