One: Is it necessary to find an agent to apply?
1. You don't need to apply yourself.
(It costs less to apply for advantages yourself. Experienced people can choose this. Inexperienced people can fight their way out, and only they can understand the complexity. )
First, if you apply by yourself, you need an electronic account first, go to the webpage to search China National Intellectual Property Administration, find the webpage marked by the government, find the label of "China Patent Electronic Application Network" after entering, click in, and log in in the account login column. If you don't have an account, you need to register an electronic account (generally speaking, agencies have their own ports to apply for, but individual applications must require an electronic account), and fill in the corresponding information according to the prompts. After you fill in the application correctly, you will be given a notice of approval for the registration of patent electronic users. After you go back, you can log in according to the account number and your password (you must have filled in the information yourself, but you were prompted when you applied for Bian Xiao, and the login was wrong). You can successfully log in and complete the first step.
Step 2: In addition to the electronic account, you need to prepare the CPC client plug-in, return to the webpage of China Patent Electronic Application Network, find the tool to download, click in, find the PCP client offline upgrade package, and download it (note that if you want to apply for personal electronic application, you must successfully install this client plug-in, otherwise the submission will fail).
Installation of PCP: After downloading, click the description and follow the instructions. I'm not sure about the specific process, but it seems that there are requirements for the window system and the world edition. Fairy boys and fairies have to grope for themselves (fuels)
Step 3: After successful installation, the most important step is to apply. If an individual applies, he needs to prepare a patent document with five books (note: five books have the function of converting the patent document into five modules: abstract, drawings, claims, instructions and drawings).
Step 4: After the above preparations are completed, put five books that need to apply for patents on the computer desktop, open the CPC software, and the words "utility model and invention patent application" will appear in the upper left corner. Click the required patent application type, select the files of five books on the desktop, and add five files of five books, namely abstract, appended drawings, claims, instructions and appended drawings. Then, fill in the patent request in CPC and submit it as required.
Step 5: After receiving your application, the Intellectual Property Office will generally issue an acceptance notice within one week (if it meets the requirements). After receiving the acceptance notice, you need to pay the application fee. In the case of paying the application fee, the state subsidizes our individual application, that is, scrapped parts. If you don't need to spend money, you need to pay more than 1000 yuan, but the application fee will be reduced by 75%. We must reduce the application fee, and even the patent agency will help you reduce the application fee. (For detailed steps and requirements of waste reduction, you can find Du Niang. If the fee reduction is passed, you can pay the fee.
Payment: China patent electronic application website login foreign service-online payment-national application number payment, just fill in the payment as required.
Waiting for authorization, after the payment is successful, waiting for the patent office to review the documents, may issue a review opinion, which needs to be answered by the ghostwriter and submitted through the personal electronic account. If rejected, a notice of rejection will be sent to you, and the patent is not authorized. If authorized, you will receive a certificate issued by the patent office. Generally, the period from application to authorization is 2 to 3 years. Here is the advantage of agent application, because the agent knows how to reply to improve the authorization rate.
Two: find an agency to apply.
Generally speaking, many people and units will go to an agency to apply, because it is better to find a reliable patent agent than to write their own paperwork. Spend more agency fees, but the corresponding pass rate will be much larger, and these patent agents are recognized by the State Patent Office and have relevant qualifications. The reason for looking for an agent is that patent agents will search before patent authorization to improve the success rate of patent authorization.
(2) The technical scheme provided by the applicant often has some problems such as vague description and inaccurate definition. On the basis of the technical disclosure provided by the applicant, the patentee will re-write a specification that meets the requirements of format and content for declaration.
(3) The patent protection claims are strategic, because patents are public information, and anyone can search and query them. In order to better protect patent ownership and prevent counterfeiting, patent specifications and claims should be strategic. It is generally difficult for professionals in non-patent fields to master this strategy.
The above is the patent application agent. Is it necessary to find it? The whole content. Seeing this, I believe you have a certain understanding of patent application. If you need help, please consult a professional intellectual property consultant.