1. To apply for a patent, the applicant shall submit the necessary application documents and pay the fees according to the regulations. Patent applications must be handled in the form of written or electronic applications. Oral instructions or samples or models can not be used instead of paper or electronic application documents.
2. Acceptance of patent applications
After receiving the patent application, the Patent Office's acceptance office or the Patent Office's agency shall determine the application date, give the application number and issue a notice of acceptance for the application that meets the acceptance conditions. If the number of application documents submitted by the applicant to the acceptance office of the patent office or the agency of each patent office is less than 10, it will be examined whether the application meets the acceptance conditions, and if it meets the acceptance conditions, an acceptance notice will be made on the spot.
Step 3 accept the notice
If you send the application documents to the Patent Office, you can generally receive the acceptance notice from the China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Office) within one month. Those who do not meet the acceptance conditions will receive a notice of rejection and a copy of the returned application documents. If the notice from the Patent Office has not been received for more than one month, the applicant shall promptly check with the reception desk of the Patent Office to find out the possible loss of the application documents or notices in the mail.
4. Payment of patent fees.