1. What is the patent application process?
(1) An application for a patent for invention
1. Approval process of invention patent application Patent application-acceptance-preliminary examination-publication-substantive examination request-substantive examination-authorization
2. Documents to be submitted when applying for a patent for invention
1) request: including the name of the invention patent, the name of the inventor or designer, the name and address of the applicant, etc.
2) Description: including the name, technical field, background technology, invention content, attached drawings and specific implementation methods of the invention patent.
3) Claim: Explain the technical features of the invention, and clearly and concisely state the content to be protected.
4) Drawings in the specification: Invention patents often have drawings. If only words can describe the technical scheme clearly and completely, there is no need for drawings.
(2) An application for a patent for utility model
1. Approval process of utility model patent application Patent application-acceptance-preliminary examination-announcement-authorization
2. Documents to be submitted when applying for a patent for utility model
1) request: including the name of the utility model patent, the name of the inventor or designer, the name and address of the applicant, etc.
2) Description: including the name, technical field, background technology, invention content, drawings and specific implementation of the utility model patent. The contents of the manual should be written in detail, and the technical contents mentioned shall be subject to the realization after reading by ordinary technicians in this technical field.
3) Claim: Explain the technical features of the utility model, and clearly and concisely state the contents of the requested protection.
4) Illustration: The patent for utility model must have attached drawings. 5) Description summary: clearly reflect the technical problem to be solved by the invention, the main points and main uses of the technical scheme to solve this problem.
(3) An application for a patent for appearance
1. Patent Application for Appearance Patent Process-Acceptance-Preliminary Examination-Announcement-Authorization
2, the appearance patent documents to be submitted
Request: including the name of the design patent, the name of the designer, the name and address of the applicant, etc. Design pictures or photos: at least two groups of pictures or photos (front view, back view, top view, bottom view, left view, right view and, if necessary, stereoscopic view) Brief description of design: Brief description of design shall be submitted if necessary.
Patent applications accepted by the patent office will enter the examination stage in the future, and the period of patent examination is very long. For example, it takes about 12 months for the patent office to receive the authorization notice after accepting the patent, and it takes two months to make the patent certificate.
Legal basis:
patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 34 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 after 18 months from the date of filing. The patent administration department of the State Council may publish its application at an early date upon the request of the applicant.
Article 35 Within 3 years from the date of filing, the administrative department for patent in the State Council may, upon the request of the applicant at any time, make a substantive examination of the 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.
The patent administrative department of the State Council may, when it deems it necessary, examine the application for a patent for invention on its own.