Invention patent application process: 1. Search for patents of the same type. You can search independently or entrust an agency to conduct a more comprehensive search. 2. Prepare application documents and submit to enter the application steps. 3. Obtain the acceptance notice. 4. Preliminary review. Invention patent applications, invention patent applications must first undergo a confidentiality review before the preliminary review. If confidentiality is required, it shall be handled according to confidentiality procedures. 5. Announcement stage. 6. Substantive examination. Conduct a comprehensive review of whether the patent application has novelty, creativity, practicality and other substantive conditions stipulated in the patent law. 7. Authorization stage.
Legal Basis
Article 1 of the "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China" is to protect the legitimate rights and interests of patentees, encourage inventions and creations, promote the application of inventions and creations, and improve This law is formulated to enhance innovation capabilities, promote scientific and technological progress and economic and social development.