What is the new patent application process?

1. What is the flow chart of the new patent application? 1. Submit application (prepare materials); 2. It takes about 3 months for the preliminary examination office of the Patent Office to examine whether there is a formal examination requirement; 3. After the expiration of 18 months from the date of filing, the Patent Office will disclose the contents of the application for a patent for invention. Unless the application is made public in advance (about 6 months). 4. Submit the request for substantive examination and pay the request fee for substantive examination within 3 years from the date of application, and the Patent Office will start the substantive examination procedure after accepting it. If the applicant agrees to submit the request for substantive examination and pays the request fee for substantive examination when submitting the patent application, it will enter the substantive examination stage in about 6 months (which is conducive to obtaining authorization as soon as possible). After examining whether the technical scheme applied for protection conforms to novelty, creativity and other substantive conditions that can be authorized, the examiner of the Patent Office issues a notice of examination opinions (three times on average). For example, whether there are reasons for rejection, or whether the scope of application for protection should be narrowed. 5. When the examiner thinks that there is no reason for rejection or it meets the authorization conditions after reasonable argumentation by the agent, the Patent Office will issue a notice of granting the patent right. Get the patent certificate about 2 months after receiving the notice and paying the fee. 6. Certification. Second, the process of agency management: 1, submit technical disclosure and power of attorney; 2. Technical exchanges between the two sides; 3. Sign an agency agreement; 4. Pay agency fees and official fees; 5. Writing patent application documents; 6. Submit a patent application; 7. Submit the agency report and the notification of acceptance by the Patent Office; 8, waiting for the patent office to review authorization. 3. What are the characteristics of invention patents? (1) Invention as mentioned in the Patent Law refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement. (2) Features of the invention patent 1. The invention is a new technical scheme. It is a technical scheme to solve various problems in production, scientific research and experiment by using natural laws, and generally consists of several technical features. Secondly, inventions can be divided into product inventions and method inventions. Product inventions include all things created by people, and method inventions include all methods produced by inventions and creations that make use of natural laws. Methods The invention can be divided into manufacturing method and operation method. In addition, the invention protected by the patent law can also be an improvement of existing products or methods. 2. An invention granted a patent right shall be novel, creative and practical. (1) Novelty means that before the filing date, no identical invention or utility model was published in publications at home and abroad, used in China or known to the public in other ways, and no identical invention or utility model was filed by others with the the State Council Patent Administration Department and recorded in the patent application documents published after the filing date. (2) Creativity means that compared with the prior art before the filing date, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress. (3) Practicality means that the invention can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects. Therefore, in the whole patent application process, mainly the staff of the patent office will spend a long time to review. After the preliminary examination, it is very strict to start the substantive examination procedure, and the materials prepared in the early stage are also very important for your new patent. If the whole patent application is filed, it will take longer to issue the certificate. You can consider handing it over to an institution.