Invention patents are generally applied for for pharmaceutical formulation technologies.
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 review. 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.
Invention patent application materials preparation:
Request, claims, description, description drawings, summary of the description, summary drawings,
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Proof of identity of the applicant: Provide a copy of the business license for a company application, and a copy of the ID card for a natural person application.
From the date the patent application documents are submitted to the Patent Office, It takes about 2 years for an invention patent to be granted.
Patents are applied for at the State Intellectual Property Office.