1. Acceptance stage of invention patent: If it meets the acceptance conditions, the Patent Office will determine the application date, give the application number, and after checking the list of documents, issue an acceptance notice to inform the applicant. If you submit your application electronically, you will generally receive an electronic acceptance notice and an application fee payment notice/fee waiver approval notice within 2-3 working days.
2. Preliminary examination of patents: Patent application materials shall be examined by examiners.
3. Stage of Patent Publication: Article 34 of the Patent Law: 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 immediately after 18 months from the date of application. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.
Four. Substantive examination stage: Article 35 of the Patent Law: Within three years from the date of filing, the patent administrative department of the State Council may, upon the request of the applicant at any time, conduct substantive examination of his application; If the applicant fails to request substantive examination within the time limit without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) authorization stage
6. Payment of annual fee: The annual fee after the year when the patent right is granted shall be paid before the expiration of the previous year. If the patentee fails to pay or fails to pay in full, the patent administration department of the State Council shall notify the patentee to pay the annual fee within 6 months from the date of expiration, and pay the late fee at the same time; The amount of the late payment fee is calculated by adding 5% of the full annual fee of the current year for every 1 month that exceeds the prescribed payment time; If it is not paid at the expiration of the time limit, the patent right shall be terminated from the date when the annual fee should be paid.
When applying for a patent, you must pay attention to the following points:
1. Generally, the name of an invention does not exceed 25 words. Under special circumstances, inventions in the field of chemistry may allow no more than 40 words.
2. Whether the invention names in the request, specification, confidentiality review request, substantive review request and patent agency power of attorney are consistent.
3. The abstract of the instruction shall not exceed 300 words. May contain the chemical formula of the present invention.
4. Whether the abstract drawing (if any) is one of the drawings in the specification.
Patent application is one of the basic means and ways for many individuals and companies to protect their own research and development content. For a company that is in use, especially for technology, patents have extraordinary significance and value. The above is the basic flow of Beijing patent application compiled by Intellectual Property for everyone. For any related consultation about Beijing patent application, you are welcome to consult intellectual property rights.
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