1) Prepare patent application documents (including claims, specifications, drawings of specifications, abstracts and drawings of abstracts). The specific file format can be downloaded from official website of the Patent Office.
2) Fill in the patent application request (including invention name, applicant, inventor and related information, etc.). ). The specific file format can be downloaded from official website of the Patent Office.
3) Pay the patent application fee.
4) After submitting these to the Patent Office, you can get the application date and application number, which are the only numbers to be examined by the Patent Office in the future. The formal admission notice will be issued within two weeks after the application date.
5) When the Patent Office examines and issues a notice of examination opinions or a notice of correction, the applicant needs to reply within the prescribed time limit. After the examination is finally qualified, the patent office issues a notice of authorization, indicating that it agrees to authorize.
6) The announcement of patent authorization shall take effect after the applicant registers (pays) the authorization.
There are three kinds of patents in China: invention, utility model and design.
Mechanical technology, you can apply for all three, depending on your needs. However, please note that the invention authorization is much more difficult than the other two.
For inventions or utility models whose scope of legal protection is mainly limited by words, a written patent application document is required.
For the design, if the scope of legal protection is mainly limited by the pattern, it is necessary to provide the front view of the product in six directions (of course, it can be omitted if there is no protection point in a certain direction) and a brief description of the product.