How to apply for an international patent?

Where a unit or individual in China files an international patent application, it shall obtain the consent of the relevant authorities in the State Council, or declare to China National Intellectual Property Administration that the invention and creation does not involve national security, and then it can file an application in one of the following two ways: 1, first file a domestic patent application with China National Intellectual Property Administration, and then file an international application within the priority period of 12 months; An international application shall be entrusted to a foreign-related patent agency designated by China National Intellectual Property Administration. China National Intellectual Property Administration does not accept international applications submitted directly by applicants. 2. Submit an international application directly to China National Intellectual Property Administration, and designate China in the international application. Where the submitted international application documents do not meet the acceptance conditions, the patent applicant is allowed to make corrections within 30 days from the date of submission, and the date when the corrections meet the acceptance conditions is the international application date. Where an international application is filed, the transfer fee, search fee and international fee (including basic fee and designated fee) shall be paid within 1 month from the date of international application. The specified fee can be paid within the above period or within 12 months from the priority date. Article 22 of the Patent Law stipulates that inventions and utility models granted patent rights shall be novel, creative and practical. Novelty means that the invention or utility model does not belong to the prior art; Before the filing date, no unit or individual filed an application for the same invention or utility model with the administrative department for patent in the State Council, and it was recorded in the patent application documents published or announced after the filing date. Creativity means that compared with the prior art, the invention has outstanding substantive features and remarkable progress, and the utility model has substantive features and progress. Practicality means that the invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and can produce positive effects. The existing technology mentioned in this law refers to the technology known to the public at home and abroad before the date of application.