Conditions for withdrawing a patent application
Conditions for Withdrawing a Patent Application If it is necessary to withdraw the patent application before the patent right is granted after a patent application is filed, certain conditions for withdrawing the patent application must be met. Conditions for withdrawing a patent application The conditions for withdrawing a patent application are as follows: (1) Before the patent right is granted, the applicant may voluntarily request to withdraw his patent application at any time. Where an applicant withdraws a patent application, it shall submit a declaration of withdrawal of the patent application, with supporting materials signed or sealed by all the applicants agreeing to withdraw the patent application, or only submit a declaration of withdrawal of the patent application signed or sealed by all the applicants. Where a patent agency is entrusted, the procedures for withdrawing the patent application shall be handled by the patent agency, and the certification materials signed or sealed by all applicants agreeing to withdraw the patent application shall be submitted, or only the declaration of withdrawing the patent application signed or sealed by the patent agency and all applicants shall be submitted. (2) No conditions shall be attached to the withdrawal of the patent application. (three) the withdrawal of the patent application statement does not meet the requirements, the examiner shall issue a notice as not submitted; In accordance with the provisions, the examiner shall issue a notice of conformity. (4) The effective date of withdrawing the patent application is the date of issuing the notice of conformity. The published application for a patent for invention shall also be announced in the patent gazette. (5) The applicant shall not request to withdraw the declaration of withdrawing the patent application without justifiable reasons; However, after the patent application is maliciously withdrawn by the non-real obligee, the real obligee (who shall submit valid legal documents to prove it) may request to cancel the declaration of withdrawing the patent application. (6) The declaration of withdrawing the patent application was made after the patent application entered the preparation stage for publication, and the application documents were published or announced as usual, but the examination procedure was terminated. The above contents are the conditions for the withdrawal of a patent application. For more detailed intellectual property knowledge, you can call Bajie Intellectual Property Online Customer Service. Bajie Intellectual Property is committed to the field of intellectual property, and has been invested by Angel, the founder of Netac Technology, a domestic listed company, and Kingdee International, a Hong Kong listed company. .