I. European patent applications
Patents granted according to the European Patent Convention are called European patents, which are inventions with industrial practicability, absolute novelty and creativity. European patents are submitted through the European Patent Office (EPO), and applicants can request that European patents be valid for one or more contracting countries (currently, European patents can be valid for 34 contracting countries and 4 extended countries).
Application routes: PCT route and Paris Convention route.
Application process: 1. Prepare application documents → 2. Submit an application to the European Patent Office → 3. Acceptance (notification of acceptance issued by the European Patent Office) → 4. Formal examination (the European Patent Office conducts formal examination of the patent format) → 5. Search report (the European Patent Office makes a search report on the application, and the applicant needs to reply to the search report) → 6. Disclosure (the patent application will be made public from the filing date (priority date) 18 months) → 7. Substantive examination request (the applicant must submit the examination request within 6 months after the publication of the application documents) → 8. Substantive examination (when the European Patent Office examines an application, the applicant must submit a reply to the notice of examination opinions) → 9. Authorization and announcement (if the patent application meets the legal requirements, the European Patent Office will grant the invention-creation patent right and announce the authorized patent) → entry into force procedure (the applicant must complete the entry into force procedure in the country that wants patent protection, and some countries need to submit the translated text of the patent claim or other patent documents of that country).
Application fee: 49,000 yuan (excluding translation fee, defense fee and authorization fee)
Second, the EU appearance patent application
EU appearance patent is an appearance patent that is applied directly to the EU Intellectual Property Office and takes effect in 28 EU countries. It has the characteristics of fast authorization, low cost, wide coverage and long protection period.
The 28 member States of the European Union include: France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Britain, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. Britain (in the process of Brexit, it is temporarily unaffected, but the success of Brexit is not protected).
Application route: Paris Convention route.
Application process: 1. Prepare application documents → 2. Submit an application to the EU Intellectual Property Office? → 3. Acceptance (notification of acceptance issued by EU Intellectual Property Office) → 4. Examination (formal examination of patents by EU Intellectual Property Office in terms of format) → 5. Authorization (if the application meets the legal requirements, the EU Intellectual Property Office will issue the EU appearance certificate and publish the authorization).
Application fee: 9800 yuan (no authorization to return the package)
Remarks: The above fees are quoted by Zhimo Ink Platform!