How long can a patent application be accepted?

The time from application to acceptance of invention patents is about eighteen months, utility model patents are about six months, and other patent applications are about forty-five days. The time from the patent application to the acceptance is before the preliminary examination, and the period of the preliminary examination is eighteen months from the acceptance, so the acceptance needs to be within eighteen months.

legal ground

Article 27 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Where an applicant applies for a patent for design, he shall submit a written request, a picture or photograph of the design, a brief description of the design and other documents. The relevant pictures or photographs submitted by the applicant shall clearly indicate the design of the product for which patent protection is required. Article 34 After receiving an application for a patent for invention, the administrative department for patent in the State Council, after preliminary examination, finds that it conforms to the provisions of this Law, and shall publish it after 18 months from the date of filing. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.