Notes on submitting application documents. If you apply for a patent or go through other procedures with the Patent Office, you can submit or mail the application documents or other documents to the Patent Office acceptance office in person, or you can submit the application documents in person. to or mail it to any Patent Office agency. When submitting documents, you should pay attention to the following matters:
(1) When submitting application documents or documents for various procedures to the Patent Office, the forms uniformly formulated by the State Intellectual Property Office should be used. The form can be downloaded from the Internet at www.sipo.gov.cn, or can be obtained at the acceptance hall of the State Intellectual Property Office or by letter (send the letter to: Issuing Office of the Preliminary Examination and Process Management Department of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office) .
(2) One form can only be used for one patent application.
(3) Applicants should keep drafts of various documents submitted to the Patent Office to ensure the consistency of document filling during the application review and approval process, and can serve as a reference when responding to examination opinions.
(4) Application documents are to be mailed and should be sent by registered mail. If the application documents cannot be sent by registered mail, they can be sent by express mail. Application documents cannot be sent by parcel. In addition to stating the detailed address (including postal code) of the Patent Office or the Patent Office agency, the registered letter should also be marked with "Application Documents" and "State Intellectual Property Office Patent Office Acceptance and Receipt" or "State Intellectual Property Office Patent Office". "Collected by Bureau ×× Agency". If the application documents are submitted through a courier company, the date of actual receipt by the Patent Office acceptance office and each Patent Office agency shall be the date of application. One registered letter should contain only the documents for the same application. After mailing, the applicant should properly keep the registered receipt stub.