What is the patent application process of 20 17?

An invention patent generally goes through the following procedures from application to authorization: 1, providing publicity and entrusting an agency to write application documents, which usually takes 20 days to one month; 2. Submitting the application documents, obtaining the notification of acceptance from the Patent Office, determining the application date, and submitting an early public statement and requesting substantive examination on the day of submitting the documents can speed up the examination process; 3. The Patent Office conducts formal examination of patent application documents for about 2-3 times. After the first trial is passed, it will enter the public preparation stage. The patent office will publish the application documents of the invention in about 6-8 months. 5. The Patent Office will conduct a substantive examination of the invention patent documents for about one and a half to two years, during which the examiner will communicate with the applicant on the substantive content of the invention, namely novelty, creativity and practicality (the entrusted agency will communicate with the agency to determine the appropriate protection scope of the invention), and the communication may go back and forth several times. Until it is revised to the satisfaction of the examiner. 6. The Patent Office issues an authorization notice. 7. The applicant shall go through the formalities for obtaining the patent certificate. 8. The whole process of obtaining a patent certificate after about 2-3 months lasts about 2.5 to 3 years. The specific time depends on the speed of the examiner's examination and the informative degree of the information disclosed by the applicant.