Article 3 All procedures stipulated in the Patent Law and these Detailed Rules shall be handled in written form or other forms stipulated by the patent administration department of the State Council.
Article 16 Anyone who applies for a patent in written form shall submit the application documents in duplicate to the patent administration department of the State Council. To apply for a patent in other forms prescribed by the administrative department for patent in the State Council, the prescribed conditions shall be met. Where the applicant entrusts a patent agency to apply for a patent and handle other patent affairs with the patent administration department of the State Council, it shall also submit a power of attorney, indicating the authorization authority. If there are more than two applicants who have not entrusted a patent agency, unless otherwise stipulated in the request, the first applicant specified in the request shall be the representative.
Article 118 When submitting application documents or going through various formalities to the patent administration department in the State Council, the unified format formulated by the patent administration department in the State Council shall be used, and the applicant, the patentee, other interested parties or their representatives shall sign or seal it; If a patent agency is entrusted, it shall be sealed by the patent agency. Where a request is made to change the name of the inventor, the name, nationality and address of the patent applicant and patentee, the name and address of the patent agency and the name of the agent, it shall go through the formalities for changing the recorded items with the patent administration department of the State Council, and attach the supporting materials of the reasons for the change.
Article 119. Documents related to the application or patent right shall be sent by registered mail to the patent administration department of the State Council, and shall not be sent by parcel. In addition to submitting the application documents for the first time, the application number or patent number, the name of the invention-creation and the name of the applicant or patentee shall be stated when submitting various documents and going through various formalities to the patent administration department of the State Council. A letter should only contain documents of the same application.
Article 120 All kinds of application documents shall be typed or printed, and the handwriting shall be black, neat and clear, and shall not be altered. The attached drawings shall be drawn with drawing tools and black ink, and the lines shall be uniform and clear, and shall not be altered. The request, specification, claims, drawings and abstract shall be numbered in Arabic numerals respectively. The text of the application documents shall be written horizontally. Paper is confined to one side.