Hanging a patent has a great influence on an individual's career and premise, and also has a far-reaching influence on a unit or an enterprise. When a patent is used for professional title evaluation, the evaluation unit gives the patent inventor a difference in the ranking order. The higher the ranking, the more likely the participating titles are to be effective, and the more title points you get. Therefore, many people are eager to obtain patents and adopt the method of patent prefix. As for the number of patent names, it depends on the actual situation According to the common standards of patent inventors recognized by the evaluation unit, the participants are recommended to give priority to these four positions. If the position of inventor proposed by the unit is still ahead, then choose a more advanced position to avoid invalid title evaluation and loss of title.
2. What are the procedures for patent application?
1, application. That is, the parties submit requests, instructions and other documents;
2. Preliminary review. That is, within 18 months after receiving an application for a patent for invention, the patent administration department will conduct a preliminary examination, and those that meet the requirements will be published;
3. Substantive review. That is, an application for a patent for invention shall be examined in substance within three years from the date of application;
4. Approve the application.
3. How long does it take to apply for a patent?
According to China's patent law, there are three kinds of patent applications that domestic and foreign applicants can file with China Patent Office: invention patent, utility model patent and design patent application. Inventions and utility models are applications for technical improvement, and applications for invention patents can protect product and method inventions; The application for a patent for utility model does not protect the method invention, but only protects the product and the improvement of its structure; An application for a patent for design only protects the appearance, shape, pattern or their combination and the combination with color of the product. Invention patents are granted for a long time, usually three to five years, but the granted patents are highly stable due to the need for substantive examination procedures; Patents for utility models and designs do not need to go through substantive examination procedures, so they can be granted quickly. Generally speaking, the utility model can be authorized within six to twelve months from the date of application, and the design can be authorized within about six months from the date of application.
To sum up, according to the relevant provisions of the law, hanging a patent has a great impact on an individual's career and premise, and has a far-reaching impact on a unit or enterprise. When a patent is used for professional title evaluation, the evaluation unit gives different ranking orders to patent inventors.