What should I do when applying for a patent for the first time?

What should I do when applying for a patent for the first time? Patent is not creative, how to reply? Novices who apply for a patent for the first time are always a little at a loss, and sometimes they will not succeed step by step. Here are two mistakes that novices are prone to make when applying for patents: inquiring about patents and not being creative. Patent inquiry method 1: Log in to official website, China Intellectual Property Office. According to the relevant navigation to understand the patent information, friends who want to apply for a patent had better know the patent application requirements in detail. About the patent application process, official website has published it in detail, and friends who need it can read it in detail. Download the fixed form and prepare the corresponding patent application materials. Method 2: Log on to the patent retrieval website of China Intellectual Property Office. Open the patent query interface. When you move the mouse to a text box, there will be a corresponding prompt, which can be a series of information such as person, type, time and region to query the corresponding patent to avoid duplication. If you don't check the patent number, there will be many similar results. You can rule them out one by one according to your own needs. Method 3: Other websites can also query. For example: China Intellectual Property Office. Click Advanced Search directly on the upper right to enter the query interface. According to the name and the prompt at the back, you can make a query. According to the fuzzy query of the domain, many results can be queried. If you want to apply for a patent, you'd better look it up in the patent search first, and then apply, thus avoiding repeated applications.