2. If the application documents are mailed, they shall be sent by registered mail. If it cannot be sent by registered mail, it can be sent by express mail, and the application documents cannot be sent by parcel. In addition to indicating the detailed address of the Patent Office or its agency (including postal code), the registered letter should also indicate the words "application documents", "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office accepted" or "China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office accepted". If the application documents are submitted by the courier company, the date of actual receipt by the Patent Office and its agencies shall be the application date. Registered letters should only contain the same application documents. After mailing, the applicant shall properly keep the registered receipt stub.
3. The Patent Office does not accept samples, samples or models when accepting patent applications. In the process of examination, when the applicant submits a sample or model at the request of the examiner and submits it in person at the acceptance window of the Patent Office, it shall present a notice of examination opinions; If it is mailed, the words "submit the model at the request of the examiner (name)" shall be written on the mail. The volume of the sample or model shall not exceed 30cm× 30cm× 30cm, and the weight shall not exceed 15kg. Perishable, fragile or dangerous goods shall not be submitted as samples or models.
4. Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law Article 3: All documents submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and these Detailed Rules shall be in Chinese; Where the state has unified scientific and technical terms, it shall adopt standardized terms; If there is no uniform Chinese translation of foreigners' names, place names and technical terms, the original text shall be indicated. In accordance with the Patent Law and these Rules, all kinds of certification documents and certification documents are in foreign languages. When the patent administration department of the State Council deems it necessary, it may require the parties concerned to attach a Chinese translation within a specified time limit; If it is not attached at the expiration date, it shall be deemed that the certificate and supporting documents have not been submitted.
5. Article 20 of the Patent Law stipulates that any unit or individual who applies for a patent for invention or utility model completed in China to a foreign country shall file a confidentiality review with the patent administration department of the State Council in advance. The procedures and time limit for confidentiality review shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the State Council. If the application for a confidential patent is rejected after examination, the patent administration department of the State Council shall make a decision to grant the confidential patent right, issue a confidential patent certificate, and register the relevant matters of the confidential patent right.
6. Submission form of patent application: The applicant may submit the patent application in electronic form or in written form.
(1) Where an applicant applies for a patent in the form of an electronic document, he shall go through the registration formalities of the electronic applicant in advance and submit the application documents and other documents to the Patent Office through the electronic patent application system of the Patent Office.
(2) Where the applicant applies for a patent in written form, the application documents and other documents can be delivered to the reception window of the Patent Office or the reception window of the local patent office agency, or to the reception office of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office or the agency of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office.