First, Shanghai patent application process:
1, preparation of patent application documents. Prepare the utility model patent request, utility model patent specification, specification drawings, utility model patent claim, abstract and abstract drawings. When applying for a patent for utility model, the applicant shall not have attached drawings with instructions. If the applicant is an entrusted agency, it shall submit a power of attorney.
2. Submit the application and pay the fee.
3. Preliminary review.
4. Authorization and registration.
5. Issue certificates.
6. Pay the annual fee regularly.
Although the utility model patent does not need substantive examination, Bian Xiao must remind enterprises that the preliminary examination of the utility model patent application is also very strict. If the technological achievements submitted by the enterprise do not meet the requirements of the utility model patent, or the materials prepared by the enterprise are not written as required, then the enterprise will not obtain the utility model patent.
II. Shanghai Patent Application Fee:
Audit fee and annual fee. As for the examination fee, because the utility model patent does not need substantive examination, the required fee is lower than that of the invention patent, and the annual fee is to protect the patent right of the enterprise. The annual fee that the enterprise needs to pay can protect the utility model patent for ten years, but after one year, the enterprise will no longer pay the annual fee and the utility model patent will no longer be protected. Therefore, the premise of utility model patent protection is that the enterprise pays the annual fee.
It is not difficult to apply for a practical patent. Although the gold content is not as good as that of invention patents, to some extent, the success rate of applying for utility patents is higher and the application time is shorter because there is no need for substantive examination. So it seems that practical patents are still very popular at present.
The above is about the process and cost of patent application in Shanghai. Because there is huge money interest behind a patented technology, if a company has a large number of patented technologies, it will certainly have super comprehensive strength and industrial competitiveness. In addition, different patent types have different protection periods. Therefore, we should choose the most favorable patent type to apply, and protect our patent rights to the greatest extent, while considering the patent application process and cost.
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