How long does it take to apply for an appearance patent? Can I use it immediately after success?

In life, we often hear a word called patent, because in our life, many scientific research achievements are developed by individuals and have their own special rights. At present, there are three kinds of patents in China: invention, utility model and design. Under normal circumstances, patent inventions and creations may not be implemented without the permission of the patentee, which is also a kind of legal protection for patents in China. Exclusive right is a kind of exclusive right. No one except the patentee may use it without permission. If you use it, it is illegal to use it without permission, because now any patent is used only after examination. To apply for a patent in our country, we need to prepare various documents. If we apply for a design patent, we must apply for documents, which need to include our design, request and photos of the design. If all our procedures are normal, it will take us about six to eight months to successfully obtain the patent certificate for the whole process. The application for a patent for design needs to go through the acceptance stage, preliminary examination stage, publication stage and substantive examination stage, and the cost of applying for a patent for design. Every step takes infinite time. There is also our appearance patent, which can be used immediately after the successful application, because it is already in our country's patent library after the successful application. It has begun to be protected by law, and we can make use of it. In our daily life, some people often confuse the two concepts of patent and patent application. Some people claim that they have a patent without applying for a patent, which is not protected by law, because our country has not audited it and we don't know whether it is qualified. Only by fully understanding the legal system can we make full use of patent resources and realize more economic value.