Traditional Chinese medicine formulas can only apply for invention patents, and the procedures are the same as other invention patents:
1. Prepare the application documents yourself or entrust an agency to prepare the application documents;
2. Submit the application documents to the National Patent Office, get the acceptance notice, and confirm the application date and application number
3. It will take about 4-6 months from the application date to pass the preliminary review and be published
4. When entering the substantive examination, the Patent Office will issue a notice of examination opinion, and you need to write a reply.
5. If no reason for rejection is found during the substantive examination, an authorization notice will be issued. , notice to pay the authorization registration fee and annual fee
6. Get the certificate about 2 months after paying the authorization registration fee and annual fee.
The whole process takes about one and a half years