(1) If the patent application is not filed in written form or written in Chinese, it will not be accepted. For example, it is unacceptable to file a patent application in the form of model, sample, video tape, disk, telephone, etc., and it is also unacceptable to file an application in an untranslated foreign language.
(two) the application documents (including the request) have not been typed or printed, and the handwriting is unclear or altered; Attached drawings or design pictures are not drawn with drawing tools and black ink, or blurred (design photos) or altered, and will not be accepted. For example, drawings and paintings drawn with pencils and blurred photos are not allowed.
(3) the basic application documents are incomplete, such as the invention application lacks any one of the request, the claim and the specification; The application for a patent for utility model lacks any one of the request, the claim, the specification and the appended drawings; An application for a patent for design that lacks any request, picture or photograph cannot be accepted. The examination of acceptance conditions only examines whether these parts of the patent application are complete, not whether the documents of each part are complete. Therefore, applicants must carefully check the application documents when submitting them.
(4) If the name and address of the applicant are missing in the request, it cannot be accepted.
(5) Where the category of the patent application (invention, utility model or design) is unclear or uncertain, it shall not be accepted.
(six) nationals or units belonging to countries that have no agreements, treaty relations and patent reciprocity relations with China do not accept applications to China; Or foreigners or foreign units, units and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who have no habitual residence or business office in China fail to go through the application procedures in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 19 of the Patent Law.
(7) Legal persons and residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan directly mail patent applications from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to the Patent Office; Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan legal persons, as applicants, filed patent applications with the Patent Office without entrusting a patent agency designated by China National Intellectual Property Administration.